Costa Brava

The Costa Brava is a coastal place of Catalonia in northeastern Spain, such as the comarques of Alt Emporda, Baix Emporda and Selva in the province of Girona. Costa Brava stretches from the town of Blanes, 60 km northeast of Barcelona, to the French border. In the Fifties, the Costa Brava become diagnosed through the Spanish authorities and nearby marketers as being suitable for massive improvement as a holiday vacation spot, mainly for package vacation tourists from France and Northern Europe.

The combination of a superb summer season climate, nature, extraordinary beaches and a favourable foreign exchange fee, which made Costa Brava a pretty less expensive visitor destination, became exploited by using the construction of big numbers of resorts and flats in such seashore accommodations as Blanes, Tossa de Mar and Lloret de Mar. Tourism swiftly took over from fishing because the principal enterprise of the vicinity. The northernmost a part of the Costa Brava belongs to the comarca of Alt Emporda, and is marked by way of the Albera Massif and Cap de Creus, the easternmost prolongation of the Pyrenees.