L'Estartit is a small town and seaside resort on the Costa Brava, in the north-eastern coast of Spain. The Costa Brava is a coastal region of northeastern Catalonia, Spain, in the comarques of Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà and Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
The town is situated between the foothills of the Montgrí Massif and the Mediterranean Sea, and is part of the borough of Torroella de Montgrí, in the Baix Empordà county, Girona province, autonomous community of Catalonia. Torroella de Montgrí is a small town on the north bank of the Ter river Baix Empordà ("Lower Empordà" is a comarca (county in Catalonia, Spain, one of the two into which Empordà was divided in An autonomous community is a first-level political division of the Kingdom of Spain, established in accordance with the Spanish Constitution. Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain.
L'Estartit stretches North-South from Cala Montgó, at the southern tip of the Bay of Roses (Badía de Roses) to the Ter River estuary in the Bay of Pals (Badía de Pals). The Gulf of Roses ( Spanish: Golfo de Rosas, Catalan: Golf de Roses) is the most north eastern Bay on the Spanish coast The Ter is a River in Catalonia (northeastern Spain) that begins in the mountains of the Pyrenees, at Ull de Ter (2480 m of altitude East-West it extends three kilometres inland from the shoreline, and includes the hills of Roca Maura and Torre Moratxa.
A Kilometre off shore lies the Illes Medes archipelago, a world-renowned diving paradise made up of various uninhabited islands. The area has been protected by Natural Park status and is home to many different species of flora and fauna, both above and below the waterline.
Initially a fishing village, the advent of tourism in the Costa Brava from the 1960s onwards brought a large influx of visitors to the town during the summer months. The community grew exponentially for the next two decades, initially with houses and villas built up the hills that surround the harbour, and later with hotels, apartment blocks and campsites extending along the beach and the flood plain of the Ter estuary.
The tourist industry also led to a large immigrant population (mostly from other parts of Spain), needed to serve the ever-growing number of visitors. Tourists visiting L'Estartit originate mainly from France, the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands, whilst the majority of the labour force hails from South of Spain, specially Andalusia. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Andalusia (Andalucía is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest in terms of land area
Like many other tourist resorts around the world, massification and uncontrolled growth led the town to lose the charm that had made it popular in the first place. Tourism has been dwindling since the 1990s. However the underwater beauty of the Illes Medes, the large and well-equipped sports marina and the abundance of nearby golf courses keep divers, sailors and golfers coming back year after year and has seen a revival in the area's fortunes.
Distances: Madrid 720 km, Barcelona 140 km, France 60 km, Girona-Costa Brava airport 50 km, Girona 40 km, Figueres 40 km. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia Girona-Costa Brava Airport is an Airport located 12 km south of the city of Girona, next to the small village of Vilobí d'Onyar, in the north-east Girona ( Catalan: Girona ʒiˈɾonə Spanish: Gerona xeˈɾona is a city located in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain for other uses see Figueres (disambiguation Figueres (Figueras is the capital of the comarca (district of Alt Empordà
Geographical coordinates: N42º3'-E3º12'
There was a LORAN-C transmitter of the Mediterranean Sea Chain in L'Estartit, which has now been demolished. Coast Guard LORAN-C Station Estartit was the Zulu secondary station of the Mediterrean Sea LORAN-C Chain ( GRI 7990
External links
- Hotel, Apartments & Diving Resort
- Torroella de Montgrí Town Council
- Pictures of l'Estartit and Torroella de Montgrí
- L'Estartit Travel Guide in english
- L'Estartit weather report and webcam
- Diving on the Medas Islands
- L'Estartit Map
- Official Spain website
Some links to underwater video of the Medas Islands:
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