Calella Guide

and The Coast of Maresme

In North Barcelona
Calella

The maresme is on the north coast of the world-famous city of Barcelona, this region is
characterized by a wonderful warm climate in summer and mild winters that invite visitors to stay
here all year.

In this beautiful environment we find the city of Calella that we are going to talk about in this little
guide.

Calella is located about 56 km from Barcelona so getting to this city from anywhere in the world is
simple, we just have to take a plane to Barcelona airport and pick up a rental car or a train that will
leave us at calella in just one hour (both options)

Why should we visit calella?

Calella is an excellent area to spend a holiday or a period of retirement in winter. It has some of the
best beaches in the area as well as a beautiful nature that surrounds the city and several very
interesting museums.

Museum-Archive of Calella
In addition to the famous beaches, Calella has several cultural elements that you love, such as the
Museum-Archive of Calella in which you can see the life of the city.

Multidisciplinary museum of which the Pinacoteca Gallart and the Farmácia Barri stand out. In
addition, it has a file with general and documentary information, and a courtyard for public use.
The Museu-Arxiu Municipal de Calella Josep M. Codina i Bague, in the historic center of this
Maresme town, is a local multidisciplinary museum that investigates, preserves and disseminates
the different aspects of the city's heritage.

It is a visit that will surely surprise you!

Barri Pharmacy
It is installed in a large seventeenth century house, connected by a large courtyard with the
archive, which is located in a new building that overlooks Bartrina Street. The total surface of the
museum's facilities is 1,145 m2.

Lighthouse of Calella
The Calella Lighthouse is located on the top of a promontory about 50 meters high. In the place
where the lighthouse now stands, there was an old watch and defense tower, which guarded and
protected the coasts from the danger of attacks by Algerian pirates.
A ring. of October 9, 1856, began the construction of the lighthouse, which finally under the
direction of the engineer Marià Parellada, could be inaugurated on December 15, 1859. Initially,
the lantern was fed with oil under pressure and, more Later, the fuel was replaced by paraffin and
petroleum.

In 1927, the improved optical apparatus was electrified and replaced by another from the Medas
Islands, still in service today with minor modifications. Today, the light of the lighthouse reaches a
distance of about 35 miles and is known in the navigation charts for its flashes, 3 and 2, every 30
seconds.

The entrance is quite affordable only 2 euros and is open on weekends most of the year April, May,
June, September and October: Saturdays and Sundays from 10.00 to 14.00. And in the afternoon in
summer, the months of July and August: from Tuesday to Sunday from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
The anti-aircraft shelter
The city council has turned this memory of a past and painful time into a tourist attraction that will
surely make you shudder.
Stroll no more or less
through the corridors of
the anti-aircraft shelter of
the civil war.

The anti-aircraft shelter

of the Dalmau Park has
become a cultural asset
of local interest, attached
to the Archive Museum,
through which one of the
most important chapters
of the history of Calella
can be discovered: the
Civil War.

The military coup of July 18, 1936 against the legality represented by the Republic led to the
outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). One of the most important factors in the course of
the conflict was the air war.

In places like this, the civilian population was protected from the bombing that they suffered
during the armed conflict by the Francoist army with the help of Italian and, above all, German
aviation.

El Refugio is for a fee but it is only worth € 1, then the entrance is very affordable. It also has very
long hours during the tourist season in the months of April, May, June, September and October:
Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and in the afternoon Also during the months of July
and August: from Tuesday to Sunday from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

http://www.costadebarcelonamaresme.cat/es/cultura/museos/refugio-antiaereo-del-parc-
dalmau. El ayuntamiento ha convertido este recuerdo de una tiempo pasado y doloroso en una
atraccion turistica que seguro que te hara estremecerte . Pasearte ni mas ni menos por los pasillos
del Refugio antiaéreo de la guerra civil.

http://www.costadebarcelonamaresme.cat/es/cultura/museos/refugio-antiaereo-del-parc-dalmau
Hoteles en Calella

Calella has an excellent offer of hotels and tourist apartments of different qualities and there are
also excellent hotels in nearby areas such as in Pineda de Mar which is 10 km from Calella.

We can name some hotels in the area as The hotels and apartments of the neptune company that
are next to the beach Neptune Hotel Neptuno in Calella y Apartamentos Neptuno Calella.

From the Check-in company, the hotel checkin Garbi on the beach of Garbi de Calella and the
Hotel Check-in Pineda de mar in the nearby pineda de mar are highly recommended.

Other hotels are the hotel Catalonia Calella and hotel Internacional Calella both very close to the
beach.

Others hotels in the sourondings of Calella are

• Checkin Montpalau Hotel in Pineda de Mar
• Checkin Pineda Hotel in Pineda de Mar
• Sorrabona Hotel in Pineda de Mar
• Sumus Stella Hotel in Pineda de Mar
• Checkin Beatrix Hotel in Pineda de Mar
Checkin Montpalau Hotel in Pineda de Mar
• Checkin Sirius Hotel in Santa Susanna
• Ibersol Sorra Dor Hotel in Malgrat de Mar
• Sumus Monteplaya Hotel in Malgrat de Mar
• Eco Europa Splash Hotel in Malgrat de Mar

In short you will find an excellent hotel offer in the beautiful Calella
The beaches of Calella
Calella has three very different beaches and you will surely find your dream beach in Calella.

Everything you might need on a beach can be found at Garbi beach, the big beach or the beach of
the rocks: Chiringuitos and services adapted for you on the beach, with sports equipment and
lifeguard service, mini-club for children, activities of animation, ease of access and parking.

http://www.calellabarcelona.com/playas

Rocks beach has a very natural enviroment

Garbí Beach
This is one of the most awarded beaches of the Maresme, since 1994 it has been granted the title
of Blue Flag of the Beaches of Europe, thus ensuring clean waters and quality services. It is also
awarded since 2004 with the 'Q' of quality of the ICTE (Institute for the Spanish Tourism Quality) in
order all a presentation of quality that endorse this wonderful beach.

This beach of 814 m long and 72 m wide is located in front of the hotel zone, is delimited by the
beautiful Paseo de Manuel Puigvert or also called the beach walk of Garbí, On this walk we can
rent some bikes and travel them on the bike lane

Among the elements that can be found in Playa de Garbí we find five beach volleyball fields and
several beach soccer fields to enjoy sports activities.

Crowd of showers, beach bars with public toilets and public services adapted to people with
disabilities: showers and access ramps.
Beach of the Rocks
This beach will enchant you. To the south of the urban center, and under the watchful eye of the
Calella lighthouse, you will find an area of great natural beauty, these small coves with clear and
transparent waters surrounded by pine trees and cliffs, invite you to the bath and to relax at any
time of the day.

It is so quiet that it even has a nudist area where you can bathe and sunbathe without clothes

The Beach of the Rocks is a set of coves and small beaches that has a privileged and exclusive
environment, surrounded by rocks becomes a magnificent cove of transparent water where you
can enjoy a good meal on the beach.

After the beach of the rocks there is a wall of stones in which there is a climbing wall installed and
of course it has many showers where you can stay again.
Big beach
The beach ulitma as its name indicates is the largest in the area with large sandy beaches and
many services. It is next to the Paseo Manuel Puigvert, place of cultural and leisure events, runs
parallel to this beach.

Its location in the center of the city, as well as the large spaces to enjoy the sea and the sun, make
this beach one of the most beautiful in the region.
Of course it has everything that we can like of a beach Crowd of showers, beach bars with public
toilets and showers and access ramps for people with disabilities. As well as nine beach volleyball
courts and two beach soccer fields to enjoy sports activities.

In addition From June 22 to September 13 you can enjoy an extensive program of activities on the
beach of Calella as Fiesta de la espuma. Volleyball games for everyone, beach soccer games for
everyone, kayak rides, aerobics classes on the beach, Nordic walking in the lighthouse area, salsa
classes and playgrounds for the little ones. Here you can see all the programming of activities.
 We
hope to
see you
soon by
Calella