Camino Ronda S´Agaró (Costa Brava): how to visit and what to see

Think about the Costa Brava is to imagine a coastal landscape of small coves with crystal clear waters. This is real.

And the best way to get to know the coves of the Bajo Ampurdán region is to walk through the coastal paths.

These are historic paths that run along the coast, which centuries ago were used to reach the coves, and which after the Civil War were used by the Servicio Marítimo Guardia Civil to monitor and combat smuggling.

What are the Caminos de Ronda in Costa Brava?

Specifically, in the Lower Ampurdán Up to 11 coastal paths have been established, from the one located further north, which goes from Cala Montgo a Punta Mila, south of L'Escala, to the one you find further south, in Sant Feliu de Guíxolsat Cala Jonca but also San Pol beach.

Although most of these walkways They run along marked trails, the characteristics and levels of difficulty of each of them are very different.

When you visit them, you will see that the coastal paths run along cliffs and coves, as well as along small beaches and even population centers, with sections that are in some cases very demanding.

Reciente en un trip to Ampurdán on the Costa Brava I have had the opportunity to walk a very peculiar coastal path.

Curiosities history of S'Agaró in Costa Brava

From south to north, starting from the beach of Racó de S´Agaró, tour the cliffs and coves of the historic and sumptuous residential area of S´Agaró, to get to the Sa Conca beachsouth of Aro Beach.

There is a parapet walk traditional, but a very comfortable coastal trail which was designed between 1959 and 1964 with the aim of facilitating the walk through the coastal areas of this luxurious urbanization.

The first mansion of this coastal residential area It was built in 1924, and little by little people from the Catalan bourgeoisie built their own mansions as second homes.

La Gavina Hotel in S´Agaró

La residential area of ​​S'Agaró He has had a long connection with the world of cinema.

So, in the Historical Hotel La Gavina, built in 1932, and which you can see next to the aforementioned Racó de S´Agaró beach, numerous artists have stayed, who after the Civil War They came to make movies.

In addition, this hotel has also received the most important personalities of Catalonia

In this beautiful place of the Costa Brava has been filmed, for example, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Played by Ava Gardner, and more recently, the film out to sea de Alejandro Amenábar, winner of a Oscar.

What to see on the S'Agaró coastal path

Walk along the S'Agaró coastal path It is the best way to see the uniform architecture of the very high-end houses and mansions that spread throughout this very beautiful area of ​​​​the Costa Brava.

So you will see mansions with white facades, open arches, modernist style ceramic details, and even Gothic style windows.

Currently in S´Agaró There are 183 houses and mansions, with 30 percent Catalan owners, and many foreign owners, including Russians, who began to settle in this area from 2005.

Photos of S´Agaró in Costa Brava

Below you have more photos of the S'Agaró coastal pathsouth of Aro Beach, in the Under Ampurdán on the Costa Brava.