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Castell de la Fosca

Castell de la Fosca or Punta del Castell is an ancient Iberian settlement or oppidum sited on a rocky promontory at the north end of the beach called Platja de Castell, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) ENE of Palamós, on the Costa Brava.

Castell de la Fosca
Castell de la Fosca · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Castell de la Fosca or Punta del Castell is an ancient Iberian settlement or oppidum sited on a rocky promontory at the north end of the beach called Platja de Castell, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) ENE of Palamós, on the Costa Brava.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Castell de la Fosca

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    La Fosca

    La Fosca is a neighbourhood of the town of Palamós and a beach on the Costa Brava, located in the comarca of Baix Empordà and the province of Girona in Catalonia, Spain. La Fosca is situated between the port of Palamós and the fishing settlement of S'Alguer.

    1.4 km · beach in Spain · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Estadi Palamós Costa Brava

    The Estadi Municipal Palamós Costa Brava is a multi-use stadium located in Palamós, Catalonia, Spain.

    3.2 km · stadium in Palamós, Catalonia, Spain · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Museu de la Pesca

    Opened in 2002, the Fishing Museum is dedicated to fishing knowledge and dissemination, and Costa Brava's maritime heritage. Located in the Palamós fishing port in an old warehouse called "Tinglado", the permanent exhibition explains the history, current affairs and sustainable fishing in Costa Brava's future.

    3.5 km · Fishery Museum · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Sa Perola Interpretation Centre

    Sa Perola is the net dyeing house of the Fisherman's Guild at Saint Piere. It is located in Carrer de les Voltes de Calella de Palafrugell.

    3.8 km · building in Girona Province, Spain · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Castell de la Fosca

Airports
Girona-Costa Brava (GRO), 33 km · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat (BCN), 110 km · Reus (REU), 184 km
  • Barcelona → Castell de la Fosca
    97 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · €12–17
  • Reus → Castell de la Fosca
    283 km · quickest by road, 5h 18m · €36–50
  • Mahón (Maó) → Castell de la Fosca
    395 km · quickest by air, 8h 32m · €180–260
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Castell de la Fosca

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Castell de la Fosca. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    589 km
  2. 02
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    591 km
  3. 03
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    1,039 km
  4. 04
    ChefchaouenMA

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    1,043 km
  5. 05
    HvarHR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    1,103 km

If you know how people move in Castell de la Fosca – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Castell de la Fosca

  • Palamós i Sant Joanmunicipality in the comarca of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain3 km
  • Vall-llobregavillage in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain3.6 km
  • Calella de Palafrugellhuman settlement in Palafrugell, Baix Empordà, Comarques Gironines, Spain3.7 km
  • s'Alguerfishermen neighbourhood and cultural property in Palamós, Spain600 m