Platja de Portbou
Platja de Portbou is a beach in Portbou, Costa Brava, Catalonia. Platja de Portbou is situated nearby to the locality Punta del Falcó, as well as near Punta de l’Ocell.Photo: Nostrix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Beach
- Description: Beach in Portbou, Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain
- Also known as: “Portbou”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Portbou railway station and Mercat municipal.
Portbou railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mr H., CC BY-SA 2.5.
Portbou is a railway station serving Portbou in Catalonia, Spain. It is on the Barcelona–Cerbère railway and the Narbonne–Portbou railway. The station is owned by Adif and is served by Rodalies de Catalunya regional line R11 and Girona commuter rail service line RG1 and TER Occitanie trains also serve the station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cerbère and Colera.
Cerbère
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cerbère is a town of 1,400 people in Pyrénées-Orientales in France. Cerbère is an important centre for tourism, often linked with undersea diving. For rail travellers on the regional route between France and Spain, Cerbère is important because almost all trains end or start here or in the neighbouring Spanish border station Portbou.
Colera
Photo: cecilia rey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colera is a small coastal village on the northern Costa Brava, in the comarca of Alt Empordà, between Portbou and Llançà near the French border. Sheltered in a quiet bay where the Albera mountains meet the Mediterranean, it offers uncrowded pebble beaches, clear waters and a laid‑back atmosphere even in high season.
El Port
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
El Port is a neighborhood, which is situated 6 km south of Platja de Portbou.
Platja de Portbou
- Categories: black sand beach, urban beach, and landform
- Location: Portbou, Costa Brava, Girona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Platja de Portbou” goes by many names.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Punta del Falcó and Punta de l’Ocell.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Badia de Portbou and Port De Portbou.
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