Escull d’en Rafel
Escull d’en Rafel is an islet in Colera, Costa Brava, Catalonia. Escull d’en Rafel is situated nearby to the islet Illot d’en Rafel, as well as near La Veta Blanca.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portbou railway station and Illa Grossa.
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. Portbou railway station is situated 1½ km northwest of Escull d’en Rafel.
Colera station
Railway stop
Photo: Remontees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Colera station is a railway stop, which is situated 1 km southwest of Escull d’en Rafel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portbou and Cerbère.
Portbou
Portbou is in Costa Brava and is a small coastal town in northern Catalonia, at the end of the Costa Brava and just south of the French border. Wedged between steep Pyrenean slopes and a sheltered bay, it combines rugged scenery with a pebbly urban beach and a compact port.
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.
El Port
Neighborhood
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El Port is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km south of Escull d’en Rafel.
Escull d’en Rafel
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Colera, Costa Brava, Girona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
42.41167° or 42° 24′ 42″ northLongitude
3.16579° or 3° 9′ 57″ eastElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
8FJ5C568+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 589614326OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Illot d’en Rafel and La Veta Blanca.
Nearby Places
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