{"id":35040,"date":"2020-05-20T11:34:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T09:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velasantpol.com\/?p=35040"},"modified":"2022-12-22T15:00:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T14:00:49","slug":"10-sant-feliu-de-guixols-places-you-have-to-see-and-cant-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velasantpol.com\/en\/10-sant-feliu-de-guixols-places-you-have-to-see-and-cant-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"10 SANT FELIU DE GUIXOLS PLACES YOU HAVE TO SEE AND CAN\u2019T MISS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are\ngoing to show the 10 most emblematic places that we consider you can\u2019t miss if\nyou visit Sant Feliu de Gu\u00edxols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sant Feliu\nde Gu\u00edxols is a coastal city, in the heart of the Costa Brava, it has a very\nmarked historical legacy it started as  the Iberian town, and we will travel in\nhistory through the Roman, Romanesque, Gothic and Modernism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is fishing\nvillage with large shipyards, its condition as a natural port made it become\nthe port of reference in the province of Girona, ahead with the textile\nindustry and especially cork, historically cork made the city rich and\nprosperous. Its surroundings of its bay between the sunny water and the shelter\nof the shady forest brought the first tourists, the growth of tourism and\ngradually the industry, its commercial port started to fade and the port became\nthe current fishing and sports port that provides more than 400 moorings, with\nsailing, kayaking, diving centres and many activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\nunderstand the legacy that the history of Sant Feliu has left us, we suggest\nyou start with places of general architectural or landscape interest, such as\nthe Hermitage of Sant Elm, the beach of Sant Pol, the walkways close to the sea\n\u201ccamino de ronda\u201d, the Casino de la Constancia and the Monestir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1.Hermitage of Sant Elm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The firt place you have to see , and can\u2019t miss is the \u201cErmita de Sant Elm\u201d a baroque-style hermitage built in 1452, has a hermitage with gardens, but without a doubt, the best part of the visit is not the hermitage itself, but the incredible views it offers us the privileged situation where its found, above the hill, where one of the best views of the town can be discerned, you can see Tossa de Mar, Palam\u00f3s. Getting to the hermitage is quite hard because of it\u2019s situation on the top of a hill, so if you are planning to go by foot, make sure you go in hours when it\u2019s not too hot and make shure to wear proper footwear.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Once you get there you can remember the anecdote that Ferran Agull\u00f3, a journalist, poet and politician, winner of distinguished awards, son of Sant Feliu de Gu\u00edxols, in 1908 was inspired by the Hermitage of Sant Elm and its extraordinary views and bravery of the sea, He was the man who baptized the area as “nostra costa brava<\/strong>” known today as the “Costa Brava<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Sant Pol Beach <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The second place yo can\u2019t miss is the beach of Sant Pol ,it\u2019s one of the two main beaches in the town, it\u2019s located just 5 minutes from the urban center of the town by car, you will find a fine sandy beach with great charm, enjoy its famous historical coloured little changing rooms that were used by mid-century men and women as changing rooms when many years ago men and women had to bathe separately <\/p>\n<\/div>

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You can\nalso enjoy the dune park, a park with natural dunes that preserve the entire\nnatural environment of the bay, such as the sand, plants and vegetation of the\narea. The beach is about a kilometre long and is located within a totally\nnatural bay which has conserved the entire part of the sea as nature such as\nthe sand, some banks of posidonia, , the surrounding landscapes with little coves\nand some caves that if you do a KAYAKING  EXCURSION with us we can show you, you won\u2019t\nregret it!\n\nYou can get there by walk through the \u201ccaminos\nde ronda\u201d if you go by foot  from the\ntown of Sant Feliu de Gu\u00edxols or from the next beach connected by walk the Conca\nbeach\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3.Maritim walkway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The third palce yo have too see in Sant Feliu de Gu\u00edxols is the \u201cpasseig mar\u00edtimo\u201d have a walk along the city walkaway next to the sea, enjoy the magnificent views of the Sant Feliu bay and its beautiful beach, start in the \u201c Rius i Calvet\u201d area and go through the entire walkway built in 1945 and designed by General Guitart a renowned modernist architect, who was the town hall architect of the time and in charge of the reform of the city, is a wall to protect the promenade from storms and with a fine design of its time , it is also a bench where you can sit and contemplate the views, throughout we find several flying balconies with an arch made of wrought iron where above we can find the silhouette of a sailing boat, which has become an icon of the city. <\/p>\n<\/div>

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You can arrive to the port doing the typical walk of the local people passing in front of the Fort\u00ed, the Salvament, the fishermen’s shop and the old Tinglado, you can reach the lighthouse through the 450 meter long pier and where we can find the lighthouse located  at the end, green with three flashers that tirelessly signals to the boats that sail through the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4.Camino de ronda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The fourth place you have to see if you visit Sant Feliu de Gu\u00edxols is the \u201cCamino de Ronda\u201dEnjoy the walkaway that goes from the town’s port to the beach of Sant Pol, it\u2019s not one of the easiest sections of the walkaway, it has quite a few  stairs and even a some places where you can get lost, but without a doubt it is worth doing it, and enjoying the views.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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It takes about a one hour to do it, you will discover on the way Cala Jonca, Cala Atmetller and all the small coves near S’agar\u00f3 such as Cala de Peix or Sa Caleta, and it\u2019s great views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5.Casino de la constancia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The fifth place you can\u2019t miss in your visit to Sant Feliu de Gu\u00edxols is one of the most emblematic buildings in the town, built between 1888 and 1890 and designed by General Guitart. It\u2019s a beautiful building located on the seafront, notable for its historicist style, predominantly Neo-Arab or Neo-Mud\u00e9jar. New Casino La Constancia is a recreational entity building. It has very unique features such as the use of arabizing elements and its yellow coloration leaves no one indifferent. <\/p>\n<\/div>

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It has very\ncurious features such as the entrance doors that recall both a Catalan medieval\nkeyed door and an Arabian arch door. Guitart, therefore, manages to maintain\nthe equidistance necessary to naturally merge two distant architectures in time\nand space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Popularly known as “the casino dels Nois” (“boys’ casino”) since it was built as a social building and that “noi” in Sant Feliu was understood as a progressive person, activities such as management of a library, discussion forums, dances, etc., currently it has a restaurant and bar downstairs and various activities are held upstairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6. El Monestir<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The sixth place you have to see in your stay in Sant Feliu de Gu\u00edxols is \u201cel Monestir\u201d is the heritage of the city par excellence, a monastery and church with Romanesque and Gothic styles, it is a building founded most probably during the first half of the 10th century but settled on top of Roman foundations, which around it were the houses of Sant Feliu . It is the most important historical architectural complex in the city, located a few meters from the beach.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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In the Monestir\nwe find the \u201cTower of the Corn\u201d square, in front of the \u201cTorre del  Fum\u201c (smoke), the names come from their\ndefensive function, when they received attacks mainly from pirate ships a\nmember of the ecclesiastical community climbed the tower of the Corn to blow\nthe horn, an instrument made of horn, to warn the townspeople that they had to\ntake refuge within the walls of the Monestir, at the same time they lit a fire at\nTorre del Fum so that those who were further away working the fields and could\nnot hear the sound of the horn could see the alert signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In front of\nthe Monestir, at the Pla\u00e7a del Monestir a few meters away we find l’Arc de Sant\nBenet, a portal of the Baroque wall, in the middle of the 18th century the\nMonestir is provided with new defensive walls, of which some remains of the\nlast phase, as is the case of l’Arc de Sant Benet, (1747), which was the main\ndoor. The current door is not the same as the original one since it disappeared\nduring the Civil War of 1936-39 and it was repositioned in 1999, with a work by\nDom\u00e8nec Fita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In summary,\nthe Monestir and church complex present the stylistic evolution of architecture\nthat Sant Feliu has experienced from the Roman foundations to the great display\nof Baroque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7.Salvament Mar\u00edtim <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The seventh touristic place you can\u2019t miss is the \u201csalvament mar\u00edtim\u201d it is situated in a little  hill called the promontori dels Gu\u00edxols, which despite its unnoticed size, reveals a variety of elements that testify  different times: from the Iberians to the present day.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Starting\nwith the Iberians, there lies an Iberian settlement from the 5th century BC. Iberian\nremains have been found approving that more than 2,000 years ago, in front of\nthe sea you can find the large norays that were used to moor the large boats\nthat visited and traded with the people in the 15th century. During the sixteenth\nand seventeenth centuries it was the quarantine site of those affected by the\nplague since at that time it was the place furthest from the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 18th\ncentury, due to the war that continued with England and after the bombing that\nSant Feliu suffered in June 1747, he was finally able to install 2 of the 4\ncannons ordered to protect the city in the so-called Fort\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the\nbuilding that can be seen from all the coastal points of Sant Feliu, El\nSalvament, a neoclassical building and inaugurated in 1890, erected by the\nSpanish Society of Shipwrecked Rescue, where a square tower stands out and\nbelow it is the Room with a tailor-made door where, at the beginning of this,\nan unsinkable rowing boat was kept, which was in charge of leaving the days of\nbad sea when there were shipwrecks. In the building they had cannons that shot\nthe shipwrecked boat out if it was close enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now we are going to show you the places where the population’s inhabitants do the main life, we will see the Carrer Major, Rambla Vidal and the municipal market, which are the busiest places with the largest influx of local people and also the epicenter of the activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8. Rambla Vidal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The eight place you can\u2019t miss if you visit the town is the \u201cRambla Vidal\u201dIf we go back to the times when  we have previously talked about  Monestir, the rambla was the space that was outside the protection walls, it was the natural hole that bordered the protection wall and collected the rainwater that came from the area . The shipyards of the fourteenth century villa, which were previously on the beach, were also located there and lasted until the seventeenth century, when they were moved to the current \u201cRambla del Portalet\u201d. In these outdoor workshops various types of boats were built: boats, caravels, whalers boats,etc. <\/p>\n<\/div>

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Sant Feliu\nhad at that time many “mestres d\u2019aixa” (master wood shipyards) who\nwere required by the Barcelona authorities more than once to help them in their\nboat constructions. Sailing at the time was not an easy , since they ran the\nrisk of being shipwrecked due to storms or falling into the hands of corsairs,\npirates or Saracens, and having to pay a rescue fee to free themselves. The\nroad where we are has received several names: carrer de la Rambla, carrer dels\nArbres and portal del Peix. This last name was motivated because the fish\nauction was held at the crossroads between the current Vidal boulevard and the\nCarrer Mayor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently the Rambla connected to the \u201ccarrer major\u201d, is the center of the city, you can find  shops such as shops, bars, restaurants among the emblematic modernist buildings that surround it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9.The municipal market square<\/h2>\n\n\n

The nineth place you can\u2019t miss is the \u201cpla\u00e7a del mercat\u201d the market is located in a square, in front of the Town Hall, You can find food products such as vegetables, meat and fish. The official market day is Sunday, so every Sunday there in the square you will find many little shops with all of all kinds of products such as food, textiles, etc. Sunday is the day with the most joyous and festive atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Also note\nthat, like most populations in the contiguities of the market, all kinds of\ncommerce grow where it connects with the Rambla Vidal, outlined above, and\namong all its streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, you can also enjoy cultural activities such as the Thyssen Museum, or the Porta Ferrada Festival that we add below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10. Porta Ferrada Festival, <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The tenth palce you can\u2019t miss is the \u201cPorta Ferrada festival\u201d if you like good music you cannot miss the Sant Feliu de Gu\u00edxols porta ferrada festival. It is celebrated every year in August and receives its name since it was originally held near the Porta Ferrada, which is where it initially began to celebrate, it has grown a lot over the years and they bring great international artists, if you come in August do not hesitate to take a look at its poster, you will surely find a group you like, it is currently done near the port in the open air 100% recommended.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Hopefully you have enjoyed  our selection of the 10 places you should\u2019t miss if you visit Sant Feliu de Gu\u00edxols.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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