Empuriabrava is known as the "City of 35 Canals" or the Venice of Spain. Artificial canals with a total length of 37 kilometers permeate the whole city and have access to the sea.
Wealthy Europeans - the owners of the local luxury villas, can swim to their home on their yacht, moor and relax.
The city was rebuilt in the 1970s, so due to its young age, historical sights did not gain. But Empuriabrava is of interest as a unique city where you can ride by boat and as an example of smart development of territories. Back in the middle of the twentieth century, the place of the future city was a marshland, and now it is a luxurious mecca of recreation, which attracts wealthy people from European countries and Russia.
You can rent a boat and ride the canals yourself. In the spring, the city hosts a traditional fair for the sale of all kinds of ships.
Movement by car is also possible.
Empuriabrava has a comfortable climate: winters are mild, summers are moderately hot, the off-season is warm and pleasant. The city has almost 300 sunny days a year.
Local beaches were awarded the prestigious Blue Flag Award for cleanliness and ecology.
The total length of the beaches is 7 kilometers, La Rubina is a place for masters of windsurfing, Empuriabrava is the main coast with a developed infrastructure.
On the beaches of the resort you can engage in any types of water sports: yachting, kayaking, windsurfing, wakeboarding, yachting, water skiing, sailing. On the coast almost constantly blows a special strong wind - tramontana - he almost knocks down and can take with him poorly fixed personal belongings of tourists.
If you are vacationing in Empuriabrava, allow yourself a bike ride along the Muga River. This trip will allow you to get acquainted with the surroundings in more detail.
In the west and east, the city borders the Ayguamols Nature Park, which is a protected place where rare animals and birds are bred. Since there are no industrial enterprises in Empuriabrava, this park has become a place of rest and migration of gulls, cormorants, white storks, ducks, chibis, gagazogs, blackbirds, herons. You can satisfy the interest of the ornithologist with the help of binoculars from specially set high platforms. In addition, the animal world of Ayguamols is rich, bears, boars, snakes, hares and other animals are found in it. There are special hiking trails and four interesting routes for travelers.
Interestingly, near Empuriabrava preserved architectural monuments of antiquity and the Middle Ages, for example, the remains of Greco-Roman settlements ruins de'Empuries.
