Cala el Crit is a small cove that contains in its name a dramatic legend based on the time of looting pirates who lived around the Mediterranean during the XVIth, XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. Located in Mont-ras just in front of Formigues Islands, between Palafrugell and Palamos, it is part of the short coast line that occupies this little village of Middle Costa Brava.

Cala el Crit, in Mont-ras, Costa Brava, is a virgin creek that hides a very dramatic legend

The story that all the locals know is maybe a legend, although the data given are so specific and the situation so veridical in the days when these events happened, that we can ensure that similar events occurred along the Costa Brava in these centuries so dangerous for the inhabitants.

At that time, because of the thick fog prevailing on the sea, pirates boat took refuge in the Cala Font Morisca, also in Mont-ras. Always lurking farmhouses where steal or families to kidnap to take as slaves to Africa, the pirates heard the crowing of a rooster, which indicated the presence of a farmhouse nearby: Cal Gall Peric.

They went to the farmhouse and found a family with two daughters. One of the pirates decided to take one of them, very beautiful, so he forced and dragged her to the nearby boat. In the struggle the desperate girl bit the finger’s pirate who, full of rage, killed the girl on the beach with his sword. The girl’s terrifying scream (crit is the catalan word for scream, cry, yell, shout) was so loud that it was heard miles around. From this fact comes the name of the cove. The pirate took the entire family as prisoners and burned the house, leaving the corpse of the beautiful girl on the beach.

A young girl was killed by the pirates in this cove, following the story of Cala el Crit

Cala el Crit is not an enclosed cove. To the north we find a set of rocks washed by the sea, making it attractive for diving, and south a nice rocky coastal path take us to a very beautiful set of coves as Cala Estreta and finally Es Castell Beach.

Cala el Crit, in Mont-ras village, near Palamós, is located in a very natural environnement, next to other coves you can reach through the coastal path

Well, that’s all we had to tell you about Cala el Crit. It’s not a creek that you will find by chance, you must visit to see her specifically because it is quite hidden, but its natural beauty and history worth it.