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Porta Ferrada Monastery

Porta Ferrada Monastery

Sant Feliu is a beautiful village in the south of the Costa Brava which counts among its beaches and monuments with one of the most important Benedictine monks monasteries of the Middle Age in Catalonia.

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Torre Valentina

Torre Valentina

Today we visit one of the most famous defense towers in Costa Brava: Torre Valentina. Located at the end of the seafront boulevard in the village of Calonge, it is surrounded by an apartment building, a wide and beautiful sandy beach and a coastal path that continues to Platja d’Aro.

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Mas Pinc and Carmen Amaya, in Begur

Mas Pinc and Carmen Amaya, in Begur

Mas Pinc is a typical and elegant Catalan farmhouse from the XVIIth century, in Begur. It is excellent preserved, and it has one of the few original defense towers from those years, aimed to protect the people from the village against piracy.

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