les Corts
District of l'Escala
in Girona of Catalonia, Spain
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Girona Airport (25 mi) -
Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (45 mi) - Sabadell Airport (67 mi)
- Barcelona International Airport (79 mi)
- Béziers-Vias Airport (84 mi)
- Carcassonne Airport (86 mi)
- Castres-Mazamet Airport (108 mi)
- Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (109 mi)
- Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (137 mi)
- Marseille Provence Airport (139 mi)
- Palma De Mallorca Airport (179 mi)
- Works of Antoni Gaudí (Unesco heritage, 70 mi)
- Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (Unesco heritage, 71 mi)
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Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley (Unesco heritage, 83 mi) - Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (Unesco heritage, 85 mi)
- Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments (Unesco heritage, 131 mi)
- Canal du Midi (Unesco heritage, 134 mi)
- SkyDive Empuriabrava (amusement park, (9 mi)
- Butterfly Park Empuriabrava (zoo, (9 mi)
- Parc Aquàtic Aquadiver (amusement park, (21 mi)
- Magic Park Platja D Aro (amusement park, (22 mi)
- Costa Brava Parc d’aventura (amusement park, (10 mi)
- Parc JOCS (amusement park, (6 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 42.126 and 3.133 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 42° 7' 32" and E 3° 7' 57"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque, Occitan
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 07:49 AM (Monday)
- Timezone: Europe/Madrid
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:35 am and 8:52 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.710 and -176.584 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Whakekauri - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Spain.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Spain. Last Update: 2024-05-05 08:24:42
Explore les Corts
The district les Corts of l'Escala in Girona (Catalonia) is located in Spain about 373 mi east of Madrid, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Albons, Sant Pere Pescador, la Tallada d'Emporda, Ulla and Torroella de Montgri. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 18°C / 64 °F
| Morning Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
| Night Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 58% |
| Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 9 km/h (5 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 62% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
17°C (62 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Wednesday, 8th of May 2024
20°C (69 °F)
16°C (60 °F)
Sky is clear, strong breeze, clear sky.
Thursday, 9th of May 2024
20°C (67 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Can Pico Boutique Hotel
Hotel Albons
Palau lo Mirador
Turisme Rural Mas Ramades
RVhotels Apartamentos Duplex Bon Sol
Can Miquel
Can Ceret
Apartments Sa Gavina Gaudí
Villa Les Palmeres
Casas Bell Raco A
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Casa Teranyina Int
Short view inside Casa Teranyina showing living area and kitchen area.
Google's Auto-awesome Summary of my trip to La Escala
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Empúries
Davant del mar, en un entorn natural excepcional, es troba Empúries. La seva singularitat, com a porta d'entrada de les cultures grega i romana a la península, fa d'aquest jaciment un marc...
Empordà, tocat pels déus, el lema de la Marca Empordà
S'ha presentat a Empúries el logotip i el lema de la Marca Empordà que promocionarà conjuntament les dues comarques empordaneses. http://www.figueres.cat http://www.tramuntanatv.com.
Winter paramotor flight along the beach
Took my Gopro on a winter flight with Jason and Karen along the beach and the ruins of Empuries.
Film Spanien 2014 Strand
Film Spanien 2014 (Costa Brava)
L'Escala Activa't a l'Estiu 2013
Triatló CROS L'ESCALA 15-6-2014
Triatló CROS L'ESCALA 15-6-14 lapse-it de Boxes.
Ruta dels antics caboters l'Escala-Portvendres
Viatge inaugural d'aquesta ruta marítima que es farà cada dissabte d'estiu entre l'Escala i Portvendres. Fa més de 2.000 anys naus de mercaderies feien aquesta ruta. Un nou atractiu turístic...
L'Escala/Spanien - GO Jugendreisen - 2013
Am südlichen Ende der Bucht von Rosas befindet sich der lebendige Urlaubsort L'Escala. Die schöne Strandpromenade lädt zum Bummeln ein. Eisdielen, Cafés, Bars und Restaurants versüßen...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Empúries
Empúries, formerly known by its Spanish name Ampurias, was a town on the Mediterranean coast of the Catalan comarca of Alt Empordà in Catalonia, Spain. It was founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea with the name of Ἐμπόριον (Emporion, meaning "trading place", cf. emporion). It was later occupied by the Romans, but in the Early Middle Ages, when its exposed coastal position left it open to marauders, the town was abandoned.
Empordà
Empordà is a natural and historical region of Catalonia divided since 1936 into two comarques, Alt Empordà and Baix Empordà.
Empuriabrava
Empuriabrava is one of the largest marinas in the world. It is located on the coast of Girona, the Costa Brava,. Empuriabrava was originally built on a swamp, and was transformed into a touristic community with original planning in 1964 and completion in 1975. The town has more than 40 km of canals and a seasonal, summer population of around 80,000. The Greco-Roman acropolis of Sant Martí d'Empúries is nearby.
Gulf of Roses
The Gulf of Roses is the most north eastern bay on the Catalan coast. The bay is 16 km wide and is formed by the valley of the Fluvià river but also contains the estuaries of the Manol and la Muga rivers. These rivers drain the southern flanks of the eastern end of the Pyrenees and Alberes. The area is often affected by the severe Tramuntana wind. The bay contains the resorts of Roses, Castelló d'Empúries/Empuriabrava, Sant Pere Pescador, Empúries and L'Escala.
Sant Pere Pescador
Sant Pere Pescador is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain, is a small town in the Bay of Roses on the river Fluvià. The town has the benefit of a sandy 7 km long beach. The first reference to the town dates from 974 when it was owned by the monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes part of the County of Empúries. The castle of Sant Pere dates from the 14th Century.
LORAN-C transmitter Estartit
Coast Guard LORAN-C Station Estartit was the Zulu secondary station of the Mediterrean Sea LORAN-C Chain (GRI 7990). It used a transmission power of 165 kW. Estartit LORAN-C transmitter, was situated near Estartit at . Estartit LORAN-C transmitter used as antenna a 190.5 metre (625 ft) tall mast radiator. The transmitters were demolished in 2005.
Viladamat
Viladamat is a village of Alt Empordà, 6 kilometers to the north from l'Escala, a municipality in Catalonia, Spain.
Vilacolum
Vilacolum is a little village 10 km on the sud from Figueres in
L'Armentera
L'Armentera is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Riumors
Riumors is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Sant Miquel de Fluvià
Sant Miquel de Fluvià is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The original part of the village lies just to the north of the river Fluvià and is dominated by the tower of an 11th-century church that was originally part of a Benedictine monastery that has since disappeared. The village has expanded northwards in modern times. It has a railway station on the main line between Figueres and Girona.
Torroella de Fluvià
Torroella de Fluvià is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Ventalló
Ventalló is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Vilamacolum
Vilamacolum is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Montgrí Castle
The Montgrí Castle (Catalan: Castell del Montgrí) is a historical edifice in Torroella de Montgrí, Catalonia, Spain, built between 1294 and 1301. Its reason to be was the existing conflict between the counts of Empúries - who ruled over most of the area around the town - and the counts of Barcelona, the most powerful of Catalonia at that time, who also had great power over the Mediterranean.
Bellcaire d'Empordà
Bellcaire d'Empordà is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Empordà, in Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 12.68 square kilometres and as of 2011 had a population of 664 people.
Fontanilles
Fontanilles is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 9.29 square kilometres and as of 2011 had a population of 167 people.
Garrigoles
Garrigoles is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 9.4 square kilometres and as of 2011 had a population of 164 people.
Gualta
Gualta is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 9 square kilometres and as of 2011 had a population of 358 people.
Jafre
Jafre is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 6.63 square kilometres and as of 2011 had a population of 413 people.
Parlavà
Parlavà is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 6.17 square kilometres and as of 2011 had a population of 383 people.
Colomers
Colomers is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 4.3 square kilometres and as of 2011 had a population of 196 people.
Ullà
Ullà is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
Ultramort
Ultramort is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
Vilopriu
Vilopriu is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
These districts also belong to l'Escala.
Popular in vicinityThese are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of l'Escala.
- Albons
- Sant Pere Pescador
- la Tallada d'Emporda
- Ulla
- Torroella de Montgri
- Garrigoles
- Torroella de Fluvia
- Ventallo
- Vilamacolum
- Verges
- Gualta
- Serra de Daro
- Fontanilles
- Jafre
- Vilopriu
- Ultramort
- Riumors
- Sant Mori
- Sant Miquel de Fluvia
- Parlava
- Ullastret
- Palau-sator
- Colomers
- Fortia
- Foixa
- Rupia
- Siurana
- Roses
- Pals
- Flaca
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
les Corts
