Taxi to Roses and Empuriabrava

Roses sits at the top of its own wide bay with a long sandy beach and a citadel, and it is the gateway to the Cap de Creus headland. Empuriabrava, a few minutes south, is unlike anywhere else on the coast: a residential marina built on a grid of navigable canals, where a great many houses have a mooring instead of a drive.

That canal layout is worth mentioning when you book. Addresses in Empuriabrava are given as sector and street names that mean nothing without local knowledge, and the bridges mean two houses that look adjacent on a map can be a long way apart by road. A location pin removes the problem entirely.

The drive is about two hours up the AP-7 past Figueres, then the C-260. Empuriabrava also has a well-known skydiving centre, and we do a steady trade in early-morning runs out for jump slots and evening returns — both perfectly normal bookings at fixed prices.

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