Tossa de Mar, Costa Brava
A walled medieval town standing over a sandy bay.
Costa Brava · Girona
About Tossa de Mar
Tossa is the Costa Brava's picture-book town: the Vila Vella, a twelfth-century walled quarter with towers, sits on a headland above a wide sandy beach.
You can walk the walls for free, and the view back over the bay is one of the best on this coast.
Tossa de Mar sits on the Costa Brava in the province of Girona.
Open the larger mapThings to do
- Walk the Vila Vella walls and lighthouse
- Glass-bottom boat trips along the coast
- The municipal museum inside the old town
Best beaches
- Platja Gran — the main sandy bay
- Cala Codolar
- Cala Pola and Cala Giverola
Restaurants
- Cim i tomba, the local fish stew
- Old town terraces
Family activities
- Boat trips
- The walls to explore
- Sheltered swimming in the main bay
Walks
- Camí de Ronda north towards Cala Pola
- The lighthouse circuit
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