Bay Sant Pol and S´Agaró

Sant Pol bay is a tourist centre of undoubted interest, whose eastern part with the residential area of S´Agaró belongs to the municipal district of Castell-Platja d´Aro, while the western part lies in the municipality of Sant Feliu de Guíxols.
Sant Pol beach has fine sand and shallow waters. At the western end there is a modern villa dating from the end of the 19 th century: Casa Estrada or Torre de les Punxes. The central part of the beach has a sand dune zone of considerable ecologic interest.
At the other end of the bay there stretches out the residential area of S´Agaró, a development that the Ensesa family built from 1924 onwards under the direction of the great Girona architect Rafael Masó. At the entrance of the estate is the 1932 Hostal de La Gavina, whose gardens house the Venus of S´Agaró by Joan Rebull. Another important building is the church of Mare de Déu de l´Esperança, dating from 1940, and built in the neo-baroque style by the architect Francesc Folguera.
One small trip not to be missed takes us along the Camí de Ronda, made in 1940, until we come to the beautiful Sa Conca bay.



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