- Llançà
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Heritage
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Go Sightseeing in Llançà
- Watercolor Museum
- Romanesque Tower
- Church Sant Vicenç
- Tower of "Homenatge"
- Castle-Abbot's Palace
- Tree of Liberty
- Main square tree stone surround
- Fortified House
- Chapel of Mare de Déu del Port
- Castellar Islet
- "Banc de peix"
- "The Tower" Windmill
- Shelter on former "Plaça de la República"
- Tamarisk on Grifeu beach
- Cap de Ras Bunker
- Argilera Bunker
- Original Walled Enclosure
- Sant Genís del Terrer
- Sant Silvestre Hermitage
- Sant Martí de Vallmala
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Discovery of the historical center
- Sant Vicenç Church (12th century)
- Romanesque Tower 13th-14th centuries
- Walled Enclosure
- Defence Towers
- Tower of "Homenatge" 13th-14th centuries
- Castle-Abbot's Palace, Original 11th-century building
- Church Sant Vicenç (S.XVII-XVIII)
- The Vicarage
- Curates House
- Hospital
- Main square tree stone surround 17th century
- Fortified House (17th-18th centuries)
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Discover the Empordà Region
- Villages traditionnels
- Medieval Towns
- Sant Pere de Rodes (romanesque monestry) / (Port de la Selva)
- Dali's Triangle
- Casa Natal de Salvador Dalí (Figueres)
- Paratge de Tudela (Cadaqués)
- Castle of Sant Ferran (Figueres)
- Empordà Museum (Figueres)
- Toy's Museum of Catalonia (Figueres)
- Tortoise's reproduction Center (Garriguella)
- Peralada Castle - Museu
- Santa Maria de Vilabertran
- elBulli1846 museum (Roses)
- Roses Citadel
- Butterfly Park (Empuriabrava)
- Ecomuseum- Farinera (Castelló d'Empúries)
- Ruïnes d'Empúries(L'Escala)
- Monesteri at Sant Quirze de Colera (Rabós)
- Requesens Castle (Cantallops)
- Museu de l'Exili (La Jonquera)
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Go Sightseeing in Llançà
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Nature
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Trekking
- Llançà tree's - Un open-air museum
- The Dry Stone Route
- From Llançà to Sant Genís del Terrer
- From Valleta to Sant Silvestre and Sant Genís
- Puig d’Esquers 1
- Puig d’Esquers (2)
- Glen of Sant Pere de Rodes
- Cap de Ras
- Font d’en Falcó
- Llançà Medieval
- Llançà and Cap de Creus Natural Park
- Half Marathon of Albera de Llançà
- Antic camí de Balleta a Llançà
- E12 / Sentier Littoral / GR92 Argelès-sur-Mer to Roses
- Mountain Biking
- Snorkeling
- Natural Reserves
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Trekking
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Beaches
- Platja Petita del Futaner
- Platja Gran del Futaner
- Platja de Bramant
- Platja de Canyelles
- Platja del Cros
- Platja Sota d'en Canals
- Platja de Grifeu
- Platja del Port
- Platja Sota del Parador
- Platja de l'Alguer
- Platja de Sant Jordi
- Platja de l'Argilera
- Platja de La Gola
- Platja de les Carboneres
- Platja de l'Embarril
- Platja del Morer
- Platja de les Titarolites
- Platja de la Farella
- Platja de la Farella del Mig
- Platja de les Tonyines
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- Beaches and fishing arts itinerary
- Discovery of the historical center
- Escape Experience – EscAPPe Llançà! Vila -Port
- Trekking and Mountain Biking
- The Dry Stone Route
- Llançà tree's - An open air museum
- Various activities
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Beaches
- Platja Petita del Futaner
- Platja Gran del Futaner
- Platja de Bramant
- Platja de Canyelles
- Platja del Cros
- Platja Sota d'en Canals
- Platja de Grifeu
- Platja del Port
- Platja Sota del Parador
- Platja de l'Alguer
- Platja de Sant Jordi
- Platja de l'Argilera
- Platja de La Gola
- Platja de les Carboneres
- Platja de l'Embarril
- Platja del Morer
- Platja de les Titarolites
- Platja de la Farella
- Platja de la Farella del Mig
- Platja de les Tonyines
- Platja del Molló
- Platja del Cau del Llop
Platja de Canyelles
TYPE: Beach
ENVIRONMENT: Semi-urban
ORIENTATIONS: South
LENGTH: 264m.
MEDIUM WIDTH: 17m.
TYPE OF SAND: Very thick
PENDING ENTRY TO WATER: Soft
RONDA'S PATHS: Yes
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Yes
TOURIST BOAT: Yes
NAUTICAL ACTIVITIES: Yes
UNDERWATER ACTIVITIES: Yes
BEACONING: Yes
PARKING: Yes
ACCESS FOR THE DISABLED: Yes
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (ºC)
JUNE: 19ºC JULY: 20ºC AUGUST: 22ºC SEPTEMBER 21ºC
CAP DE RAS
The Catalan word ras describes an open, low-lying area. As a place name, Cap de Ras denotes the contrast of the area with the surrounding high-lying promontories. This place marked the centuries-old boundary between the monastic domains of Sant Quirze de Colera and Sant Pere de Roda. [Plujà i Canals, Arnald: Estudi del Cap de Creus: La costa: Diccionari toponímic, etimològic i geogràfic].
Lantern [Farella: 5], long-line and gillnet fishing, batre and reganar were all practised off these beaches and coves. Long-line fishing is a hook and line technique, whereas gillnetting is an enmeshing technique, by means of which the fish become entangled in the meshes of rectangular nets lowered into the sea. Batre consists in fishing with nets in places with rocks. Reganar is fishing with trident and light at night.
Long-line fishing
Long-line fishing gear is basically a main fishing line to which branch lines with baited hooks are attached. The line is cast and pulled up in one piece and yields a great diversity of captures. The Catalan words used to describe the various types of line are palangret (short line), palangre (standard line) and palangró (very long line). Traditionally, long-lines could be dropped to different depths, and cast from either land or boats. Surface lines were also used.
Long-lines were sometimes baited with boiled octopus, or otherwise with hermit crab, squid, sea cucumber, mussels or scallops. Live bait (preferably sand eels) was also used.
Bottom long-line fishing is only found in the Gulf of Lion area and is mainly used for catching demersal hake.
Gillnetting
Gillnets are cast down vertically to the seabed, with a stone attached to each end, and are anchored with a rope and a cork float. This type of fishing gear is used to intercept the passage of fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and can be handled by a single fisherman working out of a small boat.
Gillnets are cast at sunset or in the small hours of the night and are pulled up again before sunrise. They can be used on either rocky, seaweed or sandy sea beds.
Bibliography:
BOIX, Lurdes: Pescadors de Catalunya, converses amb gent de la mar (Generalitat de Catalunya, Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, 2003).
ROIG, Emerencià: La pesca a Catalunya (Noray, 1996)
SALA i LLOBERAS, Joan; and DOMÈNECH i MONER, Joan: La pesca, (Girona Provincial Council and Caixa de Girona, 1994).