- 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 la Farella
ENVIRONMENT: Semiurban
ORIENTATION: Southeast
LENGTH: 260m.
WIDTH MEDIA: 10m.
TYPE OF SAND: Fine and Gravel
PENDING WATER ENTRY: Soft
RONDA'S PATH'S: Yes
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Yes
BEACONING: Yes
PARKING: Yes
ACCESS FOR DISABILITIES: Yes
TOILETS: Yes
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (ºC)
JUNE: 19ºC JULY: 20ºC AUGUST: 22ºC SEPTEMBER: 21ºC
The name of the beach comes from the Catalan word farell, which can mean either a light to guide sailors or a place from where lantern fishing boats set out. [Plujà i Canals, Arnald: Estudi del Cap de Creus: La costa: Diccionari toponímic, etimològic i geogràfic].
The place name La Farella thus recalls the type of fishing practised here in former times. Lantern fishing was a large-net “encircling” technique which replaced the driftnet technique formerly used for capturing pelagic species. Lantern fishing uses spotlights to attract the fish, which are then trapped inside a purse-shaped bag on the net. Fishermen in the Cap de Creus area used to go seine fishing in daytime and lantern fishing at night. The latter, however, was the most usual practice along this stretch of the coast.
Lantern fishing
The ancient craft of lantern fishing (pesca a l’encesa) originated on the Cap de Creus coast. The method consisted of using light to attract fish. In former times, pinewood or pine brands were burnt in a cresset placed on the stern of the boat. However, in more recent times, fishermen used carbide, Petromax or petrol instead (and electric lights on the trawlers). Small seine nets were used for this type of fishing.
The technique consisted in sending a small skiff (llagut) into a cove, where it left one end of the seine net on the shore. The skiff then went back out towards the fishing ground and waited while the light-bearing boats went off to look for fish. When one of the boats came across a shoal of fish, it headed silently back towards the shore, with the light on the stern luring the fish in its wake. The small skiff then circled the boat, casting the seine net around the pool of light and the shoal of fish below. It then made its way back towards the shore where men were waiting to start hauling in the rope attached to the seine net. Meanwhile, the light boat slipped out of the encircled area in such a way as to entice the fish right into the purse of the seine net.
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).