Empuriabrava Online Blog and News

Not a good end to the evening. I only hope the driver was OK. Thanks John for the pictures.

Most meetings about the Act of Apeo have been held and they have been very well attended. From what I have heard, everyone has signed against the new proposals. Tomorrow is the last day of meetings so everyone is urged to support them. The most important piece of news from today’s meetings is that Castelló [...]

Here is a letter that my friend Veena of Different2 has sent to all of their clients: Dear Client, There have been a lot of discussions about the canals in Empuriabrava. Some of the information issued by the Local Authorities and the Port Captain’s office (Capitania) has not been exactly clear, and certainly not sufficiently [...]

The 2008 Boat Show in Empuriabrava kicked off yesterday so I thought that I’d pop down and take a few photos. EDIT: I also popped down to the show on Monday and have added the first photo (hence the sunnier day).

The 20th Empuriabrava Boat Show (XX FIRA DEL VAIXELL D’OCASIÓ DEL PORT D’EMPURIABRAVA) starts this Saturday, 15th March 2008 and runs until Sunday 23rd March. The fair is open between 10am until 7pm and entrance for visitors is free. You will find the boat show in the port area around the Nautic Centre. For more [...]

According to cbrava.com talks have been held to improve the service at the post office in Empuriabrava AND to improve the delivery of post! For those of us who live here it is always a pain that we only get postal deliveries once a week (if we’re lucky) and it is infuriating to go down [...]

The following is a news item from CapCreus Online: The city hall of Castelló d’Empúries and the manager of the channels (sic) of Empuriabrava, Port Ampuriabrava SA, entered into a contract on 9 August and how to regulate the water routes of Empuriabrava. The owners of anchorages are represented by the society Manteniment control i [...]

This year’s fiestas, in celebration of the patron saint of sailors and fishermen, will be held on the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th of July. For a full itinerary of events see our Fiestas Del Carmen web page.

For those of you into big cars you might want to pop over to Alberes commercial sector this weekend (7-8 July) to see gigantic 4x4s in action in a kind of monster truck style event. The show starts at 21:30 and lasts for two hours.

One of the biggest problems of getting into Empuriabrava, especially on market day or in the summer, was the bottleneck at the end of Av. Juan Carlos on the junction with Av. Fages de Climent (by Monserrat). The Town Council have solved the problem at a stroke. Parking has been banned between the bridge and [...]