INFORMATION PLATJA DE ARO

Situation

SITUATION
The municipality of Castell – Platja d’Aro i S’Agaró, is located in the geographic area of the Costa Brava in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, and belongs to the region of Baix Empordà, province of Girona, Catalonia. comprised of the towns of Castell d’Aro inland, and Platja d’Aro i S’Agaró on the coast, it spreads across the eastern end of the Aro Valley, a narrow plain drained by the Ridaura river between the southern mountains of the Gavarres and Serra de Cadiretes ranges.
The municipality has an extension of 21,9 Km2, and borders to the north with Calonge, the west with Santa Cristina d’Aro, to the south with Sant Feliu de Guíxols and the coast on the east. The current census gives a figure of more than 10,000 inhabitants as permanent residents. The Town Hall offices, as well as the Headquarters of the Local Police Force and the Tourist Office are in the centre of Platja d’Aro.
One of the main characteristics of the municipality is its privileged location at a strategic point of the Mediterranean:

• GIRONA – 35 Km.

• FRONTERA – FRENCH BORDER 98 Km.

• BARCELONA 106 Km.

• MADRID 701 Km.

• BILBO – BILBAO 687 Km.

• A CORUÑA 1186 Km.

• LISBON 1331 Km.

• PARIS 1009 Km

• BRUXELLES – BRUSSELS 1305 Km.

• MILAN 918 Km.

• ROME 1293 Km.

• AMSTERDAM 1520 Km.

• FRANKFURT 1270 Km.

• ZURICH 1006 Km.

• STOCKHOLM 2691 Km.
  
   
  HOW TO GET THERE?
  Castell – Platja d’Aro i S’Agaró is located in an area close to a vast communication network making access to the town easy by either private car or public transport.
  

  PRIVATE TRANSPORT:
  Connection with tollway AP 7 – 33 Km. Connection with national highway N II – 30 Km. Connection with "Eix Transversal" of Catalonia C25 – 25 Km.	Information Servei Català del Trànsit: Tel. 012 - www.gencat.net/transit Information Dirección General de Tráfico Tel. 900 123 505  - www.dgt.es
  PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
  Train– RENFE CALDES DE MALAVELLA Station – 18 Km. GIRONA Station - 35 Km. BARCELONA Station – 106 Km. PERPINYÀ . FRANÇA Station – 120 Km.	Information RENFE: Tel. 902 240 202 - www.renfe.es
  Plane GIRONA COSTA BRAVA Airport - 30 Km. EL PRAT Airport . BARCELONA - 115 Km. PERPINYÀ Airport (France) – 120 Km.	Information AENA: Tel. 902 404 704 - www.aena.es
  Bus Bus station. GIRONA – 35 Km. Bus station. BARCELONA – 106 Km. Bus station. PLATJA D’ARO	Information SARFA: Tel. 902 30 20 25 - www.sarfa.com
  Lines in service (both directions). SARFA: Girona – Cassà de la Selva - Castell • Platja d’Aro – Palafrugell – La Bisbal d’Empordà – Girona Girona – La Bisbal d’Empordà – Palafrugell – Castell • Platja d’Aro – Cassà de la Selva - Girona Barcelona – Vidreres – Platja d’Aro – Palafrugell – L’Estartit Terrassa – Sabadell – Granollers – Platja d’Aro – Palafrugell Sant Feliu de Guíxols – Platja d’Aro – Calonge – Sant Antoni de Calonge - Palamós