Castelló d'Empúries

Castelló d'Empúries is a town of 11,600 people (2022) in Costa Brava. It has an historic old town and a basilica.

Understand
Castelló d'Empúries is a town and municipality in the Alt Empordà. It lies 9 km east of Figueres.

In 1079, Castelló d'Empúries became the capital of the Empúries county due to the previous capital, Sant Martí d'Empúries, being too easily sacked by pirates. 1325-1341 saw a period of large expansion of this capital town, which ultimately ceased being the capital once the county joined the Crown of Aragon in 1385.

The old town is somewhat dwarfed by the neighboring urbanisation of Empuriabrava



By plane
The nearest airports are Girona-Costa Brava (, in Spain) and Perpignan–Rivesaltes (, In France)

By railway
Figueres has a high-speed train station, connected to Madrid and Barcelona and also to France's high-speed trains

By car
From France: The   from Montpellier and Perpignan to the Spanish border. Then the until Figueres.

The road to Roses  connects it with the county seat, Figueres (10 km away) as well as with the town of Roses (10 km away). A regular bus line connects the town with the municipalities along this important county axis.

See

 * Visit Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park
 * Visit Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park
 * Visit Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park
 * Visit Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park
 * Visit Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park
 * Visit Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park

Hiking

 * Long range: the GR 92 crosses the village

Mountain bike

 * The Pirinexus route crosses the city

Connect
As of Jan 2024, Castelló d'Empúries and its approach highways have 5G from all Spanish carriers.