Calonge is a municipality

Municipality

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 in the comarca

Comarques of Catalonia

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 of the Baix Empordà

Baix Empordà

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 in Catalonia

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, Spain

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The town comprises two parts, a medieval hill village and modern seaside resort. The main urban centre and original village is about 4 km inland from the Bay of Sant Antoni. The towers and walls of Calonge castle date from the thirteenth century.

The modern resort of Sant Antoni de Calonge is on the coast between Sant Feliu de Guíxols

Sant Feliu de Guíxols

Sant Feliu de Guíxols is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Empordà inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated on the Costa Brava and is an important port and tourist centre. The district abuts to the north, the upmarket s'Agaró resort built round the Sant Pol Beach. In addition to tourism and the...

 and Palamós

Palamós

Palamós is a town and municipality in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located in the comarca of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain....

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The two parts are connected by GI-660 which then leads north through Las Gavarres

Gavarres

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 mountains
to La Bisbal d'Empordà

La Bisbal d'Empordà

La Bisbal d'Empordà is the capital of the comarca of the Baix Empordà in Catalonia, Spain.The town is 29 km south east of Girona, 12 km west of Palafrugell and 19 km north west of Palamós. The town lies on the C-66 road between Girona and Palafrugell/Palamós where it becomes the...

. The C-31, the main north-south route through the Costa Brava

Costa Brava

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splits the two parts.

Some of the bests campsites of the Costa Brava are located here, such as Cala Gogo, Treumal and International Calonge.

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