Tuesday 6 September 2016

General Impressions of Platja D'aro and port

Platja D'aro is now still crowded but our pictures were taken in the cold off season, most restaurants at the beach promenade were even closed. The main shopping street was open. These little coast towns at the Costa Brava come to life during the summer. Outside the main season, everyone is gone. The deserted old amusement park is a confrontation with reality.

In the small port, you find many sailing boats and yachts. This is the most modern part of town. New apartments are being build. We liked the enormous bush, shaped into a green duck.

Platja D'aro is nu nog steeds druk bezocht door toeristen maar onze foto's werden getrokken tijdens een koude periode buiten het vakantieseizoen. De meeste restaurants aan de strandpromenade waren gesloten. Alle zaken in de hoofdwinkelstraat waren open for business. Deze kleinere badplaatsen aan de Costa Brava komen tot leven in de zomer. Buiten het seizoen gaat iedereen weg. Een verlaten pretpark is de confrontatie met deze realiteit. 

In de kleine jachthaven liggen vele zeilbootjes. Dit is het moderne gedeelte van de stad waar men vele nieuwe appartementen bouwt. De heel grote struik, geschoren in de vorm van een eend maakte wel indruk op ons. 
 
Platja D'aro

Platja D'aro waves hitting rocks

Platja D'aro sea

Platja D'aro braking waves

Platja D'aro tree sea

Platja D'aro rock formations

Platja D'aro city

Platja D'aro amusement park misisipi

Platja D'aro shaved duck

Platja D'aro boat

Platja D'aro yachts

Platja D'aro port appartments

Platja D'aro bar schweppes

Platja D'aro azulik

Platja D'aro gafitti

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7 comments:

  1. Beautiful and wild. OH, I love that ship!! And the duck bush is fantastic! He has his feet dug in for a landing. SO cool!!

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  2. I like places like this out of season when I can enjoy it all to myself

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  3. greal landscape and it seems autumn is coming

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  4. De toersten zijn weg en een donkerder periode komt eraan te zien aan het water en de lucht maar de schoonheid zit er nog steeds.

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  5. Such a beautiful and serene place ! So. It was quiet because of the winter, how nice !!

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  6. Its nice to avoid the tourists but then its a shame so many places close for the off season.

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  7. Such a lovely grassy duck that appears to have just landed! Nice, as is the sea and all the lovely buildings.

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