Platja D'aro

PLATJA D'ARO

Platja d'Aro is a population entity in the Baix-Empordà municipality of Castell d'Aro. Currently Platja d'Aro is the main population center of the municipality, where the town hall has its headquarters. In 2009 it had 7.331 inhabitants, an increase of 13,3 percent in four years, but during the summer season it reaches 90.000 people.

The small neighborhood that had only 113 inhabitants at the beginning of the 20th century developed during the tourist boom of the 1960s. It has some 32 hotels, 1.600 apartments, three campsites that "have often distorted the landscape." it is an important center of commerce and day and night entertainment on the Costa Brava.

 

  • MARKET DAY: Every Friday
  • SCHEDULE: 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
  • SITUATION: Sta. Cristina road, Platja d'Aro car park
  • MARKET STALLS: 190
  • POPULATION: 10.567 inhabitants
  • PROVINCE: Girona
  • REGION: Baix Empordà
  • WHAT TO DO:  https://www.platjadaro.com/