Platja de Garbet, Mediterranean beach in Colera, Spain.
Platja de Garbet is a pebble and coarse-sand beach at the foot of a large bay of the same name in Colera, Alt Empordà. It measures about 449 metres long and 33 metres wide, faces east, and has an incipient foredune in its central section. At the southern end, a rock in the sea is called Cavall Bernat.
A beach restaurant opened right on the sand in 1948 and operated for 75 years until its concession ended and it stopped serving in 2018; its removal allowed the beach area to be renaturalised. A campsite stood at the northern end until 2009, and its ground is now a paid municipal car park. The beach's own railway station, Platja de Garbet, still stands but is no longer in use; bathers once used it in summer.
The beach is named after the Bay of Garbet, at whose head it lies. At its southern end, a rock in the sea is called Cavall Bernat, a name used for similar rocks elsewhere in Catalonia. A restaurant opened at the beach in 1948 and operated for 75 years until its concession ended in 2018; its removal allowed the beach area to be renaturalised.
The beach lies about 2.5 km from Colera and 4.5 km from Llançà, and the only access is by the N-260 road. There is parking, and a Moventis bus stop (line 12) serves the beach. The former campsite area on the north side is now a paid municipal car park.
At the southern end of the beach, a rock rises out of the sea that locals call Cavall Bernat, the same name given to similar rocks elsewhere in Catalonia. In the centre of the beach, a small climbing dune has begun to form. The Catalan Water Agency tests the water weekly during the bathing season and rates it excellent.
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