Fornells de Mar (zipcode 17255), also known as Platja de Fornells or simply Fornells, is a village, bay and port on the Costa Brava and in the municipality of Begur,

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...

, Spain. It lies between and

Tamariu Tamariu (, Catalan for ''tamarisk'') is one of three coastal towns belonging to the municipality of Palafrugell, province of Girona, Spain, the other two being Calella de Palafrugell and Llafranc. It is part of the Costa Brava, the coastal regi ...

. It was formerly mainly a fishing village and there is still some fishing activity. Fornells is the site of the Port d'Aiguablava, a marina with 61 moorings operated by the Club Nàutic Aiguablava. Within Fornells itself there are, from north to south, the larger beach of ''Platja Fonda'', and the smaller coves of ''Cala n’Estasia'', ''Cala Port de ses Orats'', ''Cala d’en Malaret'' and ''Cala Port d’Esclanyà''. Further to the south lies the beach of '' Cala d'Aiguablava''. There are several hotels in Fornells village, including the large ''Hotel Aigua Blava''. The

GR 92 The GR 92 is part of the extensive GR footpath network of paths, tracks and trails in Spain. It will eventually run the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, from Portbou, on the border with France to Tarifa, the most southerly point of Sp ...

long distance footpath, which runs the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, passes through the village. To the north the path follows the incised coastline to near Platja Fonda before heading inland towards and Begur. To the south it follows the coastline to the beach at

Aiguablava The Cala d'Aiguablava is a small bay on the Costa Brava, Girona, Catalonia (Spain) near Begur and Palafrugell with a small beach (busy in the summer months) and a few mainly seafood restaurants. It is a popular mooring place for sailing and mot ...

before following an inland route through

pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accepts ...

and

cork oak ''Quercus suber'', commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris''. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring and as the core ...

forests to the resort of

. The Torras i Arruga family has several luxury estates around the Platja Fonda.

Gallery

File:Shoreline view of Fornells, Catalonia.jpg, The shoreline File:Aigua Blava Marina.JPG, The marina File:Cala-d'Aiguablava-Begur 20180717 113924.jpg, The bay of Aiguablava viewed from the village File:Fornells 2022-10-28 10.19.09.jpg, The village viewed from above File:Fornells 2022-10-28 10.03.56.jpg, The village beach

References

Bays of Catalonia Populated places in Baix Empordà {{Girona-geo-stub