Sant Pol de Mar

municipality in the comarca of Maresme in Catalonia, Spain

Sant Pol de Mar is a municipality of 5,200 people (2018) in the comarca of Maresme in Catalonia.

The beach of Sant Pol De Mar is one of the nicest of Maresme area. Tens of thousands of people visit every summer because of the amazing beaches.

Understand

Sant Pol de Mar is a great little town that everyone should visit when going to Barcelona. It is about an hour north of downtown Barcelona by way of the R1 line on the train heading towards Blanes.

Get in

By plane

The nearest airports are Barcelona El Prat Airport BCN 64 km (40 mi) and Girona Costa Brava GRO 44 km (27 mi)

By train

Served by Rodalies-RENFE Rodalies-Renfe trains  R1  line connects to Barcelona where you can change train to go to airport. It also goes to Maçanet-Massanes where you can change train to Girona (and connect to the Girona airport)

By car

  • The  C32  Motorway goes from Barcelona to Palafolls
  • The  N-2  goes parallel to C-32 but along the coast, crossing all villages

Get around

See

Town hall
  • 🌍 Hermitage of Sant Pau (Ermita de Sant Pau), Plaça Sant Pau, 2. Historic church and monastery with over a thousand years of history. (updated May 2023)
  • 🌍 Sant Jaume de Sant Pol de Mar Church (Església de Sant Jaume). (updated May 2023)

Do

Sant Pol De Mar has amazing beaches. The small pebble beach is one of the best on the Costa Brava in Spain. There are over 3 km of regular beaches which are book-ended by some nice nude beaches. There are nude beaches for anyone and there are more family oriented nude beaches at each far end.

Road Cycling

You can train along the coast in the N-II road between El Masnou and Santa Susanna. Or try the road from Arenys to Port of Collsacreu to Sant Celoni .

In Sant Pol starts the bv-5128 and then the BV-5031 until Mataro. This route is a favorite among locals. They call it "el pollastre" (the chicken).

Mountain Bike

Head up to the Parc del Montnegre i el Corredor , for trails along the forests.

Buy

Eat

There are many excellent restaurants in this town.

Drink

Sleep

Connect

Go next

Routes through Sant Pol de Mar
Mataro ← Canet de Mar ←  W Rodalies trains E  → Calella → Blanes
Mataró ← Canet de Mar ←  W Motorway C-32 Mresme E  → Calella → Blanes
Mataró ← Canet de Mar ←  W  E  → Calella → Girona


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