Beaches and Coves Beaches

L’Estany-Mas Mel Beach in Calafell, in the north of the Costa Daurada, is on the seafront of the Mas Mel-L'Estany residential estate, between the residential area of Calafell and the resort’s main beach. More than a kilometre and a half long, L’Estany-Mas Mel Beach has fine golden sand and warm calm crystal-clear waters. This, together with the numerous services it offers, makes it very popular with families.

The facilities include beachfront parking, sports activities, sun lounger and parasol hire, beach bars, toilets, showers, lifeguard and first aid post, accessibility for people with reduced mobility, walkways, adapted services and support staff for sea bathing with amphibious wheelchairs.

During the summer, Calafell’s beaches stage exhibitions of the Bot Salvavides (Lifeboat), an unsinkable lifeboat with a unique construction that makes its right itself when it capsizes. Restored in 1989, the Bot Salvavides is brought out every year on June 29, July 16, August 15 and September 11. The town’s beaches are also home to the Llaguts de Calafell and the Vogadors de Calafell, two associations that promote fixed seat rowing using the Catalan llagut or catboat, and the Patí Català Calafell Association that organises various cultural, sports and social activities.

Calafell is categorised by the Catalan Tourism Agency as a Family Tourism destination, a designation that distinguishes holiday resorts with a certified range of accommodation, restaurants and leisure establishments designed specifically with children in mind.

1500