Village
Santa Cristina d'Aro is a town in the interior of the Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, at the foot of the Gavarres and l'Ardenya massifs, with several golf courses and access to numerous hiking trails. It has 5,987 inhabitants and was formed in 1808 by separation from Castell d'Aro, bringing together the former parishes of Santa Cristina, Romanyà de la Selva, Solius and Bell-lloc. It preserves a rich religious heritage: the church of Santa Cristina, of pre-Romanesque origin; that of Santa Maria de Bell-lloc, built over Roman structures; and the pre-Romanesque church of Sant Martí, in Romanyà, as well as the dolmen of Cova de la Daina. It is also home to the Gran Museu de la Màgia - Col·lecció Xevi, housed in an 1850 farmhouse and unique of its kind in Spain.
Village
Romanyà de la Selva is a small hamlet in the municipality of Santa Cristina d'Aro, in the Baix Empordà, deep in the Gavarres massif, about 6 km from Platja d'Aro. Documented since 1019, it was one of the four former parishes that formed the municipality in 1808 by separating from Castell d'Aro; it traditionally lived off forestry and farming. It preserves an old quarter of manor farmhouses, the rectory and the church of Sant Martí, with a Greek-cross nave from the 10th century and a bell tower from the 11th, as well as the dolmen of Cova de la Daina. In 1972 the writer Mercè Rodoreda settled in one of the chalets of the development after returning from exile; there she wrote Mirall trencat and was buried in 1983 in the village cemetery.
Village
Solius is a rural hamlet of Santa Cristina d'Aro, in the Baix Empordà, incorporated into the present-day municipality in 1858 after separating from Castell d'Aro; its area reaches down to the sea, with the beaches of Canyet, la Corcollada, Concagats and Vallpresona. It is home to the Cistercian monastery of Santa Maria de Solius, founded in 1967 by four monks from Poblet on the site of the former 18th-century parish church, itself built over a Romanesque church from the 10th or 11th centuries. It is known for its nativity-scene dioramas, the work of Brother Gilbert Galceran i Famadas, and for its bookbinding workshop; its community has become known as a champion of the natural sites of Solius. Near the ridge of l'Ardenya, the church of Sant Baldiri de Solius survives, in poor condition.
Nature
A large Neolithic dolmen (between 3500 and 1800 BC), one of the most important megalithic monuments in the les Gavarres massif.
Nature
Cala del Senyor Ramon is a natural beach in the municipality of Santa Cristina d'Aro, near s'Agaró, in an almost pristine setting of cliffs and coves between Tossa de Mar and Sant Feliu de Guíxols. It is bounded to the north by the esculls de Canyet, a group of islets joined by curious stone bridges that separate it from Canyet beach, and to the south by the small cala de Concagats. At 336 metres long and 21 metres wide on average, it is made up of coarse sand, gravel and pebbles, with a very steep entry into the water; it is reached by a track that crosses private property from the GI-682 road. It has no services, nudism is practised there, and the water periodically receives an excellent rating in quality checks.
Nature
Cala Canyet, or platja de Canyet, lies next to s'Agaró, in the district of Santa Cristina d'Aro (Baix Empordà, Girona), and is reached on foot. Unlike other nearby coves in the municipality, such as la Corcollada, Concagats or Vallpresona, the Canyet one is developed; as a population entity it had 89 inhabitants in 2025.
Nature
The massif of l'Ardenya, also called the Cadiretes-l'Ardenya massif, is a group of coastal mountains stretching between the comarques of La Selva, Gironès and Baix Empordà, with a maximum elevation of 518.7 metres at the Puig de les Cadiretes. It forms a barrier between the coast and the depression of La Selva, and includes peaks such as Montagut, Montllor, puig de Sant Baldiri and Montclar, within the municipalities of Tossa de Mar, Santa Cristina d'Aro, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Caldes de Malavella and Llagostera. To the north it borders the Gavarres massif, and at its eastern end it drops abruptly to the sea, forming cliffs and coves between Sant Feliu de Guíxols and Tossa de Mar. In 2004 a Plan for Areas of Natural Interest covering more than 7700 hectares was declared over much of its area, and this stretch of coastline inspired Ferran Agulló to coin the name Costa Brava.
Curiosity
Curious granite formations rounded by erosion, visible between Santa Cristina d'Aro and Castell d'Aro, which give this landscape of the l'Ardenya massif its popular name.
Monument
A church located in the old district of Bell-lloc d'Aro, formerly called Filafamis, one of the four districts that were merged into the present municipality of Santa Cristina d'Aro when it separated from Castell d'Aro in the 19th century, in the Vall d'Aro (Baix Empordà). It was built over earlier Roman and Palaeochristian structures. This parish, made up of scattered farmhouses, was always the least populated of the four that make up the municipality. Near the church stood the Bell-lloc - Font Picant railway halt, opened in 1892 on the line linking Sant Feliu de Guíxols and Girona, and mineral waters known as fonts picants sprang up in the area, among them those of Bell-lloc, Penedes and Salenys.
Monument
A small Romanesque-style church in Santa Cristina d'Aro (Baix Empordà), part of the notable ensemble of rural Romanesque architecture of the comarca. It stands in the hamlet of Solius, next to the Cistercian monastery of Santa Maria de Solius, founded in 1967 by four monks from Poblet; the day chosen for the foundation, 21 January, coincides with the feast of Santa Agnès, patron saint of the parish. The present parish building, in neoclassical style, was raised in the 18th century on the base of a Romanesque church from the 10th or 11th centuries, and remains today the religious reference point of the small hamlet, together with the monastic community that devotes itself to prayer and maintains a bookbinding workshop.
Monument
Sant Martí de Romanyà is the parish church of Romanyà de la Selva, a hamlet of the municipality of Santa Cristina d'Aro, at the top of the ridge that separates the valley of Aro from that of Calonge. It is a building of the early Romanesque period, from the 10th and 11th centuries, dedicated in 1019, with a Greek-cross plan and barrel vaults reinforced with horseshoe arches; over the crossing rises an almost dome-like structure higher than the rest of the temple. The bell tower, later in date, is a square turret with twin windows from the 11th-12th centuries. The place is cited as a possession of the monastery of Sant Feliu de Guíxols in 968 and in donations by the counts of Barcelona from 1016; a restoration around 1970 brought to light a pre-Romanesque door, and inside is preserved a carving of Saint Martin by the Olot sculptor Modest Fluvià.