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What to see and do in l'Ametlla de Mar

What to see and do in l'Ametlla de Mar (Baix Ebre, Tarragona): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 2 Activities · 1 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

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What to see and do in l'Ametlla de Mar

L'Ametlla de Mar
Village
L'Ametlla de Mar, also known as La Cala, is a fishing town in the comarca of Baix Ebre, in the province of Tarragona, located in the centre of the Gulf of Sant Jordi, amid coves and white-sand beaches, with the fortified tower of Sant Jordi d'Alfama. It was formed from the resettlement planned in the time of Charles III with Valencian fishermen from the Grao de Valencia and farmers from Valls, and grew with the arrival of the railway in 1865; it was separated from Perelló in 1891. In the early 20th century its inhabitants, known as caleros, emigrated to the Costa Brava and to America. Its present name, official since 1984, means almond in Catalan. It has 6,787 inhabitants.
Fortress Tower of Sant Jordi d'Alfama
Monument
The castle of Sant Jordi d'Alfama is a fortress located at one end of the Gulf of Sant Jordi, in the municipality of l'Ametlla de Mar, beside an old Roman road. In 1201 Pere el Catòlic and Ramon de Montcada granted the site of Alfama to a group of religious men who organised themselves as a military order, recognised by the pope in 1373, on condition of building a convent and a hospital; around 1400 it joined the order of Santa Maria de Montesa. The old castle, according to a 1576 inventory, had a square body about 20 metres to a side with a tower serving as a watchtower. In 1650, during the Guerra dels Segadors, it was bombarded and left in ruins; its ashlar blocks were reused between 1732 and 1733 to build the present fortress, following the method of the engineer Vauban.
L'Ametlla de Mar Main Festival
Activity
L'Ametlla de Mar celebrates its patron saint festivities on 2 February, in honour of la Mare de Déu de la Candelera, with four days of cultural, sports and religious events, and on 29 June in honour of Sant Pere, patron of the fishermen.
L'Ametlla de Mar Winter Main Festival
Activity
L'Ametlla de Mar's Festa Major d'Hivern is held in the village formed in the 18th century as a fishing settlement in the Golf de Sant Jordi, whose fleet was the first in the Principat dedicated to tuna and which today is a benchmark for Mediterranean bluefin tuna.
Birth of the fishing settlement
Historical milestone
The present town was formed in the eighteenth century as a fishermen's settlement in the golf de Sant Jordi, although the coast already had defensive functions against privateering from medieval times. Its fleet was the first of the Principat devoted to tuna.
Bluefin tuna of la Cala
Food and drink
The local fleet was the first of the Principat devoted to tuna and the town is today a benchmark for Mediterranean bluefin tuna, with fattening installations off the coast. It is served raw, seared on the griddle or in the port's seafarers' stews.