Blue paradise on the Costa Brava

On Spain’s Costa Brava, about 45 miles north of Barcelona, lies a perfectly preserved medieval town just beyond the enceinte (stone wall) you see in our homepage image, curving up the hillside. La Vila Vella (The Old Town) blends with the more modern parts of Tossa de Mar. Here, the 21st century merges beautifully with the 14th.
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