El Port de la Selva

Port de la Selva is a Catalan municipality, located at the NE end of the Iberian Peninsula.

Administratively it belongs to the province of Girona, Empordà region. The municipality covers an area of ​​41.49 km2 north of Cap de Creus, on the Costa Brava. It extends from the Feliu irrigation canal to Cala Galladera following the coast, and inland it borders the terms of La Selva de Mar, Llança, Vilajuïga, Pau, Palau-Savardera, Roses and Cadaqués.

Within this environment we find a great wealth of landscapes where the blavor of the Mediterranean, the greenery of the vineyards and, rising by the sea, mountains sculpted by the passage of time with peaks of remarkable heights like Sant Salvador de Verdera (671 m.) and Puig de Queralbs (621 m.). Cap de Creus, the last buttress of the Pyrenees, where our town is located, has a morphology with steep coasts resulting from the erosive action of the sea and wind, with abundant river valleys flooded by the sea that give rise to a coast articulated with picturesque coves , high heads and steep promontories, as well as several islands.

In 1998, the Cap de Creus Natural Park was created, which protects just over 90% of the municipality. Within this area, in addition to areas of high natural interest, there is an architectural heritage that allows us to trace the history of the place, especially the imposing monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes.

The municipality has a renewed hotel offer, apartments and campsites. It also has a good local shopping network and a varied gastronomic offer. With a thousand inhabitants, the Port de la Selva continues to be a quiet town, maintaining the traditional structure of fishing ports despite multiplying its population by 10 during the summer months.