Cala Jòncols
This is an unspoiled cove with a wild landscape backdrop, running for a length of some 190 metres and located 12 kilometres from Roses town centre. Access is by a coast road running along the entire coastline, passing by Cape Norfeu and ending at Jòncols cove. This is a beach formed by pebbles, also to be found on the steeply shelving seabed. This is an ideal spot for diving (with a specialised centre).
Services:
Coastal surveillance, buoy-marked bathing zone, car park without attendant, sand and water cleaning service during the summer season. It also has rubbish containers at the exit from the cove, signposts, a beaching point for tourist boats, a terrace with reed sunshades and a removable jetty.
Cala Calitjàs
This is a little cove with a 110-metre beach surrounded by cliffs and with transparent waters. It is 8 kilometres from Roses, between Pelosa and Montjoi coves. Access is via the same road running along the coast and going on to beyond Cape Nofeu. It is a cove with medium-grain, grey sand. The beach shelves rapidly into deep waters.
Services:
Coastal surveillance, buoy-marked bathing zone and cleaning of the cove and its waters.
La Pelosa
This is one of the most popular coves in Roses. It lies in the shelter of Cape Norfeu peninsula, 9 kilometres from Roses, and runs for some 90 metres. Here there is a fishermen’s hut (a former sailors’ refuge) and a small bar-restaurant where visitors can sample all the specialities offered by the Mediterranean sea.
The cove has coarse-grain sand and the seabed shelves steeply. It is 8 kilometres from Roses, with access along the same road as the one that goes to Jòncols and Montjoi coves.
Services:
Coastal surveillance, buoy-marked bathing zone, parking zone, removable jetty, a bar, beach and water cleaning, rubbish containers at the beach exit and signposting.
Canadell
This is a wild, secluded beach, formed of pebbles and situated between the Jòncols and Pelosa coves. It is only 60 metres long. It is approximately 10 kilometres from Roses and has no services other than the essential cleaning and coastal surveillance services.
Calís
Between Montjoi cove and Rostella cove, this is a short (50-metre) beach with medium-grain sand. Some consider it to be a small prolongation of Montjoi cove, for all that separates them are some rocks that jut out of the sea.
Services:
Coastal surveillance, buoy-marked bathing zone, containers at the cove exit, parking zone without attendant and beach and water cleaning.
Cala Montjoi
Seven kilometres from Roses, between Calitjàs and Calís coves. It is a broad, much-visited cove, running 270 metres in length, ideal for underwater diving (with a specialised centre). It has coarse sand and pebbles, and the seabed shelves steeply. There is a holiday village here and the famous El Bulli restaurant, considered one of the most select in the world and awarded three stars in the Michelin guide.
Services:
Coastal surveillance, buoy-marked bathing zone, beach and water cleaning, containers at the cove exit, large parking zone without attendant, tourist boat beaching area, service for skates and lounger beds, terrace with tables and sunshades, removable jetty and a bar.
Cala Rostella i Cala Murtra
Two small coves, running for 100 and 120 metres respectively, and difficult to get to by land.
They are highly secluded, unspoiled and with a cliffy backdrop. The easiest way to get to them is thus by boat, which makes them into little paradises less than seven kilometres from the town. In order to extend the municipality’s tourist provision and cater for all kinds of tourists, nudism is permitted in Murtra cove only.
Services:
Beach and water cleaning.