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PortRoses ended yesterday the payment of the loan contracted in 2005 worth 3.3 MEUR

Yesterday, Monday, March 31, PortRoses settled the last maturity of the bank loan signed in 2005 for an amount of ' 3,300,000. With this last payment, the Port Esportiu de Roses reaches zero debt, having not contracted any other type of loan with banks.

The 3.3 MEUR credit was formalized on 6 April 2005 with the entity “Caixa de Girona” -now integrated into CaixaBank-. With this amount, expenses and investments necessary for the construction and start-up of the Port Esportiu facilities were charged.With the payment of '49,215.95 of the last maturity that was made yesterday, March 31, the loan was fully liquidated, after having paid a total of…

Work to restore the beaches and promenade affected by the storms

The City Council's Infrastructure and Public Services Department has been working since Monday to clean and recover the beaches and sections of the promenade affected by the storms of recent days. In addition to the usual displacement and accumulation of sand during storms, this time there has been a massive arrival of jellyfish of the 'Barquetes de Sant Pere' species, which will also be removed as soon as weather conditions allow the sand to dry.

The City Council's Infrastructure and Public Services Department has been working since Monday to clean and recover the beaches and sections of the promenade affected by the storms of recent days. In addition to the usual displacement and accumulation of sand during storms, this time there has been a massive arrival of jellyfish of the 'Barquetes de Sant Pere' species , which will also be remove…

Start of the great gastronomic festival of Roses

From yesterday, Friday March 21, and until March 30, the streets and premises of Roses will be filled with the public who, faithful to the appointment, will participate in the gastronomic party that every year becomes the Route of the Tapas of Roses and the DO Empordà wine. On this occasion, there are 84 bars, restaurants and pastries of the population adhered to the campaign, joining forces to promote local gastronomy. This year, in addition to the show of flavors, smells and textures, there will be a light show dedicated to the sea and fishing that will take place on March 28 and 29.

Artichoke croquette with truffle cream , fillet with foie gras shavings and shrimp and seafood ball, calçot hamburger, artichoke filled puff pastry with foie gras foam and quail egg, octopus cannelloni with la Vera paprika velouté, ribeye nigiri, beef with spherification of Roses shrimp reduction on millefeuilles, brunyols with Catalan cream ice cream... these are just some of the 84 creati…

Installation of a meteorological station with real-time data

In the Port of Roses we have implemented a new meteorological station that allows us to offer detailed and real-time information on weather conditions, as well as local predictions for the next six days. This innovation is designed to facilitate access to accurate and updated data to all users who need to know the state of the time, either to plan maritime activities, sports or simply to be inform…

Roses adds three schools and the La Vinyassa football field to bioenergy

Roses has begun work on expanding the biomass heating network, which will allow the number of facilities in the town to be powered by this renewable and environmentally friendly energy to increase. The new installation will supply hot water and heating to the Montserrat Vayreda and Vicens Vives schools, the El Franquet kindergarten and the La Vinyassa football field, which will join the Municipal Swimming Pool, the Sports Pavilion and the Mas Oliva Municipal Stadium.

The construction work on the biomass heating network that supplies the sports facilities of Roses was completed in 2020. Since then, the thermal energy used in the municipal swimming pool, the multi-sports hall and the municipal stadium for the production of sanitary hot water for showers, for heating and for heating the swimming pools, comes from this biomass network, achieving an annual savin…

The international agenda of the Ports of Catalonia starts in 2025 with Boot Düsseldorf

2024 was marked by an intense international promotion of the marinas of Catalonia through Ports de Catalunya-ACPET (Catalan Association of Marinas and Tourist Ports) and 2025 begins with its participation, from 18 to 21 January, in one of the world's leading nautical fairs, Boot Düsseldorf.  The 47 ports of the Catalan Association of Marinas and Tourist Ports (Ports Catalunya-ACPET) will have th…

120 drones will welcome 2025 in Roses with a technological show followed by the Castell de Focs

Roses will experience a brilliant, technological and creative New Year's Eve with the inclusion in its programming, for the first time in the municipality, of a spectacular drone show that will light up the bay on the night of December 31. It will start at 11.45pm on La Punta beach and will give way, at midnight sharp, to the 12 rockets that will mark the 12 bells of the beginning of the new year and, with it, the start of the Castle of Fireworks.

The New Year's Eve show in Roses will feature 120 drones that, combining dances and acrobatics and with the accompaniment of a bespoke soundtrack, will create a unique piece of light and technological art, which will lead the viewer through a magical Christmas journey. "With this novelty, - points out Sílvia Ripoll, Councilor for Festivals and Culture of Roses -, we want to continue surprising …

24 companies and entities in Alt Empordà accredited with the Cuidem Roses seal

The label Cuidem Roses grows year after year. There are already 24 companies and entities in Alt Empordà, in the accommodation, trade, catering, activities and services sectors, accredited with this certification promoted by the Roses-Cap de Creus Business Association, in collaboration with Roses City Council.

In an event held at the Hotel Spa Terraza in Roses, yesterday, Wednesday, December 11, the delivery of the stamps obtained by the companies this 2024 took place, an event that was attended by the mayor Josep Maria Martínez , from the councilor for Promotion and Economic and Tourism of Roses, Fèlix Llorens, and from the president of the Roses-Cap de Creus Business Association, Miquel Gotanegra. T…

Regulation of access to the Natural Park of Cap de Creus

Cape Creus Point Access for motorized vehicles, cars, and motorcycles will be restricted with video surveillance on the following days: March: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31April: April 1st and all Saturdays and SundaysMay: all Saturdays and SundaysJune, July, August, and September: dailyOctober: all Saturdays and SundaysNovember: 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, and 11December: 6, 7 and 8 On these days, v…

The Roses Festival will once again seduce all the senses with music, gastronomy and sunsets

Sunset lovers have an appointment on November 9 and 10 in Roses with a new edition of the Festivalet, a proposal filled with good music, food and drink, to be able to enjoy the impressive chromaticism and plays of light that the Bay of Roses offers at this time of the year coinciding with the sunsets. This year, Triquell, Vanila Sound, Florida, Anna Murillo and dj's Eivi, Lia Jensen and Radio Cassette Nights, will be in charge of putting the soundtrack to the Rosinca posta, which will also have gastronomic tastings.

The Festivalet comes to a new edition coinciding, once again, with the summer festival of Sant Martí, and once again takes as its natural setting the Perola beach, where the immense mirror of water offered by the bay reflects spectacularly the sunsets that the sun offers. The Economic Promotion Area, for its part, will complete the sensory experience by offering the audience live music and gas…

The swimming area of ​​Almadrava beach will remain closed all weekend

The City Council will maintain the preventive closure of the bathing area of ​​the Almadrava beach throughout the entire day today, Friday, and also during Saturday and Sunday. On Monday morning, the council's security and environmental services will make a new assessment of the state of the water.

The sinking of a fishing vessel in front of the Almadrava beach that occurred yesterday, which caused a leak of diesel into the sea, activated the special emergency plan for accidental pollution at sea, known as CAMCAT. Firefighters from the Generalitat and Salvament Marítim placed containment barriers to prevent the diesel stain from spreading, while the underwater teams of the Special Action Gr…

Cleaning the seabed at the second pier collects 1,000 kg of rubbish

Last Sunday, a new day of cleaning the seabed took place, this time organized by the Badia de Roses Club at the second pier on Palangrers beach, which ended with the removal of 1,000 kg of rubbish, including twenty tires and a container.

In previous inspections, it had been detected that the seabed of the second pier and Palangrers beach accumulated waste that required crane-type means for its extraction. Last Sunday, the Club Badia de Roses put a thread on the needle and organized a cleaning action, which has the collaboration of the Port of Roses, the City Council and the Fishermen's Guild.   The Port of Roses provided human re…

The City Council offers a service for the coordination of claims to the PRUG

The Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition of the Generalitat de Catalunya announced this week the initial approval of the Master Plan for Use and Management (PRUG) of the Cap de Creus Natural Park, which establishes the regulation of professional uses, sporting, recreational, educational and scientific, focusing mainly on the marine area. Roses City Council, from its Environment area, offers to involved sectors and citizens to coordinate the presentation of possible allegations to the Plan.

The publication of the initial approval of the PRUG in the DOGC is scheduled for the next few days, from which time a period of public information will be opened where the allegations that are deemed appropriate can be presented. Once these have been resolved, the Generalitat expects to approve the Plan definitively in mid-2025. From Roses City Council, the Department of Environment is available t…

Turisme de Roses adds to the 'Roses a Peu' program new trips to observe the fauna and flora of Cap de Creus

The successful excursion program Roses a Peu que Turisme de Roses has been offering for several editions to deepen the knowledge of the natural and heritage environment of the municipality, it is expanded this year with new trips dedicated to the observation of the flora and fauna of the Natural Park of Cap de Creus. Between the months of October and December, the excursions 'Circular Montjoi-Cap Norfeu', 'Cadaqués-Roses: the Camí de les Dones', 'The dry stone and megalithism' and the observations 'Mammals of the Cape' have been scheduled de Creus' and 'Autumn plants and colors in Punta Falconera'. Tickets are already on sale at visitroses.cat.

New proposal: get to know the animals and plants of the Natural Park This autumn Turisme de Roses opens to the public a new activity aimed at getting to know the fauna and flora of the Natural Park of Cap de Creus. The first outing will take place next Sunday, October 20 , and will consist of a tour guided by Ignasi Batet, a great connoisseur of mammals in the natural park , which will allow…