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The promenade is filled with free activities to enjoy the summer with the family, right on the beach

The City Council is once again offering a family entertainment programme on the beach for summer evenings during the months of July and August. Foam parties, discomobiles, zumba and children's shows alternate on different days of the week on the stages located along the Santa Margarita promenade, to become meeting points for leisure and entertainment and to make young and old enjoy themselves.

The stage located in the area of ​​the Hotel Montecarlo hosts the fun Discomóbils with foam party , which take place every Thursday from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. The Zumba classes , led by Zumbamics , are held on the same stage every Friday from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. These sessions are open to all ages and levels and invite the public to practice physical activity outdoors in a participa…

From July 1 to August 31, traffic in the Cap de Creus Natural Park from Roses is restricted

Today, Wednesday 1 July, the period of traffic restrictions begins in the coves of Cap de Creus located within the municipality of Roses, and will remain in place until 31 August. The restrictions are in force from 9.30 am to 4 pm, every day of the week. The access restrictions apply to vehicles with four or more wheels, whilst access by motorbike, on foot or by bicycle is permitted throughout the day. During the restricted hours, only authorised four-wheeled vehicles and people who can prove they have a booking for an activity within the park will be allowed access.

The Roses City Council is once again applying this season the plan to restrict motorized access to the Cap de Creus Natural Park, previously agreed upon with the management body of the Natural Park. This plan has been applied since the summer of 2021 and aims to avoid the saturation that the coves and natural spaces of the Cap de Creus Natural Park receive during the summer season, an overload tha…

The City Council consolidates the bathing area adapted for people with reduced mobility and the elderly

This summer, the City Council is maintaining the adapted bathing area installed on La Punta beach, a space designed to facilitate access to the sea and guarantee safe enjoyment of the beach for people with reduced mobility, dependent people and groups of the elderly. The facility has a rest area with seats and safe swimming channels, with a floating and modular structure. Access is free.

After the good experience of last season, the council has decided to continue this service, which expands the accessibility of the municipality's urban beaches and contributes to making Roses an increasingly inclusive destination.   The facility offers a central shaded area with seating for relaxation, support rails and a shallow swimming area that allows users to stand or sit safely in the wat…

Summer is filled with cinema, stories and games for the whole family at the Roses Library

The Jaume Vicens Vives Municipal Library in Roses presents a new edition of summer activities aimed at families, with a special program that will take place throughout the months of July and August. The proposals will focus on three main activities: cinema, stories and puzzles, and are designed to encourage reading habits, imagination and shared play between young and old.

The Library continues for another summer promoting culture and education in leisure, offering free and accessible activities that invite families to enjoy a lively, participatory space open to everyone during the school holidays. This year's offer is structured into three different programs: Petit Cinema, Contes d'estiu and Tardes de puzzle.   Petit Cinema is a series of children's films tha…

The Sant Pere Festival reclaims the maritime memory with cinema, habaneras and the traditional suquet

The Roses Fishermen's Guild and Roses City Council will celebrate a new edition of the Festival of Sant Pere, patron saint of fishermen, on July 1st and 3rd. The program highlights the memory and maritime culture of Roses with various activities and maintaining the fish suquet, the habaneras and the popular revetlla dance as protagonists.

The celebration will begin on Wednesday, July 1, at 6:30 p.m., at the Teatre Municipal de Roses, with the screening of the documentary Aiguallum Lamparo , a short film dedicated to the last spider web in Roses. The session will be completed with a subsequent round table that will allow us to delve deeper into the history and evolution of the local fishing world, as well as pay tribute to the peo…

Roses incorporates DJ sessions on the beach into the celebration of Sant Joan's Eve

Roses will once again celebrate the Sant Joan festival on June 23rd with a program that will merge tradition, popular culture and fun, and this year includes a new proposal: a DJ session on the beach of La Perola. Another novelty will be the reception of the Canigó Flame, which this year is more open to citizen participation by moving it to the street. The night will also feature the traditional parade and lighting of the bonfire, the Fireworks Castle and dancing on the promenade.

The program will begin around 8 p.m., when the traditional arrival of the Canigó Flame is scheduled, a ritual that evokes the common identity and brotherhood between all Catalan-speaking territories, and which represents the culmination of the summer solstice. This year, the ceremony of receiving the flame and reading the manifesto will be modified and will take place publicly in Plaça Catalunya…

Activities to discover all the facets of Roses through history, sports and well-being

Turisme de Roses already has its summer program ready, which this year once again offers a combination of activities aimed at different audiences and interests, focused on its heritage, its history and its natural environment. Visitors and locals will be able to enjoy this summer theatrical family visits enlivened by characters from different eras, salting workshops, water walking, snorkeling, or the Dedins cycle, with meditation sessions designed for well-being and connection with oneself.

Continuing with the offer that combines nature, sport and well-being, the Roses Tourism Area is once again programming this summer guided snorkeling activities, to discover the Mediterranean species, meadows and rock formations of the underwater world of Roses, and water walking . Water walking is a gentle sporting practice where, with water up to the waist and guided by an expert monitor, y…

Sílvia Ripoll, new mayor of Roses

Sílvia Ripoll Cayuela (Junts per Roses) has been elected mayor of Roses during the plenary session of the Roses City Council held this afternoon in the council chamber. The candidate has achieved the absolute majority of the vote, obtaining a total of 9 votes from the 17 councilors who make up the corporation.

The extraordinary session to elect the new mayor began promptly at 1 p.m., with the assembly hall full. The first item on the agenda was the presentation of the resignation of the outgoing mayor, Josep Maria Martínez Chinchilla, who stated that " in compliance with the 2023-2027 legislative term agreement between the political groups PSC-CP, Junts per Roses and Gent del Poble, after 3 years of m…

Renovation of the beach lifeguard service modules, which begins tomorrow, June 6

The lifeguard service on the beaches of Roses is incorporating new care modules this season. Specifically, six modules are being installed on the beaches of Santa Margarida, Rastrell, Nova, Punta, Canyelles and Almadrava, equipped with the necessary spaces and equipment to care for users and provide care.

The Environment and Beaches Department of the Roses City Council is finalizing preparations to launch the lifeguard service on the town's urban beaches. As in the last two years, the council continues to focus this season on expanding the service, with the aim of responding to new bathing habits and ensuring the safety of bathers and beach users.   In this way, the service will remain active from…

Roses says hello to summer with a weekend of music and gastronomy by the sea

The Economic Promotion Area is renewing its programming this year, with a new proposal to welcome summer: HolaEstiu, an event that takes over from the Fira de la Rosa and where music, gastronomy and the seaside atmosphere will be the main protagonists. It will be held on the weekend of June 5, 6 and 7 and will also feature advantages in shops, activities and accommodation.

The HolaEstiu activities will take place on the Paseo M arítim, in front of Plaça de Catalunya, and will make Roses the first municipality on the Costa Brava to inaugurate the summer season, with a program designed to enjoy the sea, gastronomy , local commerce and summer evenings . With this new proposal, Roses is committed to a fresh and participatory event to kick off summer in a pr…

Archaeological interventions uncover the site of the Visigothic monastery of Magrigul

This Saturday, the presentation of the discovery of the site of the Visigothic monastery of Magrigul took place in the church of Santa Maria de la Ciutadella, a complex of which until now there were only documentary references, and whose existence has now been confirmed thanks to the archaeological campaign carried out in recent years. The intervention carried out in the Mas de Montjoi de Baix area has uncovered two Visigothic churches and several tombs.

The presentation event was attended by Larry Williams Pi-Sunyer, owner of the farmhouse; archaeologists Marcel Pujol, Xavi Aguero and Gemma Vieyra; the director of the Cap de Creus National Park, Montserrat Pascual; the director of the Territorial Cultural Services, Maria Isabel Bernal; and, closing the event, the mayor of Roses, Josep M. Martínez. Historical and archival information spoke of the…

24 ports and 101 beaches awarded with the Blue Flag 2026

On May 5th, the 2026 Blue Flag awards were officially announced, and the Port of Roses continues to receive this prestigious distinction. This marks the 40th consecutive edition, with the award now present in 51 countries across all 5 continents. Catalonia maintains its leading position within the 2026 Blue Flag programme with a total of 101 awarded beaches across 40 municipalities, consolidating …

Roses hosts the 22nd technical conference of Ports de Catalunya-ACPET with more than 200 industry professionals.

The 22nd Ports de Catalunya-ACPET Technical Conference brought together more than 200 attendees and over 30 speakers in Roses this week in a new edition of the leading event for Catalonia’s marinas and tourist ports. Organised by Ports de Catalunya-ACPET, with the Port of Roses serving as host port, the conference turned Roses into a meeting point for the Catalan nautical and port sector during …

Roses celebrates a new edition of the April Festival on April 17, 18 and 19

Roses is preparing to experience a new edition of the April Festival on April 17, 18 and 19, a proposal that will fill the tent set up for the occasion on the grounds of the old Bahía Camping, with a varied program open to all audiences. The event, already consolidated in the local calendar, will once again focus on a combination of activities that fuse the Andalusian essence with the participation of entities and artists from the territory.

The program includes outstanding musical performances, with proposals that include the fusion of flamenco with Latin rhythms, pop and urban music by Maruja Limón, the more festive and danceable Catalan rumba by Brian de la Rumba, or the unmistakable style of Jaleo Flamenco and its alternation between traditional and modern flamenco. Once again, there will also be dance performances by the Sara G…