Spain Catalonia Tossa de Mar
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Tossa de Mar is a tranquil village off-the-beaten-track, boasting beauty, historic landmarks, and and wonderful sense of serenity.
Tossa de Mar is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, located on the Costa Brava. The "Vila Vella enceinte" is the only example of a fortified medieval town still standing on the Catalan coast. Its present appearance dates back to the end of the 14th century. It still has the entire original perimeter with battlemented stone walls, four turrets and three cylindrical towers with parapets. The interior of the Old Town is a charming place with narrow, cobble stoned streets, the Governor's House (now the Municipal museum), the House of Holy Cloth ("Sant Drap"), a medieval hospital, and remnants of a Romanesque church and a Gothic church.
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