Rosas Travel Guide

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Beach
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solopes 3902 reviews
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Rosas has a long coastline, with several beaches. The local Spanish friend we met in Croatia, Irena, was expected to lead us to one of the better beaches.

The meeting failed, and we used to beach close to the hotel - St. Margarita.

I don't know if it is one of Irena's good or bad beach, but I liked it: not too crowded, warm water, soft sand... and dancing at night in a bar under a thunderstorm.

Updated Dec 14, 2012

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 Beaches

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Hotels  

Marina

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Mar Y Sol Aparthotel

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Hotels  

Hostal Rom: great budget hotel in roses

Hostal Rom: great budget hotel in roses, Rosas

 whitequeen80 Says:  i didn't visit roses in a classic beach month but there were lots of things to do and the family owning the hostel was very helpful in that sense recomending great spots to visit, great things about hostal rom were its service, cleanliness, price and LOCATION right in the... 

Restaurants  

Empordà: One more meal
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Rosas - Spain

Good location, regular food, nice service, reasonable price.

One more restaurant, one more meal, nothing to remember nor complaint

Updated Feb 1, 2013

Address: Santa Margarita

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 Arts and Culture

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El Bulli: Gastromania
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El Bulli was everything I had read about, hoped for, and more. This was a true dining experience that can't quite be summed up in words b/c I don't feel like typing that much right now, but it was simply AMAZING. This is a sampling of the menu I had when we went:

gin fizz
spherical olives
golden nuggets
goat cheese "mercedes"
beetroot and yoghurt meringue
5 black olive bread
m salty "catanias"
salty chocolate with cassis, yoghurt and pistachio
tangerines bombons, peanut and curry
sesame sponge cake with miso
fresh pine-cone and pinions dacqoise
rasberries fondan and rasberries vinegar
tiger nut milk flowers
oysters yoghurt with px in tempura
watermelon with blackberries caviar
haricot bean with Joselito's iberian pork fat
"caju" with yoghurt
anchovy and ham with yoghurt yuba
gorgonzola shell, walnut, celeery and apple
tomato cous-cous with oil-olives, basil and parmesan cheese
gnocchi of polenta with coffee and safran yuba
"Padron" ravioli
razor clam with seaweed
" fideua" of shimensi
teriyaki mackerel belly
eel-veal bone marrow with mustard leaf
hare juise
"torta Canarejal" with red fruits
"trufitas"
snowy landscape

Favorite Dish: If I HAD to choose one from each category..

I'd say "Spherical Olives" for the appetizer. They weren't like any olives I've ever had before. They felt almost paper thin and had to be eaten in one bite otherwise all the juice (I don't know how that much was packed in there) would explode all over the place instead of in your mouth.

"Teriyaki Mackerel Belly" for the main course. I have to say I'm always a sucker for any kind of super fresh and super tender fish part (chin, belly, etc.)--this dish wasn't particularly surprising like all his other dishes, but it was plain and simple sumptuously delicious. The plum-ish sea foam and prune on the side brought out even more of the flavor from the fish and the light teriyaki on top of it.

The "Trufitas" I'm not even sure how to describe. They somehow denigrated in your mouth, yet were filled with a sweet, suttle, beautiful explosion of.. air? Not sure, or something chewy and then disappeared. I'd have to relive the moment to be sure. =)

Written Oct 6, 2007

Address: Cala Montjoi . Ap. 30 17480 . Roses. Spain

Phone: 972 150 457

Website: www.elbulli.com

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Off The Beaten Path  

The unfinished tower
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solopes 3902 reviews
Rosas - Spain

Near Rosas I passed a small town with a nice square, where old walls surrounded a church with an unfinished tower.

I couldn't retain the place's name - Ulla... I presume.

Updated Dec 14, 2012

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