Empúries
A colonial city founded by the Greeks around the 6th century BC, later a Roman town. The seaside ruins include mosaic floors and temple remains.
Empúries (ancient Emporion) was founded around 575 BC by Greeks from Phocaea. It is the only site on the Iberian Peninsula that preserves both a Greek town and a Roman town. You can see the Greek new town's temple, market and cistern, and on the hillside the Roman town's house mosaics, forum and walls. The museum displays a statue of Asclepius. In 1992, the Olympic flame for the Barcelona Games landed in Spain here. The site is on the coast, and the pine-fringed beach beside it is good for swimming. Admission is about 6 euros. It is closed on Mondays in winter.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–18:00 (extended in summer; closed Mondays in winter)
Nearby sights
- L'Escala
- Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park
- Medes Islands
- Peratallada
- Pals
- Gala Dalí Castle, Púbol
- Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes
- Begur & Castell de Begur