10 things to do in Pineda de Mar

There is little left for your visit to our Golden Taurus Aquapark Resort hotel in Pineda de Mar.
At Golden Hotels we want your vacation to become an unforgettable experience, so we desire you to enjoy our facilities to the fullest and we want to make some tourist, gastronomic, cultural and sports recommendations, so that you can take advantage of everything that Pineda de Mar and the Costa Barcelona Maresme have.

Pineda de Mar hotel and beach facilities

This emblematic family hotel on the Barcelona coast invites you to enjoy a vacation resort full of activities and entertainment services.

This resort offers countless services that make it ideal for a family vacation. Our entertainment team offers activities for the smallest to oldest. If you are looking for tranquility, its large terraces, swimming pools and the proximity of the beach, this hotel offer you the calm you need.
Its two restaurants, its accessible bars and its five swimming pools make it an ideal option for the whole family.

Activities: In Golden Hotels there is no place for boredom. From early in the morning until late at night, the animation teams at our hotels are in charge of preparing all kinds of activities: archery and rifle shooting, football, volleyball, live music... everything for you our guests keep an indelible memory of their vacations with us. In the evening, we have got live shows in the hotel's main bar.

Hotel services:
The hotel has magnificent facilities including:
· Water park (+ info)
· Sports court (Basketball, soccer, volleyball, tennis)
· Pools (5 outdoor and 1 indoor heated with Jacuzzi)
· Aquagym and Watervolley pool
· Bike rental
· Carbine / Bow Shooting area
· Petanque court
· Miniclub and playground for children
· Free parking (subject to availability)

Pineda de Mar

Pineda offers a wide range of options to enjoy both adults and children and to live a few days of rest and fun.
The town of Pineda de Mar is located in an enviable setting, between the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and the Sierra del Montnegre. With a clear Mediterranean climate, the sea breezes that are reflected in the mountains warm the hot summers and warm the mild winters, achieving a perfect climate throughout the year, to enjoy the family, nature and the most popular traditions.

The longest beach in Maresme, a mild climate and a wide range of accommodation make Pineda de Mar an ideal destination to spend an unforgettable vacation. The proximity and good communication with the cities of Barcelona and Girona facilitate a comfort visit of this cities.

Since its origins Pineda de Mar has obtained from the land and the sea products of great gastronomic value (fish, orchard, strawberries ...) that can be tasted in its varied restaurant offer.

Main beaches:
· Fishermen's Beach
· Poblenou beach
· Playa dels Pins (Nautical Base)
· La Riera beach

For more information, visit the information and tourism page: www.visitpineda.com

Sports and family activities in the Maresme

· Mini Beach, Baby Center and Water Park

The Mini Beach Club consists on various educational workshops on the beach, aimed for children aged 4 to 12.
The new Baby Center service is a children's area for babies and children up to 6 years old. Families have free changers, highchairs, microwaves, refrigerators, sinks, cots and a sofa for breastfeeding. They can also leave the stroller while using the service.
The floating water park will stay on Poblenou beach.

· Trekking

Pineda de Mar is an ideal place to go hiking. Located at the door of the Montnegre Natural Park, it offers a good number of routes to be done on foot between the sea and the mountains.

· Cycling tourism

Pineda de Mar and its surroundings are ideal for cycling on vacation and for training professional cycling teams. El Montnegre i Corredor Park offers unique routes with unbeatable landscapes. The great variety of routes of all levels makes Pineda an ideal destination for cycling.
Download the different itineraries by clicking here

· Nautical activities

Another of the great attractions of the Maresme for lovers of the sea and maritime sports is its nautical offer. The Maresme offers the possibility of diving and sailing, renting boats or taking programmed walks.

One of the main marine natural resources is Alguer de Mataró, an extensive oceanic posidonia meadow of great importance within the marine ecosystem.

The offer of activities at sea offered by the Maresme is designed for all audiences. In addition to satisfying the most intrepid, contemplate different proposals to discover the nautical world and the kindest sea for the first time.

· Pineda de Mar Nautical Base

Sail! Learn! Experience! Enjoy! Laugh! Play! At the Pineda Nautical Base you can do all this! They offer a wide range of activities and services related to sailing, from summer camps for the little ones, sailing courses, leisure activities related to the sea for both groups of friends and/or families, and services of rental and storage of material.

Playa de los Pinos s / n (Pineda de Mar)
Tel. 691 23 94 29 - 658 66 32 82
www.nauticapinedademar.com
nauticapinedademar@gmail.com

Adventure activities

For those who like holidays with more action, Maresme offers a lot of possibilities to release adrenaline. You can visit various adventure parks for the whole family, practice zip lines or do team building activities; also there are offers to have nature experiences with animals (horse and pony riding...).

On our page you will find the different activities that Activ Natura proposes in our hotel, such as SoccerGolf, horse riding, forest of adventure... that you can book directly at reception.

For more information, ask us at reception

What to do on the Barcelona Coast and Alt Maresme

Costa Barcelona has more than 100 kilometers of coastline dotted with charming cities and fishing villages. Natural parks, golf courses, impressive monuments, nightlife, popular festivals and the most tasty gastronomy are some of the attractions of this area of the Mediterranean

Its beaches, with golden sand and crystalline waters, have all kinds of services and are characterized by its variety.

Being located between the Mediterranean and the mountains, it has a climate of warm summers and mild winters and preserves surprising landscapes such as the Montserrat Mountain Natural Park, the Tordera Delta or the Garraf Park.

But if we have to highlight an attribute of this area, it is its gastronomy. Each of the towns in this part of Catalonia has a multitude of restaurants that are committed to traditional Mediterranean cuisine.

What to do at Maresme?

Maresme is full of ideas and good proposals to get out of the hotel and escape from the routine. Culture, gastronomy, leisure and a practically infinite number of experiences for all tastes and all ages come together.

Villages to visit at Maresme:

CALELLA
Known as Calella de la Costa, it has earned its status as the tourist capital of this Catalan coastal region. You can find natural areas such as Dalmau Park, Manuel Puigvert promenade, Garbí promenade or Les Torretes, that make Calella a dynamic city, modern and welcoming that allows the visitor to enjoy a destination with its own uniqueness.

SANT POL DE MAR
Kissed by the Mediterranean, today it becomes one of the most attractive towns on the Maresme coast. Sant Pol de Mar is a fishing village that still retains that charm and magic of the "lifetime Maresme" with narrow streets and with a very Mediterranean touch. Undoubtedly, one of the most beautiful and quiet historical centers in the entire region, which is impossible not to fall completely in love with it. This appearance, together with the great urban offer that it has, arouses the interest of many people from nearby cities and tourists who come to spend the summer there.

ALELLA
Alella is, thanks to the denomination of origin that bears its name, one of the best-known towns in the region. A small urban nucleus surrounded by vineyards, which we always recommend to go if you want to enjoy a good vermouth or a good foork breakfast (esmorzars de forquilla).

MATARÓ
Mataró is the capital of the region and it may not fit perfectly with the definition of a tourist town, but we still think that your visit is recommended. First of all because of the good level of its restaurants, the medieval air of its historic center and some of its interesting cultural proposals. Without a doubt, gastronomy is the great hidden attraction of Mataró.9

Charming beaches of the Maresme:

One of the main attractions of the Maresme, both for tourists and residents, are the magnificent beaches that characterize the 16 coastal towns of this region.

For lovers of nature and the sea, the small rocky coves with white sand and the extensive beaches of golden sand will undoubtedly be an idyllic space to spend unforgettable days. These are mainly characterized by the quality of their waters. Maresme has ten beaches with the distinctive blue flag and three with the Q for tourist quality.
In addition, the mild climate and the clear and sunny days throughout the year make the Maresme coastline a perfect setting for practicing water sports, enjoying the landscape and a wide range of activities such as scuba diving, fishing, paddle surfing or kayaking.

· Playa de las Rocas Blancas, the secret of Canet and Sant Pol de Mar
If you prefer to avoid the excessive ease of access to avoid bathers, Playa de las Rocas Blancas is your corner. Among the beaches of Maresme, it is one of the most isolated and does not have a promenade. It keeps its wild appearance and is surrounded by white rocks that protect the transparent waters and bathe a scarce 300 meters of coastline. A corner to spread the towel and avoid the commotion of beaches that have, for example, a Renfe stop.

· Roca Grossa Beach (Calella)
Between Sant Pol de Mar and Calella we find one of the jewels of the Maresme: a 100-meter-long beach featuring a large rock and escorted by a cliff that leaves you breathless, a corner of the coastline with a Costa Brava air that offers a space privileged and exclusive. This is one of the postcards of the Maresme and the most negative part is that in recent years it has become common knowledge. Our advice? Go soon !!!

Cultural Routes in the Maresme

Maresme is a region rich in culture and, thanks to its historical legacy, you can do from archaeological routes (especially those from the Iberian-Roman period) to modernist and Indian routes, or those that review the industrial legacy of the region.

The industrialization of the region and the conversion into a summer resort of the Barcelona and Catalan bourgeoisie turned the Maresme into a rich territory in modernist architecture, linked to the first works of the most important architects of that movement: Montaner (Canet de Mar), Josep Puig i Cadafalch (Mataró and Argentona) and Antoni Gaudí (Mataró and Alella).

Among the routes offered by the municipalities, without a doubt, the Modernism routes linked to Canet de Mar, Mataró and Argentona stand out. But there are many others, of a literary or gastronomic nature or even those that propose a more direct contact with nature.

Gastronomy in Maresme

El Maresme is one of the great orchards in the country, rich in local produce, as evidenced by the more than 50 gastronomic events held throughout the year. But it is also rich in seafood, traditional cuisine, artisan preparation ...

In Maresme cuisine, predominate the fish and vegetable stews dishes. Some of the products from Maresme have acquired a good reputation, such as the strawberries from La Vallalta, the cherries (cireres de Roca) from Arenys de Munt, the peas from Mataró, the beans from Caldes d'Estrac, hook beans from Malgrat de Mar and Palafolls, mushrooms from Baix Maresme or grapes from DO Alella.

From the sea, we must highlight the squid, prawns, crayfish and clams from Arenys de Mar.

The gastronomy of Maresme would not be complete without its sweets: the "coca de Llavaneres", the chocolate buns from Arenys or the "coca de vidre" from Canet de Mar are a good example of the great variety that exists.

Leisure and Sports in the Maresme

Do you like to go shopping? The Maresme is an ideal destination for it. In Maresme you will find shops of all kinds willing to offer you what you are looking for. Here you will find genuine and local products to enjoy some km0 shopping. Weekly markets, fairs and thematic markets that go out to the streets offer the opportunity to enjoy outdoor shopping.

One of the destinations with its own stamp is our neighbor, Calella. This coastal town is strongly committed to shopping tourism. The Calella Shopping Line is 2km long, with more than 500 stores in the center of the town. Located on Carrer de la Iglesia, it combines an offer of exclusive brands and small shops with cultural visits and restaurants so that you can also discover Calella's Renaissance heritage and gastronomy.

Talking about Sports tourisme, Maresme has a wide network of roads and trails that connect its villages and allow you to discover a natural environment that splendid that lives between the Mediterranean Sea and the coastal mountain path. You can do walks through vineyards, trekking through parks like the one we have in Pineda (read above), Montnegre and El Corredor, or routes to discover beautiful places such as Burriac Castle or the Argentona's fountains. Through these excursions you can explore the Maresme both on foot, by bicycle or on horseback.

You can look up your itinerary on Wikiloc.

We hope you enjoy your visit :)

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