Calafató Beach
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Platja Calafató is a cozy and family-friendly cove located in L’Ametlla de Mar, offering a perfect spot for relaxation and snorkeling. The beach is known for its crystal-clear waters and fine sand, making it ideal for families, particularly those with children, due to its shallow waters.
Features of Platja Calafató include:
- Clean and transparent water
- Shallow entry, safe for kids
- Sunshades provided by surrounding pine trees
- A beach bar (chiringuito) offering snacks and drinks at reasonable prices
- Free nearby parking with easy access
- Restrooms available
Most visitors recommend going early in the day to avoid crowds and enjoy the clearest waters. However, some users noted that it can get crowded during peak summer months, with occasional debris in the water due to wind and waves. Despite these minor drawbacks, it remains one of the most beautiful beaches in the region, perfect for a family outing.
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Below you will find 83 reviews on this topic from people who have recently visited Platja Calafató.
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Fantastic experience: Small and beautiful cove. With parking nearby and, at least in October, we didn't see many people.
Fantastic experience: Medium cove. With easy access. In summer it has portable services, and a beach bar where you can have a drink. Clean water and a peaceful atmosphere. The landscape is beautiful.
Fantastic experience: Small cove very well maintained and easy to access
Fantastic experience: Beautiful and pleasant. If you go at a good time you can park a minute from the descent. It's worth it.
Fantastic experience: A very beautiful cove, small, with crystal clear waters, ideal for enjoying diving as there are many fish. It has a restroom, beach bar, and a tap for rinsing your feet. Parking is available above the cove. Easy access to it. Better to go early.
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Positive experience: Pequeña cala bonita y muy accesible, tiene un bar y hay parking. Yo no entre porque no permiten perros
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Fantastic experience: Spectacular cove, it feels like you're on the Costa Brava, but not the Costa Dorada. Fine sand and the water is spectacular. Parking is 100m away.
Fantastic experience: A sweet little cove with plenty of shade and sandy beach and sand in the water. It was fun. Parking is also directly in front of the stairs that lead down to the cove.
Fantastic experience: Super clean transparent water, few people.....but yes, there are stones, but no problems with sandals and that's it!!
Fantastic experience: Superb little cove, transparent and warm water. A multitude of fish can be seen within the first few meters in the water. The sand is sifted every day. It quickly gets crowded, so you have to go early.
Positive experience: Average beach with rocks inside the water and little stones when you are entering into the sea. There is a bar and toilets. Free parking and easy access to the beach.
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Fantastic experience: Medium cove. With easy access. In summer it has portable services, and a beach bar where you can have a drink. Clean water and a peaceful atmosphere. The landscape is beautiful.
Fantastic experience: A very beautiful cove, small, with crystal clear waters, ideal for enjoying diving as there are many fish. It has a restroom, beach bar, and a tap for rinsing your feet. Parking is available above the cove. Easy access to it. Better to go early.
Fantastic experience: Incredible getaway. Beautiful cove and crystal clear water. It has a beach bar for food.
Fantastic experience: This cove is wonderful, its crystal-clear waters, not very crowded for being August, clean and it has a very cool beach bar, with some very tasty snacks!!!
Fantastic experience: Go early .. it's very nice. Quiet place, crystal clear water. There is parking. Beach bar .. I recommend it.
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Fantastic experience: Very beautiful and quiet cove, one of those places where I would give it a star and make up everything bad so that people don't get to know it. It has a beach bar, lifeguards, and foot showers.
Fantastic experience: Great cove 25 minutes from Cambrils️. With lifeguard, parking, beach bar, and restroom. Don't miss it... It's definitely worth it.
Positive experience: Wenn man NICHT schnorcheln will, ist die Bucht nur bedingt geeignet Es hat mittelmässig viel Algen, sehr viele Steine im Wasser und der Sand im Liegebereich ist grossflächig nass. Das gute ist, funktionierende Duschen, bequemes Parking und ein Sicherheitsgefühl am Strand
Positive experience: Una cala preciosa aunque algo masificada. Tiene socorrista y un chiringuito donde tomar algo o comer.
Positive experience: El clima estaba agradable, es cierto que tiene rocas, pero el ayuntamiento lo hizo posible y tenía suficiente arena. También sentí la con los chicos salvavidas que estaban cuidando. Tiempo de calidad ⛱️☀️
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Fantastic experience: Medium cove. With easy access. In summer it has portable services, and a beach bar where you can have a drink. Clean water and a peaceful atmosphere. The landscape is beautiful.
Fantastic experience: A very beautiful cove, small, with crystal clear waters, ideal for enjoying diving as there are many fish. It has a restroom, beach bar, and a tap for rinsing your feet. Parking is available above the cove. Easy access to it. Better to go early.
Fantastic experience: Incredible getaway. Beautiful cove and crystal clear water. It has a beach bar for food.
Fantastic experience: Extremely cozy and peaceful. Very clean water.
Fantastic experience: This is much better than Lo Ribellet, this cove is amazing, clean, and almost always empty. 100% recommended.
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Positive experience: Jolie petite plage située dans une crique, la plage est propre avec une belle surface de sable. Attention dans l'eau, il n'y a pas de sable mais des cailloux !!! Chaussures obligatoires. Il n'y a aussi un bar restaurant qui propose quelques plats locaux, poissons, viandes. La carte n'est pas étendue mais les prix sont abordables.
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Fantastic experience: Easy parking right next to it, very nice cove for snorkeling.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful bay for snorkeling. There's a small bar nearby. It's good to spend 2 hours there.
Fantastic experience: Very pretty cove where the water is clear. Ideal for snorkeling where you can see a great variety of fish.
Fantastic experience: Actually, I wouldn’t want to post anything about this place to keep it a secret. But what a nice little beach this is! Beautiful bay, great snorkeling, very calm water that stays shallow for a long time (perfect for families). And with a super cozy beach bar where you can enjoy cocktails, ice creams, and snacks for very reasonable prices. The owners are also very kind and hospitable. Our favorite beach during our vacation!
Fantastic experience: Great for snorkeling, not really crowded. Plenty of parking, restrooms, and a small beach bar with drinks, etc.
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Fantastic experience: A very beautiful cove, small, with crystal clear waters, ideal for enjoying diving as there are many fish. It has a restroom, beach bar, and a tap for rinsing your feet. Parking is available above the cove. Easy access to it. Better to go early.
Fantastic experience: Very pretty cove where the water is clear. Ideal for snorkeling where you can see a great variety of fish.
Fantastic experience: Spectacular cove, super clean crystal-clear waters, I will definitely return with snorkeling goggles for sure. The only thing missing is a shower to wash off the salt, there is a foot shower, but people want and ask for showers.
Fantastic experience: Bonita playa. Espectacular para el buceo. Hoy, 8 de septiembre venteada con algo de fresco desde las 5, pero buena opción si se está x la zona. Para los niños, perfecta.
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Calafató Beach: Reviews
Positive experience: Missed opportunity
Fantastic experience: Small and beautiful cove. With parking nearby and, at least in October, we didn't see many people.
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful beach
Fantastic experience: Medium cove. With easy access. In summer it has portable services, and a beach bar where you can have a drink. Clean water and a peaceful atmosphere. The landscape is beautiful.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful cove
Fantastic experience: Beautiful cove and very quiet
Fantastic experience: Small cove very well maintained and easy to access
Fantastic experience: Beautiful and pleasant. If you go at a good time you can park a minute from the descent. It's worth it.
Positive experience: Sandy cove, with foot showers and a snack bar. Being surrounded by cliffs, it has little wave action, and it doesn't get deep until quite far in. This provides a certain level of safety if you go with children. For me, it is one of the best coves in Ametlla de Mar.
Fantastic experience: Quiet and family-friendly cove
Fantastic experience: Like most of the coves of L’Ametlla, it is a very pleasant cove beach among pines.
Fantastic experience: A very beautiful cove, small, with crystal clear waters, ideal for enjoying diving as there are many fish. It has a restroom, beach bar, and a tap for rinsing your feet. Parking is available above the cove. Easy access to it. Better to go early.
Fantastic experience: Incredible getaway. Beautiful cove and crystal clear water. It has a beach bar for food.
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful cove, I recommend it. Just a little further away, there is another smaller cove but also magnificent.
Fantastic experience: Very welcoming cove.
Positive experience: Lovely little beach. Take beach shoes with you.
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful shaded beach.
Positive experience: Super small cove, not too crowded even in summer.
Fantastic experience: Extremely cozy and peaceful. Very clean water.
Fantastic experience: A very quiet place to spend the afternoon
Fantastic experience: This is much better than Lo Ribellet, this cove is amazing, clean, and almost always empty. 100% recommended.
Fantastic experience: Easy parking right next to it, very nice cove for snorkeling.
Fantastic experience: Spectacular cove, it feels like you're on the Costa Brava, but not the Costa Dorada. Fine sand and the water is spectacular. Parking is 100m away.
Fantastic experience: This cove is wonderful, its crystal-clear waters, not very crowded for being August, clean and it has a very cool beach bar, with some very tasty snacks!!!
Fantastic experience: ♥️
Positive experience: It's very small but beautiful. Surely in times of the year with fewer people it is much better.
Positive experience: Very nice paradisiacal spot but a bit of leaves on the water when I went. Otherwise, top!
Fantastic experience: Beautiful bay for snorkeling. There's a small bar nearby. It's good to spend 2 hours there.
Fantastic experience: Very pretty cove where the water is clear. Ideal for snorkeling where you can see a great variety of fish.
Fantastic experience: A sweet little cove with plenty of shade and sandy beach and sand in the water. It was fun. Parking is also directly in front of the stairs that lead down to the cove.
Fantastic experience: Incredible, I fell in love.
Fantastic experience: Clearer in the morning
Fantastic experience: Super clean transparent water, few people.....but yes, there are stones, but no problems with sandals and that's it!!
Fantastic experience: Go early .. it's very nice. Quiet place, crystal clear water. There is parking. Beach bar .. I recommend it.
Fantastic experience: Spectacular cove, super clean crystal-clear waters, I will definitely return with snorkeling goggles for sure. The only thing missing is a shower to wash off the salt, there is a foot shower, but people want and ask for showers.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful cove, perfect for snorkeling, calm and crystal-clear waters
Fantastic experience: I hope it still looks like it did 50 years ago in my youth.
Negative experience: The day we went, the water was too warm and rough/dirty. It is a rocky cove, recommended to wear water shoes to get in and out of the water. Easy access and quite easy to find parking, although the area is full of potholes.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful little cove. In the summer it gets filled with tourists, the access is a bit hidden but it's worth it.
Positive experience: Very Mediterranean cove, pleasant and clean water. If you want to eat, there is only a beach bar to grab something... nuggets, croquettes, wings... etc... the beach is recommended.
Positive experience: We arrived, and it was quite nice, but little by little the water became murky and filled with algae, not to mention the crowd of people that kept arriving... Overall it was good...
Fantastic experience: Crystal clear water at a good temperature, there are bathrooms and a beach bar.
Fantastic experience: Actually, I wouldn’t want to post anything about this place to keep it a secret. But what a nice little beach this is! Beautiful bay, great snorkeling, very calm water that stays shallow for a long time (perfect for families). And with a super cozy beach bar where you can enjoy cocktails, ice creams, and snacks for very reasonable prices. The owners are also very kind and hospitable. Our favorite beach during our vacation!
Fantastic experience: A spectacular cove, 100% recommended.
Fantastic experience: Very quiet beach. You have to go down some stairs to reach the beach.
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful beach.
Fantastic experience: Great for snorkeling, not really crowded. Plenty of parking, restrooms, and a small beach bar with drinks, etc.
Fantastic experience: Indescribable Véronique and her daughter des Amours, the place is magnificent, one can only be enchanted by this beach.
Fantastic experience: Nice beach and bay with calm water, parking lot nearby.
Positive experience: Very peaceful beach with a family crowd on a Monday in July. The cove is very sheltered from the marine currents. Very fine sand and an imperceptible slope until quite far in.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful place, beautiful bay, plenty of parking spaces right next to the stairs to the beach.
Fantastic experience: A wonderful place for families with children. Warm water, fine sand, you can find a spot in the shade.
Fantastic experience: Superb little cove, transparent and warm water. A multitude of fish can be seen within the first few meters in the water. The sand is sifted every day. It quickly gets crowded, so you have to go early.
Positive experience: Average beach with rocks inside the water and little stones when you are entering into the sea. There is a bar and toilets. Free parking and easy access to the beach.
Fantastic experience: Super family cove. Clear and clean water. Awesome beach bar and top mojito.
Fantastic experience: It's a small cove, very charming, surrounded by pines and rocks, fine sand!! Easy access!!!
Fantastic experience: This is really a beautiful beach. We ended up here by chance, but it is wonderfully quiet, just locals. Great to avoid all the hustle and bustle. Beautiful surroundings, a small bar where you can order food and drinks. Unfortunately, the restrooms are just 2 portable toilets.
Fantastic experience: Spectacular
Fantastic experience: Nice calm with a bar, to have a drink and spend a pleasant time
Fantastic experience: Beautiful sandy cove with a beach bar, family-friendly, quite a lot of parking space.
Positive experience: Beautiful cove. Water at a good temperature. Easy car access.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful cove and tranquil
Fantastic experience: Quiet beach, there are lifeguards and a beach bar although the prices are somewhat excessive.
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful and quiet cove, one of those places where I would give it a star and make up everything bad so that people don't get to know it. It has a beach bar, lifeguards, and foot showers.
Negative experience: Beautiful beach to look at, but when it's time to swim, it's full of stones and rocks. Be very careful!!
Positive experience: Very clean water and great for snorkeling but very crowded
Fantastic experience: A magnificent place that has a bar and lifeguards, and various services including bathrooms, although they are a bit dirty due to some indecent people.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful waters, very calm and crystal clear, ideal for being with family and small children.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful family cove with crystal clear waters. Beach bar, Red Cross lifeguards, and foot showers, but I didn't see any showers.
Fantastic experience: Very good waters, although we found some sea debris (seaweed, feathers, and some plastic). Parking next to the beach, pleasant sand, shallow, with a mix of stones and sand (better to wear water shoes). Calm environment.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful cove.. I loved it!! There is a beach bar and a lifeguard station.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful cove, although the sandy area is small, it is extensive. The water has barely any waves and it looks like a pool where one can walk in up to 30 meters with the water at waist height. Easily accessible by car with ample parking. Shower service and beach bar. Definitely recommended.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach, with fine sand, ideal for children and snorkeling. It has lifeguards, a beach bar, and restrooms. Parking is just above, you only need to go down a few stairs.
Fantastic experience: Great cove 25 minutes from Cambrils️. With lifeguard, parking, beach bar, and restroom. Don't miss it... It's definitely worth it.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful little cove, with a nice beach bar, very good service and friendliness
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful cove, with very clean and calm waters where you can enjoy snorkeling, it has a beach bar to enjoy some food or drinks at good prices.
Positive experience: There are stones on the beach depending on the spot, but it's very beautiful.
Positive experience: Calm and family-friendly place, great for diving.
Positive experience: Beautiful cove, today on the eve of the celebrations it was a bit crowded. Fine sand, entry to the water on one side with rocks and on the other side with sand.
Fantastic experience: Pretty little cove with parking right next to it
Fantastic experience: A paradisiacal cove with blue waters and fine sand with few people.
Positive experience: The cove has sand, although there are some rocks when entering the water. It's good for snorkeling. There is a beach bar that is not too expensive. There are also showers.
Fantastic experience: Fine sand cove, with free parking, access via stairs. It has a shaded area in the morning.
Positive experience: Super beautiful cove. You can park up top. 71 steps. A bit stony, even in the sea, but not bad at all. Suitable for swimming already in early May.
Fantastic experience: Simply wonderful, you must see it!!!
Fantastic experience: Lovely cove, in April not a soul, sunshine, and a superb sea! Pure bliss.
Fantastic experience: Small cove with crystal clear waters and easy access.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful. It looks like Menorca.
Fantastic experience: There are several beautiful coves.
Fantastic experience: Paradise
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach with clear water. I recommend coming from the diving school along the well-maintained walking path by the shore.
Negative experience: There is no sand anymore, it's all dirt and stones. The water is fine, but if you want to be out of the water, it's a very ugly beach.
Positive experience: Beautiful place highly recommended for diving and seeing the seabed and fish, the water is incredibly clear.
Fantastic experience: Super nice beach with beach bar
Fantastic experience: Simply magical. Take a mask and snorkel. On-site dining. Clean the beach before leaving!!! Cheers
Fantastic experience: Nice beach. You can park for free nearby. There is a small beach bar with ice cream and drinks.
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful cove and relatively calm in the off-season (from September). Low waves and shady spots. There is a great beach bar with very fair prices (2023).
Fantastic experience: Very handsome!!
Fantastic experience: A wonderful place, it's a pity that it's far from us.
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful cove, clean and with a beach bar.
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