In the summertime you can make boattrips from Barcelona to Mallorca and Menorca, amongst other places.
With local buses you can make daytrips in and around Roses. In the winter, with car, you can reach the wintersports in the alps within a few hours.
From Roses Itīs aboute:
18 km to Figueres, where swedish touristbuses stops.
50 km to the French border.
60 km to Gerona, province capital.
140 km to Barcelona.
140 km to Andorra.
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