Santa Susanna is located in the Spanish region of Catalonia on the Costa Maresme. The resort is commonly regarded as being on the better known Costa Brava (which strictly speaking starts a little to the north east at Blanes). A popular holiday destination with Spanish and foreign tourists since the 1970s, this is a relaxed resort with plenty of entertainment in the summer months and a host of major attractions within easy reach.
The old town of Santa Susanna, set back from the beachfront, retains much of its original charm with narrow cobbled streets, ancient buildings and monuments and traditional way of life. Down at the seafront you'll find all the trappings of modern tourism with international bars and restaurants, ice cream parlours and a wealth of water sports to serve the seasonal influx of summer visitors.
The resort is sandwiched between the Mediterranean and the mountainous wooded hinterland of the Massif Montnegre, a beautiful national park which attracts nature lovers, hikers, mountain bikers and horse riders.
Barcelona is just 64 miles down the coast and Lloret de Mar, the lively tourist capital of the Costa Brava, is 14 kilometres to the north east.
In medieval times, Santa Susanna came under the jurisdiction of the Castillo de Palafolls, the nearby walled town which is now one of the area's most popular visitor attractions. It only became a town in its own right in 1842 and when the first town council was established, 20 years later, it represented just 350 inhabitants.