Caves of Fishermen and Smugglers The fishermen’s caves were used frequently by themselves, farmers, even smugglers, until the middle of the 20th century. These modest shelters were a shelter at night to protect themselves from the storms or as a storm room for their personal tools. Mostly, the caves keep the names of those who used or built them.

Among them, we find Les Moretes cave, Tío Domingo Lavallard’s cave, Pepet El Morets cave, Tío Toni El Senyalats cave, or Morro de Boos cave. Furthermore, there are terraces that proved the intensive use of land up to the seafront.

During the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the Mediterranean coast was in continuous danger from the pirate attacks. At this time, the coast between the Granadella and Javéc caves did not have watchtowers, and it was far from the main population centers. The protection of the area increased with the construction of watchtowers, such as Cap de Or at the end of the 19th century, or, in 1939, el Castell de la Granadella, built over a previous tower dating from the 15th century.