Indeed: from Roses you can see the best sunsets in this country (...) Is there anything that resembles a bouquet of roses more than a sunset in Roses? Is there anything that gives you a more similar feeling, that reminds you of the same elegant comfortable, luxurious and vague presence that a large bouquet of roses gives you? (...) The sea and the land spread out in front of you seem to rise and want to make an arch that requires you to look up....the third feature of Roses, which undoubtedly constitutes its greatest charm: that of the town facing west. This means that sunset walks (...) allow the contemplation of the most prestigious sunsets in the country, the grandest and most unforgettable.

These words of Josep Pla Casadevall, one of the main writers in the Catalan language of the 20th century, are a sample of what the sunsets of Roses represent for its neighbors and visitors.