This location features rich history, including legends of fishermen and pioneering medical advancements, making it a unique destination for curious tourists.

A legend that is told here in the village is that of the “Old Pistol”. Its said that a fisherman that, during the first Carline war, fished in the morning and in the afternoon went off to the mountains, put on the typical Carline beret, so that he believed that in the area he was protected, and as the soldiers passed they were assaulted. It is said that he lead this double life for some time until he was finally exiled to a church in Mallorca, and from that moment on was never heard of again. The street we have just come down is Dr. Ferran Street, in honor of the doctor, because for many years he had his biochemical laboratory in what is now the hotel "Bon Repos". If you go past the front you can see (looking at the picture) the structure of the laboratory is the same as the hotel. Dr. Ferran discovered the colic vaccine, and perfected the vaccine for rabies. In the back of his laboratory he had horses with the serum of which elaborated the vaccines. Once the vaccines were finished there were distributed to different countries. Another doctor who did great work here in the village was Dr. Frias. At the beginning of the XX century, the infant mortality rate was very high. The doctor worked in l’Ametlla de Mar from 1904 to 1909, and helped families improve their hygiene and food conditions, so that the village could grow. This photo is of the street Candela, which was the first street we had here, and as such has the same name as the patron saint, it was the road used to travel from Perello.