Platja d'Aro bans 'sexual' items at bachelor parties

The Catalan coastal town of Platja d'Aro has banned the use of costumes, blow-up dolls and other items of a "sexual nature" at bachelor parties. 

The town of Costa Brava attracts a large number of tourists, many of whom choose it for their bachelor and bachelorette parties.

Mayor Maurici Jiménez explained that the new rules of civility and coexistence address behaviors that have been identified as causing problems. 

Bachelor parties sometimes "exceed" acceptable norms, the mayor said, and the new law aims to address that. 

Local police chief David Puertas cited a recent bachelor party incident in which the groom was tied to a lamppost in the middle of the street with loud music playing, disturbing neighbors.