http://www.visitblanes.com Guide to Blanes, Spain: Gateway to the Costa Brava Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:47:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Visitblaneshttp://feedburner.google.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. http://www.visitblanes.com/89-best-tapas-blanes-costa-brava http://www.visitblanes.com/89-best-tapas-blanes-costa-brava#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:40:10 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=89 It's a shame that many tourists seldom venture outside Blanes' tourist district. Those who do will find some excellent treasures in town, one of which is Café Terrassans -- a hugely popular tapas bar.

We've written about Terrassans before, but we found a wonderful video of the place, which inspired us to share some more information...]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/89-best-tapas-blanes-costa-brava/feed http://www.visitblanes.com/88-costa-brava-beaches-tourist-season http://www.visitblanes.com/88-costa-brava-beaches-tourist-season#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:35:15 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=88 Five months after a devastating storm left a trail of destruction up and down the Costa Brava and beyond, many seaside resorts are still busy repairing the damage.

However, all beaches have sand and are ready for tourist season.

Good news for Blanes-goers: S'Abanell beach already has more sand that it had last year.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/88-costa-brava-beaches-tourist-season/feed http://www.visitblanes.com/87-georg-heile http://www.visitblanes.com/87-georg-heile#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:23:58 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=87 The lifeless body of a German man, who was missing for more than a week while vacationing in Lloret de Mar, has been found.

Initial reports say the man may have died accidentally by falling 15 meters down a steep slope.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/87-georg-heile/feed http://www.visitblanes.com/86-malgrat-de-mar-stabbing http://www.visitblanes.com/86-malgrat-de-mar-stabbing#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:56:24 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=86 A 26-year-old man from Holland fatally stabbed his girlfriend before turning the knife onto himself in Malgrat de Mar on Sunday.

Police have arrested the man, who is hospitalized in serious condition.

The two were on vacation in Catalonia.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/86-malgrat-de-mar-stabbing/feed http://www.visitblanes.com/85-tossa-de-mar-costa-brava http://www.visitblanes.com/85-tossa-de-mar-costa-brava#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 22:31:25 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=85 The city council of the Costa Brava seaside resort Tossa de Mar has adopted a proposed ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to have sex on the beach -- or, for that matter, in any public place.

The ordinance also prohibits begging in the streets, prostitution, overly noisy bachelor parties, and the use of alcohol or drugs in public.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/85-tossa-de-mar-costa-brava/feed http://www.visitblanes.com/83-blanes-costa-brava-coastline-cleaned http://www.visitblanes.com/83-blanes-costa-brava-coastline-cleaned#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:14:05 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=83 Some 40 divers have cleaned up the underwater coastline of Blanes.

Members of national and local police forces, along with divers provided by the national civil and emergency defense services cleared remains of boats sunk during last December's devastating storm.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/83-blanes-costa-brava-coastline-cleaned/feed http://www.visitblanes.com/80-blanes-costa-brava-self-catering-apartments http://www.visitblanes.com/80-blanes-costa-brava-self-catering-apartments#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:18:05 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=80 Vacation in Blanes? Why stay in a hotel in the tourist district -- surrounded by 'British pubs' 'German restaurants' and 'Dutch snackbars' -- when you can experience the local life, in Blanes' old town district, in the comfort of your own apartment?

We're talking fully-furnished, modern apartments in a rustic building, built in the characteristic local style, just steps from the beach and from bakeries, tapas bars and the daily fruit- and vegetables market.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/80-blanes-costa-brava-self-catering-apartments/feed http://www.visitblanes.com/79-costa-brava-storm-damage http://www.visitblanes.com/79-costa-brava-storm-damage#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:58:05 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=79 The Cabinet of Spain has made nearly €7 million available for repair work to be carried out along the beaches of the Costa Brava, in the province of Girona (Catalonia).

The work is necessary to repair extensive storm damage to beaches and beachfront roads in Tossa de Mar, San Feliu de Guixols, Platja d'Aro, Sant Antoni de Calonge, Cadaqués, Port de la Selva, L'Escala and Blanes.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/79-costa-brava-storm-damage/feed http://www.visitblanes.com/78-blanes-tourist-district-upgrade http://www.visitblanes.com/78-blanes-tourist-district-upgrade#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:13:10 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=78 In a major show of committment to the health of its tourist industry, the city of Blanes is investing millions of Euros in its plans to turn its tourist district into a pedestrians-only paradise.

Parallel to the project, which will be performed in phases over the next few years, Spain's Ministry of the Environment is upgrading the seaside Paseo de S'Abanell boulevard.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/78-blanes-tourist-district-upgrade/feed http://www.visitblanes.com/76-blanes-summer-2009 http://www.visitblanes.com/76-blanes-summer-2009#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:32:21 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=76 Crisis? What crisis?

Braving storms, the worldwide financial crisis, Spain's housing crisis and changes in the tourism industry, Blanes is alive and well -- and ready for the 2009 tourist season.

And... just like every year, the beaches -- battered in the winter storms -- will be back in time for your arrival.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/76-blanes-summer-2009/feed