http://www.visitblanes.com Guide to Blanes, Spain: Gateway to the Costa Brava Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:34:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.visitblanes.com/152-el-caliu-a-hidden-jewel-among-the-restaurants-of-blanes http://www.visitblanes.com/152-el-caliu-a-hidden-jewel-among-the-restaurants-of-blanes#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:07:03 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=152 Whether you've vacationed in Blanes enough times to be recognized by the locals, or it's your first visit to this wonderful beach resort, you owe it to yourself to sample some genuine Catalan dishes.

You'll have to venture outside the tourist districts, but not all that far...]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/152-el-caliu-a-hidden-jewel-among-the-restaurants-of-blanes/feed 0 http://www.visitblanes.com/158-no-gay-pride-in-blanes http://www.visitblanes.com/158-no-gay-pride-in-blanes#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:49:58 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=158 If you came to Blanes this past weekend expecting to find the Gay Pride 2010 festival, you were out of luck.

The city, which just last year declared itself to be 'gay friendly', denied organizers a permit saying that gay tourism cannot coexist with the family-friendly image Blanes wants to portray.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/158-no-gay-pride-in-blanes/feed 0 http://www.visitblanes.com/140-catalonia-property-owners-may-be-forced-to-rent-to-low-income-tenants http://www.visitblanes.com/140-catalonia-property-owners-may-be-forced-to-rent-to-low-income-tenants#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 20:15:30 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=140 Many Catalonians cannot find affordable housing.

Building on the 2007 Law on Housing Rights Catalonia's government is now looking at measures to insure that those with a poor credit history, unemployment problems, and/or low income will be able to find a suitable place to live.

Its proposals include possible enforcement of a measure already passed: forcing landlords to rent out property that has been sitting empty for too long.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/140-catalonia-property-owners-may-be-forced-to-rent-to-low-income-tenants/feed 0 http://www.visitblanes.com/135-blanes-fishing-fleet-seeks-refuge-from-storm-in-neighboring-harbor http://www.visitblanes.com/135-blanes-fishing-fleet-seeks-refuge-from-storm-in-neighboring-harbor#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:49:08 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=135 With memories of the highly destructive Dec. 2008 storm in mind, fishermen in Blanes sailed their boats to safer harbors as the seawall of the Blanes harbor remains unsound.

Meanwhile Blanes, and the rest of Catalonia, experienced unusually heavy snowfall.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/135-blanes-fishing-fleet-seeks-refuge-from-storm-in-neighboring-harbor/feed 0 http://www.visitblanes.com/133-blanes-urban-planning-housing-and-green-spaces http://www.visitblanes.com/133-blanes-urban-planning-housing-and-green-spaces#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:59:53 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=133 The Planning Commission in Girona, Catalonia, has given the green light to proposals by the local urban planning committees (plans d'ordenació urbanística municipal, POUM) of the Costa Brava towns of Roses and Blanes.

The plans call for the construction of 12.000 new homes, 5.000 of which are to be build in Blanes.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/133-blanes-urban-planning-housing-and-green-spaces/feed 0 http://www.visitblanes.com/126-port-of-blanes-to-be-expanded http://www.visitblanes.com/126-port-of-blanes-to-be-expanded#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:37:07 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=126 The Harbor of Blanes is to be enlarged in a project designed to provide boats moored in the port with greater protection against winter storms.

The project involves construction of a new, longer outer breakwater. ]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/126-port-of-blanes-to-be-expanded/feed 0 http://www.visitblanes.com/123-vakantie-blanes http://www.visitblanes.com/123-vakantie-blanes#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:51:20 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=123 Vakantie in Blanes? Natuurlijk in een vakantie appartement. Dat is veel leuker dan een hotel of camping.

Are you planning to spend your vacation in Blanes? Check these fully-furnished vacation apartments.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/123-vakantie-blanes/feed 0 http://www.visitblanes.com/114-storm-damage-boulevard-campings-blanes http://www.visitblanes.com/114-storm-damage-boulevard-campings-blanes#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:12:57 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=114 The first winter storm of the season caused a familiar problem in Blanes: a section of the boulevard along S'Abannell beach was damaged and washed away.

Elsewhere a woman died after being swept into the sea.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/114-storm-damage-boulevard-campings-blanes/feed 0 http://www.visitblanes.com/95-beach-reconstruction-blanes http://www.visitblanes.com/95-beach-reconstruction-blanes#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:46:31 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=95 In Blanes work is underway on the repair and upgrading of S'Abanell -- one of the beaches most affected in last year's devastating December storm.

Over the next two or three weeks, 250.000 cubic meters of sand will return the beach to its pre-storm size. ]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/95-beach-reconstruction-blanes/feed 0 http://www.visitblanes.com/94-fireworks-blanes http://www.visitblanes.com/94-fireworks-blanes#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:22:50 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=94 In the 39th edition of the Concurso de Fuegos de Artificio de la Costa Brava, some 7 tons of explosives were used over a six day period in stunning pyrotechnics displays put on by international top competitors.

The Grand Finale, yesterday, was viewed by 80,000 spectators.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/94-fireworks-blanes/feed 0