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/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/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 0