VisitBlanes.com » Beaches http://www.visitblanes.com Guide to Blanes, Spain: Gateway to the Costa Brava Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:05:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Beach reconstruction underway in Blanes 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 Beach repair Blanes 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 S’Abanell beach in Blanes to get more sand soon http://www.visitblanes.com/93-sabanell-beach-blanes http://www.visitblanes.com/93-sabanell-beach-blanes#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:54:20 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=93 S'Abanell beach Blanes at the Costa Brava The tourist season is in full swing, but the City Council of Blanes is still waiting for Spain's Ministry of the Environment to make good on its promise to deposit 250.000 cubic meters of sand on the beach of S'Abanell.

Delivery will likely take place in late July or early August.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/93-sabanell-beach-blanes/feed 0 Man drowns in sea at Blanes; first fatality of 2009 summer http://www.visitblanes.com/91-man-drowns-blanes http://www.visitblanes.com/91-man-drowns-blanes#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:44:16 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=91 Mossos D'Esquadra In the first fatality at the Costa Brava coast this summer, a man drowned off the coast of Blanes yesterday, Blanes police and the Mossos d'Esquadra report.

A lifeguard who noticed the swimmer was in trouble had called for help, but by the time it arrived the man had already drowned.]]> http://www.visitblanes.com/91-man-drowns-blanes/feed 0 Five months after the storm: ongoing repairs, but ready for tourists 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 Platja Blanes 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 0 Divers clean underwater coastline of Blanes, Costa Brava 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 S'Abanell Blanes beach at the Costa Brava 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 0 Blanes — No beach again… (but not to worry) http://www.visitblanes.com/75-blanes-no-beach-again-but-not-to-worry http://www.visitblanes.com/75-blanes-no-beach-again-but-not-to-worry#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:12:25 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=75 http://www.visitblanes.com/75-blanes-no-beach-again-but-not-to-worry/feed 0 Aftermath of the Dec. 26, 2008 storm http://www.visitblanes.com/70-aftermath-of-the-dec-26-2008-storm http://www.visitblanes.com/70-aftermath-of-the-dec-26-2008-storm#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:03:45 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=70 http://www.visitblanes.com/70-aftermath-of-the-dec-26-2008-storm/feed 0 The Beach is Back! http://www.visitblanes.com/65-blanes-beach-costa-brava-2 http://www.visitblanes.com/65-blanes-beach-costa-brava-2#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 17:14:17 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/65-blanes-beach-costa-brava-2 http://www.visitblanes.com/65-blanes-beach-costa-brava-2/feed 0 Why tourists increasingly prefer Blanes over Lloret de Mar http://www.visitblanes.com/51-blanes-verses-lloret-de-mar http://www.visitblanes.com/51-blanes-verses-lloret-de-mar#comments Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:40:00 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/51-blanes-verses-lloret-de-mar http://www.visitblanes.com/51-blanes-verses-lloret-de-mar/feed 0 The Beaches of Blanes http://www.visitblanes.com/38-blanes-beach-costa-brava http://www.visitblanes.com/38-blanes-beach-costa-brava#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:20:19 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/38-blanes-beach-costa-brava http://www.visitblanes.com/38-blanes-beach-costa-brava/feed 0