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 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 Mon, 12 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/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/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 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 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 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 0 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 0