VisitBlanes.com » Costa Brava 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 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 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 Tossa de Mar forbids sex on the beach 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 Tossa de Mar 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 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 7 million Euros for repair of storm damage along Costa Brava coast 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 Costa Brava storm damage repairs 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 0 Blanes, Costa Brava sees worst storm since the 1950s http://www.visitblanes.com/68-blanes-costa-brava-sees-worst-storm-in-nearly-60-years http://www.visitblanes.com/68-blanes-costa-brava-sees-worst-storm-in-nearly-60-years#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:35:33 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/?p=68 http://www.visitblanes.com/68-blanes-costa-brava-sees-worst-storm-in-nearly-60-years/feed 0 Moving to the Costa Brava http://www.visitblanes.com/67-moving-to-the-costa-brava http://www.visitblanes.com/67-moving-to-the-costa-brava#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:45:23 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/67-moving-to-the-costa-brava http://www.visitblanes.com/67-moving-to-the-costa-brava/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 Hotel Mar Ski – the best location in Blanes, Costa Brava http://www.visitblanes.com/52-mar-ski-hotel-blanes-marski http://www.visitblanes.com/52-mar-ski-hotel-blanes-marski#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:28:02 +0000 Sundial http://www.visitblanes.com/52-mar-ski-hotel-blanes-marski http://www.visitblanes.com/52-mar-ski-hotel-blanes-marski/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