| You can reach Lloret de Mar on the Costa Brava by | | | | are burger places and kebab houses open all night |
| flying to Barcelona or Gerona airports. Gerona is | | | | long not too mention all the fast food restaurants |
| about 40k from the coast and takes about 40 | | | | open all the time. |
| minutes to get there but Barcelona is around 90k | | | | And the daylife...? The day life is quite relaxed. The |
| away and the transfer takes about an hour to Lloret. | | | | Costa Brava might have a reputation for being the |
| The main coastal resorts near Lloret de Mar are | | | | wild and rugged coast of Spain, but remember, this is |
| Roses, Tossa de Mar, Santa Susana, Calella, Pineda, | | | | Spain and in Spain everything goes slow and no one |
| Malgrat and Blanes. | | | | misses an afternoon siesta. If you have kids, take |
| What are the hotels like? There is every kind of | | | | them to the Water Park at Lloret, it is fantastic and |
| hotel and apartment complex you could imagine in | | | | you could easily spend a whole day there. There is a |
| Lloret. All-inclusive hotels, self-catering apartments, a | | | | marine life centre, and there are some fantastic bays |
| hostel, small tent city and probably many other | | | | and beaches to visit all around Lloret. |
| places as well. | | | | Best way to reach all the bays and coves is by very |
| We stayed at the Blau apartments half way up | | | | reasonably priced water taxis. You won't regret your |
| Lloret high street and, the hotel Rosamar, which is on | | | | little trips up and down the coast, the coastline is |
| the opposite side of all the shops and narrow | | | | amazing! Tossa de Mar, Santa Susana, Santa |
| streets, near the beach. | | | | Christina, Blanes and a few others. Our favourite? |
| Our room at the Blau was quite nice, fridge and TV, | | | | Santa Christina, there can't be many places in the |
| balcony and good-sized bathroom but rather noisy | | | | world where you have a sandy beach, restaurant and |
| though being above the high street. The staff at the | | | | bar and fast food all in one place, with not too many |
| apartments not too friendly and the facilities | | | | people? Sounds to good to be true, but its not! |
| substandard. There is a tiny roof pool full of kids and | | | | As you cruise up and down the coast you will see old |
| the laundry facilities consist of a washing machine in a | | | | castles, rugged cliffs and churches you can see for |
| room, which was always flooded. | | | | miles. They have the glass bottom boats so you can |
| A major plus was having a supermarket right next | | | | visit the uninhabited islands off the coast where |
| door. The supermarket had everything we needed as | | | | there is plenty of marine life to watch under the |
| we went self-catering, and what we couldn't get we | | | | boat, fish, octopus etc... or you can sit on the top |
| only had to take a short walk up the high street. | | | | deck, see everything, and have an ice cream or soft |
| The hotel Rosamar was quite different though. The | | | | drink. |
| room was very basic and the whole ambiance of the | | | | If you find yourself with a spare morning or |
| hotel was depressing. My wife and I chose to go half | | | | afternoon, the old church right in the centre of Lloret |
| board this time, thinking we would save on washing | | | | is beautiful. See if you can get inside. They will not let |
| up, cleaning the apartment etc. | | | | you take pictures but it is worth the hassle of talking |
| Bad mistake! The food was terrible and very poor | | | | to the person in charge to get a peep inside. |
| quality for the whole two weeks but because it was | | | | We took a trip on the little train that does the |
| so cheap to eat out, we did have many evening | | | | rounds on the streets. Thinking it was a way to kill an |
| meals out and even some breakfasts we skipped | | | | hour and would be a good chance for an afternoon |
| and went to our favourite pizza restaurant for | | | | kip, we were pleasantly surprised. After about 5 |
| brunch near the hotel. Sat watching over the beach, | | | | minutes we were heading out of Lloret and up into |
| sun beating down, large jug of sangria, aaah yes, | | | | the hills. The little train carried us past stunning villas |
| paradise in Lloret. | | | | and the view from the top of the hill was |
| Anyway, the Rosamar had a nice big pool, plenty of | | | | breathtaking. There is a man who takes a camcorder |
| umbrellas and sun beds, Jacuzzi, gym, sauna and | | | | and you can buy a video of the whole experience, |
| activities for the kids. The evening entertainment in | | | | great souvenir to bring home. |
| the hotel was varied and lively. We met a great | | | | If you want to get out of Lloret for a day, try, |
| couple called Graham and Rosemary, we spent many | | | | Montserrat, Andorra, Barcelona, Vic and one or two |
| nights with them sat in the corner of the | | | | other places away from Lloret but near enough |
| entertainment lounge drinking and talking until the | | | | away for a day trip. I recommend all the above, |
| small hours. | | | | especially Barcelona. If you go there, visit Goudy's |
| How about the nightlife? The nightlife of Lloret is wild! | | | | church, the football stadium and the kids will love the |
| There are plenty of pubs and clubs run by English | | | | zoo. Whilst you have lunch at the café in the zoo, |
| people, the most popular probably being The Queen | | | | you can watch the giraffes up close and very |
| Vic, Texas and The Seven Seas. There was a great | | | | personal. |
| pub called the white Horse but this is now closed | | | | At the bottom of Lloret high street there is a |
| down. | | | | children's carousel and up the top of the high street |
| You can even find a few theme bars in Lloret. A | | | | there is an adult's carousel. You could probably take |
| rock bar, disco place, clubs open until 4 or 5 in the | | | | the kids on both but the one at the top of the |
| morning, Rockafellas is one and don't go to the | | | | street is double decked and has a very cozy |
| Flamingo hotel unless you want to see a little more | | | | Cinderella's coach. |
| flesh than you normally would in a public place. There | | | | |