Lloret De Mar, Costa Brava, Spain
Lloret De Mar apartments & hotels
The very popular Lloret de Mar Beach
Lloret De Mar Location
Package Holiday Transfer time 45 minutes to 1 hour
At the heart of the Costa Brava and 12km south of Tossa de Mar, Lloret de Mar is one of Spain's liveliest resorts. The wide choice of restaurants, a smattering of British style pubs, and plenty of shops, mean that Lloret offers something to suit everyone. This young and vibrant resort is hugely popular with groups of friends or couples holidaying together.
Lloret De Mar Beaches
Lloret has 5 glorious beaches: Lloret, Fenals, Sa Boadella, Santa Cristina & Cana Canyelles and a few small beaches or coves
Lloret's main Beach
Lloret's Main Beach
The south west end of Lloret's beach
Lloret de Mar & Main Beach
Lloret de Mar coastal walk
Lloret's main Beach is the largest of Lloret's 5 beaches and is 1.5 kilometres long.
Backed by an attractive, tree lined promenade, the beach at Lloret is made up of coarse, golden sand and shingle, shelving quite steeply into the clear sea.
There's windsurfing and sailing on offer in high season, along with pedalloes and sunbeds for a more relaxing option.
Tourist boat trips
Fenals beach
Tourist boat trips
Boadella beach
Boadella beach is in a more more peaceful setting with a more restful pace which makes it attractive to many visitors.
The beach is 250 metre long and an unspoiled beauty spot
Boadella beach(top)
Santa Cristina beach (bottom)
Santa Cristina beach
Santa Cristina beach is very charming beach and is sheltered by the large rock islets just off both hilly headlands
Tourist boat trips
Treumal Beach
Treumal Beach is a very small beach just under 100 metres long. It is immediately south west of Santa Cristina beach and only separated from it by a narrow band of rocks with an easy passageway through the rocks.
Access is also available via a track through the wooded hillside that backs the beach, the path also goes to the shrine.
Sa Caleta Beach
Sa Caleta Beach is a small fishermen's cove and it's an extent ion of Lloret's main Beach eastern end just past the rocks and promenade wall, before & below the castle towers.
The beach is usually fairly full of small fishermen's boats and made of course sand.
Canyelles Beach
Canyelles Beach is about 3 kilometres from the centre of Lloret down a side road on the right as you head for Tossa. There is car parking next to the road and next to the beach
One added attraction that Canyelles Beach has is that it is the only one with a small yacht harbour
Umbrellas, hammocks, Water skiing, Ski bus, Skates, Kayaks, Ice cream, food kiosk & Restaurants.
Shopping in Lloret De Mar
There are plenty of boutiques and gift shops in the resort, specialising in locally made lace and leather as well as pottery.
Lloret de Mar tourist hats
Nightlife in Lloret De Mar
Lloret de Mar at night
Lloret de Mar nightlife
The young and lively are attracted by the excellent nightlife, spilling over with discos and bars, pubs and packed nightclubs. Clubs and discos here are renowned for being extremely trendy and there are a few English style pubs here, too.
Restaurants in Lloret De Mar
Lloret de Mar Blanca y Negro
Lloret de Mar Canaletas
Lloret de Mar cafe
Lloret de Mar Palm tree Avenue
This avenue runs along the sea front from the Town Hall to The Maritime
There's a wide choice of restaurants catering for all tastes in the resort and plenty of pubs and bars to relax in afterwards. International cuisine is hugely popular due to the cosmopolitan nature of the resort. However, you can find a few restaurants serving some local specialties, as well as some classic Spanish cuisine.
Many of the restaurants are extremly family freindly and have added attractions for childen and childrens meals
Attractions & Things to do in Lloret De Mar
Lloret de Mar Promenade
Lloret de Mar sea front
Museu del Mar, LLoret de Mar, Costa Brava
You will find the museum in an old house, mid to late 19th Century Casa Garriga which belonged to Enric Garriga an 'indianos'.
were residents who went to the Americas and returned after making there fortune. Other Indianos houses are Casa Font or Can Comadran located in the old town
In 1981 the house was bought by the Town council who converted it to a museum.
The Maritime Museum has 5 sections:
- Sons of the sea
- Mediterranean
- The doors to the ocean
- Lloret after the sailing ships
- Beyond the beach
Iberian settlements at Puig de Castellet
Parochial church Sant Roma
Lloret de Mar Church
Town Hall (Ajuntament)
Lloret de Mar Town Hall is located on the seafront with the Town Square next to it. Beyond the Square is the Wide Avenue of Palm trees
Placa de la vila, 1, 17310 Lloret de Mar, Girona, Spain
Santa Clotilde Gardens
Waterpark
For something a bit more energetic, visit the popular water park and have a splash around!
Golf
If you are looking at a more relaxing day there is a fantastic golf course
Trips
Day out of your relaxing schedule to visit the sights and sounds of Barcelona?
Transport
Airport
The nearest airports are :
- Girona Airport 30 kilometres away
- Barcelona Airport 75 kilometres away
The easyest and most popular way of travelling between the airport and you holiday/ business hotel or apartment is to use an Airport transfer Service
Railway Station
The nearest Railway station is at Blanes on the Barcelona France line a 20 minute bus ride away.
Trains to Barcelona from Blanes are frequent
Buses
There are 2 main types of bus services:
- Local
- Inter City Lloret has bus services to:
- Barcelona
- Girona
- Girona Airport. 11 buses a day Summer, (7 in Winter) Details PDF document
- Blanes centre
- Blanes railway Station
- Tossa de mar
- Olot
Bus Station
Av. Vila de Blanes, s/n 17310 Lloret de Mar Girona (Spain) Tel. 972 36 58 32
Pujol Buses
- Blanes Renfe Rail Station Blanes Lloret de Mar Tossa de Mar
- Port Aventura
- Hop on Hop off tour buses
- Airport Bus
- Other routes
Lloret De Mar Tourist Information Offices
Bus Station Tourist Information Office
Address: Estació Terminal d'Autobusos
17310 Lloret de Mar (Lloret de Mar)
Tel: 972372493
Maritime Museum Tourist Information Office
Located on Lloret De Mar sea front in the Maritime Museum
Address: Passeig Camprodón i Arrieta, 1 2. Lloret de mar
Central Tourist Information Office (Head office)
On the main road as you come into the Town
Parking facilities
Address: Avinguda de les Alegries, 3 17310 Lloret de Mar
Tel: 972365788
Package Holidays in Lloret De Mar available from:
Shearings Coach Tours No flying
