viernes, 26 de agosto de 2011

Lloret, your shopping center

In Lloret de Mar you will find more than 1000 establishments scattered throught its streets and neighbourhoods. The outstanding shopping area is situated in the town centre. The pedestrian mall will help you to orientate yourself in this open-air shopping centre located near the beach, the promenade and the Paseo jacinto Verdaguer, where you will also find the Museo del Mar.


jueves, 25 de agosto de 2011

Lloret de Mar & Gastronomy

Restaurants
 Lloret de Mar is and always has been a meeting point of different cultures and traditions. This is reflected in the wide gastronomic offer, ranging from the typically Mediterranean Catalan cooking to exotic restaurants and fashionable signature cuisine. Local chefs still serve fresh fish dishes and "sea and mountain" (seafood and meat) combinations but they are also keen innovators who enjoy adding new flavours to traditional dishes.Fine cooking is available all year round. However, lovers of good food should take special note of two gastronomic events that are held every year in Lloret: the Rice Festival and the "Cuina de l'Art" Festival.

Bars and cafes
There are many different types of bars, pubs and cafés in cosmopolitan Lloret, ranging from traditional taverns to designer bars, with ambiences to suit all tastes.

Ice Cream parlours
Visitors can indulge in the pleasure of tasting the finest ice creams at the sidewalk terraces and ice cream parlours in Lloret.


miércoles, 24 de agosto de 2011

Town Hall, 1868-1872

The Town Hall was constructed according to plans drawn up by architect Féliz de Azúa, who conceived a magnificient building in the Neo-Classical style holding on its façades the town´s coat of arma with the symbolic laurel tree and featuring an impressive wrought-iron belfry. The budget for this work was totalled 49,915 pesetas, four times the town´s budget for that year.
To place the Town Hall close to the seafront meant a complete reorganising of Lloret, for it determined the subsequent alignment of splanades and buildings.

The Town Hall stands on one side of the Plaça de la Vila, starting point of Passeig Mossèn Jacint Verdaguer running paralel to the beach front. The promenade is flanked on both sides by lines of majestic pal-trees, beneath which visitors soak up the sun and have a drink at the pavement cafés.




jueves, 4 de agosto de 2011