Costa Brava Experience

Against my expectations - a great holiday!

Advantages: Great nightlife, many young people from other countries, loved the beach & the sea
Disadvantages: Beach can be overcrowded, obtrusive sales people

Lloret de Mar is a town with 36.000 inhabitants, located in the region of Catalonia at the Costa Brava, about 80 km away from Barcelona. I just came back from Lloret de Mar last week. I went there with around 20 people from my former class (we just finished school this year) and we really enjoyed our stay a lot. I was surprised to see a lot of families there, as Lloret is known to be a party location for young people all over the world. Hotel ...
...nothing! Nightlife Lloret de Mar is known for its great nightlife and I must say that I'm a bit disappointed. Sure, there are many discos, bars & clubs, but as you have to pay between 15 and 25 € for the bigger part of the clubs and the drinks are fairly expensive as well, we unfortunately weren't able to try out too many different discos. We actually only went to three different discos during our stay: Tropics, Moby's and St. Trop ...

SarahJennifer 21.07.2008 · Read full review
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L'Estartit, Costa Brava

Advantages: Wonderful beach, small town which hasn't been overdeveloped and still retains it's fishing village charm
Disadvantages: Only one road into resort which gets extremely busy during high season, town centre can be noisy late at night in high season

L'Estartit started out as a small fishing village, located on the Costa Brava in the Gerona region of Catalunya. Today it is a great resort for the tourist, offering a wide range of accomodation, bars, restaurants and a wonderful beach, without ruining the atmosphere of a small seaside town. The town is located at the foot of a small mountain, known as the Rocamaura, and this gives the town a great deal of natural beauty from wherever in town you ...
...covered in trees, with a rock peak: and there are villas located on it. You can walk up and have a stroll around the inhabited part of the mountain either by a huge flight of steps, or via a couple of roads just off the Santa Ana street, or by the road near Castell Montgri campsite. It's a good walk for a morning stroll if you're feeling energetic - and the views of the Les Medes islands opposite the resort and the surrounding area are pretty fantastic. ...

sally.jenkins 03.04.2006 · Read full review
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Calella de Palafrugell

Advantages: The breathtaking Views and Value for money. Also good for Children.
Disadvantages: Nightlife.

Calella de Palafrugell is a beautiful place with absolutely breathtaking views and scenary. What I loved about Calella de Palafrugell is the people they were very friendly and also very welcoming. I went about two years ago and I found it to be a very relaxing, peaceful place, a paradise even. The good thing about it was there was something for everyone it wasn't only an adults place but a children's place to. There was things for everyone to enjoy, ...
...most of the restaurants in Calella sell normal food incase of picky children. The shops are value for money they sell everything and anything there are also a few markets nearby that I found to be really good. What I didn't like was nightlife, there was nothing for children really which ment us adults could not go out and enjoy ourselves. Im sure if we were able to go out the clubs would have been good. Other than that I really enjoyed vacationing ...

Rock_Angel_2005 04.07.2005 · Read full review
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Costa Brava costs less

Advantages: Cheap and cheerfull, with loadsa sunshine
Disadvantages: nothing springs to mind

...again soon. I found the Costa Brava a very friendly and welcoming place to visit. I stayed at Calella, but along the coast line you will find, Tossa del mar,Llorett de mar,Malgrat de Mar,Santa Sussanah and Pineda, all these towns are within a few minutes train ride away, they are even linked by a small land train service, which only costs a couple of Euro's for the return tickets, this way also enables you to take an extensive tour of the towns ...
...We found that the Costa Brava region is very family orientated, with little to no signs of trouble. overall exceptional value for money, good food, cheap quality drinks, excellant weather, and if you are a smoker your'e in paradise as the cigarettes are about a third of the cost of back home, so fill your bags and have a great holiday. ...

dreamscancometrue 01.02.2007 · Read full review
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Bar Restaurant La Sirena - Llafranc

Advantages: NONE
Disadvantages: Unable to get service

...visited Bar/Restaurant La Sirena in Llafranc, looking forward to enjoy their tapas and share with a family of friends at a location facing the sea. I had heard that the food at La Sirena is quite good so I was looking forward to dinner that night, but nothing would have prepared me with what I had to face there. The man who received us at the door was not only now willing to accommodate us as a group, but also rude to the point of saying: "this ...
...I truly tried to find middle ground because I wanted to eat there, but it was impossible ... the man was beyond reason and I was left with 6 hungry guests at my side. I was livid. I do not consider myself an obnoxious guest, mainly because I myself have worked in a restaurant serving people and know well that courtesy to those who kindly host you goes a long way. But the staff at this place would just not listen or want to conciliate in any way. ...

APena 13.09.2008 · Read full review
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