Christmas in Lloret de Mar

 The Christmas lights have now been switched on in Lloret, here are just a few of our shots from around town. It is still very mild for the time of year and hopefully it will stay that way for the holidaymakers visiting Lloret over the Christmas & New year period. 

Christmas events in Lloret

Christmas is nearly with us again and Lloret de Mar has lots of events going on all around the town. You can see the full agenda here http://lloretdemar.org/images/publicacions/agendadesembre2016.pdf

Empuriabrava Butterfly Park

Yesterday we had a very pleasant day out from Lloret de Mar at the Empuriabrava Butterfly Park...

As well as the very colourful butterflies there are birds from all over the world, reptiles, and even a bat cave....I missed out that part of the visit...bats aren't my favourite creatures at all!
Entrance fee at present is €9.50 with a reduction for children.
Visit the Parks website here...http://www.butterflypark.es/ca/

November events in Lloret

Every November Lloret de Mar hosts the very popular Medieval weekend...this is always well attended with lots of things going on for all the family.
The town is turned into a medieval style village and market, shows, exhibitions, demonstrations can also be seen. You will also see weird and wonderful scary characters in the streets as you walk around...see the photos below from last weekends event.

Lloret de Mar October weather

The weather has now taken a dramatic change for the worse just recently, not only in Lloret but up and down the coast they are seeing heavy rainfall which is flooding some roads making travel very difficult and dangerous in some areas. In Lloret we have had heavy rain but the temperatures are still very mild...even warm enough for a walk out in shorts and T shirts in between the bouts of rain!

October in Lloret

The summer season is almost over in Lloret, a few hotels and businesses will soon be closing until next year. After the month of October while the large clubs/disco close there is still a good selection of the smaller bars, restaurants shops etc, and just now the weather is still very good...so it maybe an ideal time to take a relaxing few days holiday!
These photos were taken this morning (3/10/16) just as the sun was rising over Lloret de Mar beach.

Jardin de Cap Roig

Located on the Costa Brava at just 63kms from Lloret are the beautiful gardens of Cap Roig, very near to Calella de Palafrugell. Walking around the 17 hectares of garden you can see almost 1,000 species of plants & trees from all over the world and with its maze of walkways situated high on the rocky coast above the sea you have fantastic views of the surrounding countryside and coast.
Opening time are...
 April - Sept 10am to 8pm
Oct - March 10am to 6pm

Here is just a small sample of the photos we took on our visit.

Llorets Picasso Run

Friday evenings Picasso run was a great event with all the runners getting absolutely covered in coloured powder. The race started at the carousel square from there they made their way down towards the seafront and on towards the castle turn at the roundabout and back to the start again...well done to all the runners they did great and gave us all a few laughs!

Fiesta time in Fenals

 The local fiesta has been a massive success this year, the weather has been very good (in fact its been Hot!) so the 2 days festivities all went ahead has planned. Here are just a few of the many photos we took of the fireworks and music/dancing events...lots more can be seen on the Group Facebook page.

Fenals / Santa Clotilde Festival

We have an exciting weekend of events to look forward to with the joint Fiesta of Fenals and Santa Clotilde which takes place 26-27th August. The long water slide, foam party, food, shows, bouncy castles along with dancing and music which usually goes on into the early hours....and not forgetting the finale of the fiesta on Saturday night with the fireworks display on Fenals beach. 

It should be a great 2 days with something for everyone!