Summer is just around the corner!

 Slowly but surely the resort is starting to come to live after the winter, today we can see that some businesses have already opened while many are doing a bit of painting, decorating and maintenance in preparation for the new season. Most will be open in time for Easter at the end of  March.

 Fenals today. 

Festival of the cats 2016

This weekend we can see some amazing entertainment in town with the Festival of Cats. There will be a full programme during this weekend 28-29th Feb, with music, singing, dancing and competitions taking place in the town hall square, theatre, Guitart Central Park hotel and the Russian tourist office at Passeig Verdaguer.

(Previous Cat Festival photos)

A change in the weather!

Well! after a very mild and dry winter we have had rain at last...but it is still quite mild. The sea has also been very rough today and again its taken much of the sand away from the beach, and the streets are deserted owing to this very damp and dismal weather!

Lloret de Carnival parade 2016

Thousands of people lined the streets to watch Saturdays carnival parade this year....and as usual we were there to photograph the floats and those taking part in their colourful costumes. Here are a few of our best shots....

A day in Vic

Vic is a beautiful medieval town in Catalonia, it's huge Plaza Mayor hosts many popular events throughout the year and twice a week (Tuesday & Saturday) you can visit one of the biggest and best markets around! Best buys are clothing, household items and also Catalan sausage and delicious fuet which Vic is very famous for. This picturesque square is surrounded by some very interesting buildings shops, restaurants, bars and cafes...easily reachable by bus (from Girona) or car its well worth a visit!

Carnival time in Lloret

How fast it comes around!

Yes, its February and Carnival time just about everywhere in Spain. This year it is all happening this weekend in Lloret, starting on Friday there are several events all linked to the carnival taking place, the official start will be the evening of Friday 5th Feb in front of the Town Hall...and again in the same square Saturday from 10.30 until 13.30 there will be more fun events which all the family can take part in.

The first of the 2 parades will take place at 4pm on Saturday and then you have another chance to see the full parade again at midday on Sunday.
On Wednesday 10th Feb we can see the close of the carnival with the 'Burial of the Sardine' around the Town Hall and beach area.

Take a look at my photos from previous Carnivals here - Lloret de Mar Carnival

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Lloret de Mar January weather

With a temperature of 16ºc its been a very pleasant day to take a walk along the seafront today as the weather here just now is still very good for the time of year...certainly much warmer than we normally get in January.
Today's photos show a bright blue sky with not a cloud in sight...which isn't always a good thing if your out and about taking photos!

Lloret de Mar in January

Now that the Christmas and New Year festivities are over we will all be looking forward to when the summer season begins once again - but there's no need to wait for the summer sun especially if you have just a few days holiday you need to take from work early this year. Today we were by the beach in Lloret and although it looked very cold as we looked out this morning it was a surprisingly very mild 17ºc walking along the seafront.

The Arrival of the 3 Kings

The arrival of the 3 Kings and his very colourful helpers this evening in Lloret.

Christmas & Reyes in Lloret

Today in Spain is traditionally the day that the children receive their Christmas presents...not from Father Christmas but the 3 Kings! In Lloret at 6pm this evening we can see them arrive by boat then make their way up the beach to the Town Hall. From there they travel to the sports pavillion at the back of town throwing sweets out to the hundreds of spectators who usually line the streets to watch the parade pass by....a very special event for all the kids to see!

Lloret Blog is 10yrs old!

The Lloret Stuff blog has now been online for 10 years, the first post was published by Debbie on 31st Dec 2005.....shortly after that she passed it all over to me....thanks Debbie!!
Since that time there have been thousands of photos published that I have taken in just about every street and corner of Lloret de Mar...as well as some from a few places further afield.
Thanks to everyone who pops by to look at the photos, judging by the stats which I have embedded in the blog I can tell that we are just as popular now as we were at the very start.

So here's to the next few thousand pics and Happy New Year to you all!

Today I have just 2 photos of tonights beautiful sunset....