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I loved the beaches and the old town. There is a useful map I got from the tourist office showing historic walks round the town and surrounding area. When not on the beach, I followed these to see the sights in the old town, the Marimurtra botanic gardens on the headland, the little beach beyond, and up the hill to the Castell de Sant Joan with spectacular views up and down the coast. There are also great markets: craft, produce, fish and clothing. As the beach is across the road from the town, you can take a dip during your sightseeing. I will be back.

The city's main attractions were great: beach was beautiful and clean, Sa Palomera (the rock), the botanic garden with the views were magnificent and Castell de Blanes offered great views to the city and the coast. Definitely recommend to visit 'Racó Sa Palomera' and 'Pizzeria Dolce Vita Blanes' for a great food. Otherwise nothing to do besides visiting the aforementioned attractions and laying on the beach. The food was very very mediocre to say the best (except for those two aforementioned places). Hard to pick a place to eat, because they were opened or closed at random times which are not indicated in Google or on their website. Often during the evening the places closed many hours before the usual closing times even though they were filled with customers. No basic tourist activities: wasnt even able to rent a bike or scooter or do any wateractivities (boat trips, parasailing, jetskis etc). Local teenagers were really affectionate about fireworks, so expect a jumpscare every 20 minutes when another cracker is set on fire and thrown around in the main tourist spots. Nightlife was nonexistent. Zero nightclubs and we found 1 or 2 bars which were opened longer than 00.00 on a Friday night.

Blanes has everything, great beaches, good restaurants and bars. Try Es Blanc for cocktails, tapas or full menu. The location is perfect, atmosphere is chilled. Also Santi on the seafront in Los Pinos for great traditional Spanish food. Another great wee bar is the Shamrock where you will get a warm welcome from the boys who run it. Great music, spotlessly clean and fantastic prices. If you have a car try the restaurant on the beach for breakfast in Cala Sant Francesc. The small bay is beautiful and the breakfast is amazing. You can also walk from Blanes or get a taxi which would cost around 15 euro but it’s worth it. You can travel by bus or train to Barcelona which is always worth a visit. Obviously things are very different this year but I still had a wonderful holiday.

A very nice beach side town, with rocky creeks for swimming, snorkeling or other water activities. We would highly recommend to have a “Fideuá” in the restaurant Sa-Malica, it was the best we have ever tried. Also the botanical garden is worth to visit and the Castle “Sant Joan” which are very close to each other. Also from Blanes you can visit Girona and other nice towns were “Game of thrones” was filmed.

Blanes is a really charming Spanish town with a daily market and lots of great bars and restaurants. We loved that it's not touristy and feels very much like the sort of place that the Spanish like to visit. Our favourite bar is Les Terraces which is a very old fashioned tapas bar right in the centre which is always full of locals - plenty of atmosphere. Very little English spoken so brush up your Spanish!

We enjoyed the beach, the freshly baked croissants, bread and sweets. The botanical garden was lovely, and the city was so easy to walk around. The bus ride from Barcelona to Blanes was a little longer than we expected, but the bus was comfortable.