2. SOME DATA
ABOUT BLANES

3. BLANES FACTS
 NEWS SINCE PREHISTORY (Iberians, Romans…)
 INHABITANTS
Winter  40,000
Summer  80,000
 TOTAL SURFACE 18,29 km2
 5 KM COAST, 4 KM BEACHES & COVES
 REGIONAL HOSPITAL, COURT, LIBRARY
 HARBOUR & FISH MARKET
 RIVER TORDERA

4. SITUATION &
COMMUNICATION

5. EXCELLENT SITUATION…
!!1ST TOWN OF
THE COSTA BRAVA!!

6. EXCELLENT SITUATION…
Mountain, sea, natural, parks,
rivers, lakes, countryside,
beaches…
Girona
NATURE
Dali Museum
Pyrenees Activities: hiking, skiing,
France paragliding, horse riding,
La Garrotxa snorkelling, scuba diving,
Lloret sailing…
Volcanic Area
Cap de Creus
Andorre
Mediterranean
Madrid Sea
Services: hospitals, airports,
court, consulates, cinemas, big
CITY
Montserrat stores…
Barcelona
History: monuments, heritage…
Valence

7. … EXCELLENT COMMUNICATIONS
DISTANCES
Barcelona 65 km
Barcelona Airport 86 km
Girona 42 km
Girona Airport 31 km
Lloret de Mar 6 km
France 95 km

8. BLANES &
TOURISM

9. ACCOMODATION
OFFER

10. WHERE TO STAY?
HOTELS 11
GUESTHOUSES 9
APARTMENT AGENCIES 13
CAMPSITES 12

11. WHAT TO
SEE

12. WHAT TO SEE?
MARIMURTRA
 Founded in 1924
 4,000 flower and plants
from different continents
 Dedication to research
GARDENS
PINYA DE ROSA
 Founded in 1945
 More than 7,000 species,
specially cactus

13. WHAT TO SEE?
CULTURE & Church of Santa Maria
HERITAGE Chapels
Gothic Fountain
Modernist houses
Castle of Sant Joan
MARKETS Market of Fruit and Vegetables
Weekly Street Market
Fish Auction
Blanes Covered Market
Centre
BEACHES &
COVES S’Abanell
Sant Francesc Cove
Treumal Cove

14. WHAT TO SEE?

15. ACTIVE
TOWN

16. ACTIVITIES THE WHOLE YEAR ROUND
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
 The Epiphany Parade  Carnival Parade  Other
 Annual Winter Race
 Toy library
APRIL MAY JUNE
 Easter processions and  Series of Concerts in  Flower Carpets (Corpus
activities Esperança Chapel Christi)
 Costa Brava Xtrem Running  Handicrafts Fair
Race
 Gastronomic Days “Suquet
de peix de Sa Palomera”

17. ACTIVITIES THE WHOLE YEAR ROUND
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
• Handicrafts Fair
• Big Festivity of Blanes • Classical music at the Convent • Handicrafts Fair
• International Firework Contest • Swimming competition • Popular Bicycle Ride
• Handicrafts Fair “Travessa del Port”
• Roman Festival
• Full Moon Concerts • Popular long walk “Sant
• Bonòs”
Classical music at the Convent
• “Small” Festivity of Blanes
• Guided tours
• Short Films Festival
• Guided tours
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
 Tunning Festival • Other • St Thomas Fair
• Autumn Series of Concerts
 Autumn Series of Concerts • Xmas activities
• Xmas Town Crib
 Petanque Festival • Chapels race

18. ACTIVITIES THE WHOLE YEAR ROUND
MANY, MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES
 Painting & photograph exhibitions
 Theatre
 Fishing competitions
 Sailing competitions
 Sports championships (boxing, badminton, hockey, rhythmic
gymnastics, kenpo, tennis…)
 Film club
 Dance
 Conferences
 Motorbike meetings
 Poetry
 Hiking excursions

19. WHAT TO DO?
WATER ACTIVITIES
Cruises, Catamaran
Scuba Diving
Wind Sailing
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Guided tours
Gastronomical
Exhibition centres
LEISURE Theatre
Cinema
Bowling Centre
Karting Club
Associations
Bars, restaurants and discos
Etc.

20. BLANES SPECIALI-
SATION BRANDS

21. SPECIALISATION BRANDS
FAMILY
TOURISM
SPORTS
TOURISM

22. FAMILY HOLIDAY DESTINATION
Brand that recognises towns,
villages and tourist resorts around
Catalonia which are especially
prepared to accommodate families.
Total family orientation
Adapted accommodation
and restaurants
Wide variety of leisure and
entertainment on offer

23. FAMILY HOLIDAY DESTINATION
 Certification obtained in 2007,
the 1st in the Costa Brava
 Certified Accommodation (kids
spectacles, high chairs…)
 Certified Restaurants (kids menu,
bibs, high chairs…)
 Special Activities
 Kids Summer Club
 Activities: foam party, etc.
 Thematic Parks & Water
Parks (2)
 Playground Areas
 Close destinations (zoo,
natural parks…)

24. FAMILY HOLIDAY DESTINATION
http://www.turismedecatalunya.com/familyholidays/

25. SPORTS TOURISM
GENERAL INFO ABOUT THE BRAND
 7 certified destinations in Catalonia (3 more in
progress)
 Main features:
 High quality of its sports facilities
 Specialisation of tourist and
commercial offer
 Sanitation
 Customer service
 Good weather conditions
 Natural and cultural values
 Certified in up to 13 sports
 Minimum requirements of sports and facilities
(minimum num. tennis courts, grass football
field, athletic tracks with min. 6 lanes, sailing
club, etc.)

26. FAMILY HOLIDAY DESTINATION
THE BRAND IN BLANES
 Obtained in 2011
 Certified Sports
Group sports, football and light sail
 Facilities
New Sports Centre (NCEB)
Football fields
Sailing club
 Events
Catalonia Bascketball Championship “ACELL – Special Olympics”
Costa Brava Xtrem Running
Aerobics and Fitness European Championship
International Hockey Championship "Golden Cup"
Skating Festival
18 Hours of Tennis & Open Tennis
Regional Sports Games for Deaf People
 Merchandising

27. FAMILY HOLIDAY DESTINATION
New Blanes Sports Centre (NCEB): Urbanisation
Sectors present in this project:
 Sector 1: main streets
 Sector 2: football pitches
 Sector 3: playground and leisure area
 Sector 4: swimming pool platform
 Sector 5: shopping centre platform
 Sector 6: green space
 Sector 7: Sports Hall
 Sector 8: Multi-purpose court

28. FAMILY HOLIDAY DESTINATION
New Blanes Sports Centre (NCEB): Sports Hall / Urbanisation
 · Total surface area of courts:
 6,974 m2
 Court 1: 4,110 m2
 Court 2: 1,190 m2
 Court 3: 1,044 m2
 Court 4: 630 m2
 Possibility of 6 regulation-
 sized courts at the same time
 · Seating capacity: 4,176
 · 53 changing rooms
 · Storerooms: 2,216 m2
Infrastructure
 Table sports 93 m2
 Nursery 43 m2
 Offices 488 m2
 Meeting rooms 176 m2
 Medical surgery 61 m2
 Press rooms 93 m2
 Cafeteria 139 m2
 First-aid service 56 m2
 Workshop 550 m2
 Warm-up room 149 m2
 Storerooms 2,216 m2

29. BLANES
PROMOTION

30. HOW DO WE PROMOTE BLANES?
 Brands
 Web page: www.visitblanes.net & www.blanes.cat
 Material (leaflets, maps, gymkhanas…)
 Merchandising (T-shirts, stickers, lanyards, pens,
pencils, bibs, balls…)
 Workshops
 Presstrips
 Famtrips
 Fairs (Catalonia, Spain, France, Germany, UK, Italy,
Russia, Netherlands, etc.)
 Articles about Blanes on newspapers & magazines
(local, regional, national, Ryanair…)
 Adverts about activities in Blanes on radio,
newspapers & magazines (local, regional, national…)
 Activities (previously seen)

31. TOURIST INFORMATION
OFFICES

32. SITUATION OF THE OFFICES
 6 Tourist Information
Offices
- 1 Back Office
- 2 certified “Q”
 Special timetables
 Staff: 5 (low s.) + 5 (high s.)

33. “Q” FOR TOURISM QUALITY
 Brand that represents the quality in the Spanish tourism sector:
prestige, reliability…
 Obtained after a strict audit
Who can obtain it? Travel agencies, hotels, camping sites,
apartments, spas, golf courses, natural areas, night leisure, tourist
information offices, beaches, restaurants…)
 At the tourism offices of Blanes (documentation, service to
visitors, cleanliness…) obtained in 2009.

34. 3 CHALLANGES
FOR YOU

35. CHALLANGE 1
DISCOVER BLANES
www.discoverblanes.com
 Do you find it an interesting proposal?
 What went wrong?
 Suggestions of improvement

36. CHALLANGE 2
BLANES WEB PAGE STATISTICS
www.visitblanes.net
 Do you like our web page?
 How would you improve it, make it more attractive to other visitors?

37. CHALLANGE 2

38. CHALLANGE 3
BLANES AS TOURIM DESTINATION
 Would you choose Blanes as your holiday destination? Why?
 Strong & weak points?
 Suggestions

39. APPLICATIONS
If you are interested in working with us through an
internship agreement to learn more about the running of
a tourist information office and a tourist destination in
general through real experience, we will be very pleased
to receive your application requests.
Please, contact the manager of the
Tourism Information Board,
Mr. Xavier Vall:
xvall@blanes.cat