Sights and landmarks in Blanes

18 sights worth seeing in Blanes: landmarks, galleries, monuments and viewpoints.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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Blanes Beach
Platja de Blanes
The main beach of Blanes is the nearest to the city centre, this is a 600-m-long granule sand beach. Facilities include toilets, showers, SOS, kids area, volley-ball fields, ferry station and wheelchair access. Restaurants, bars, and shops are in the city next to the beach. Over the years the beach has been shortened by consecutive port expansions. In 2011 in the last port expansion the beach was lengthened in a 90-degree turn along the dock to the harbor's entrance.
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Cabrera's Palace
Palau vescomtal de Blanes
19th-century Gothic architecture palace placed on the top of the old village. It was partially destroyed under the Catalan Revolt and the following wars against France.
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Esperanza's Chapel
This small chapel was built outside the city walls. It's first referenced in 1650. Take a look at the scale model ships inside the chapel.
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Gothic Fountain
Font gòtica
This 15th-century Gothic water fountain was 1438 to supply drinking water to Blanes city in response to pandemics. Since the 2006 conservation works there is no water supply.
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Marimurtra Botanical Garden
Jardí Botànic Marimurtra
16 hectares, considered the best Mediterranean botanical garden in Europe.
Nov-Mar; Mon-Fri 10:00-15:00, Sat Sun 10;00-17:00; Apr-Jun mid-Sep-Oct: daily 10:00-18:00; Jul-mid-Sep: daily 09:00-17:00; closed: Dec 24-26 and 31, Jan 1 5 and 6, Feb 17 18Apr-Oct: €12 (after 14:00: €10); Nov-Mar: €10 (after 14:00: €8)
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Pinya de Rosa Botanical Garden
Jardí botànic tropical Pinya de Rosa
500-hectare garden containing among the best collections of aloe, agave and cactus in the world.
May-Sep 09:00-19:00; Jan-Apr 09:00-18:00 p.m.€5
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S'Abanell Beach
Platja de S'Abanell
With a length of 2.5 km, this is Blanes' longest beach. Its sand is grain sized except from some fine sand areas because of land fillings. Facilities include toilets, showers, SOS, sun-loungers, parking, wheelchair access and ferry station. Restaurants, bars, and shops are in the city next to the beach.
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S'Aguia cove
Cala S'Aguia
Small cave with no facilities in the border between Blanes and Lloret del Mar. From the south of the beach, sanded by 1-m diameter rocks you can see the S'Aguia rock, the last rock you will see north of the beach. On the beginning of the trail is a green gate. Pass through the side of the gate only by foot. People visiting the beach usually park in the garden's parking lot. According to a sign, payment may be required, but it usually is not.
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Sa Forcanera cove
Cala Sa Forcanera
A gorgeous forgotten cave with no facilities 1 km away from the city centre. Can be seen from the Marimurtra botanical garden. Consists of leucogranitic cliffs and a small beach with big pebbles. Ancient remains of a dock, some facilities and the stairs of the inaccessible path to Blanes are next to the beach. Get there by kayaking or by a long swim and rock walking from Santa Anna.
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Sa Palomera
This is a big rock which divides the city bay by the half. This considered is the beginning of the Costa Brava. There are stairs from the beach to the viewpoint at the top of the rock.
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Saladrigas House
Casa Saladrigas
Catalan Noucentsime house built between 1918 and 1920 by the architect Isidre Puig i Boada. Notice the wrought iron works in the balcony.
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Sant Francesc cove
Cala Bona/Cala Sant Francesc
A scenic and ideal for families cove surrounded by pines. Accessible by a 1-hour walk from the city and by bus. The parking near the beach is subject to payment at high season. Facilities include toilets, showers, SOS, parking and ferry station. There is only a restaurant near the beach. Take the stairs from the beach to the viewpoint and Sant Francesc chapel or rent a paddle boat to explore around the cliffs.
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Sant Joan Castle
This 18th-century castle offers the best views of the city. It was built to defend the city against pirates and used to defend Barcelona from attacks from the north. Accessible by car or by foot by a long stairs. Take a photo of the city and beach through the cannonball-made hole on the wall.
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Santa Anna Rock
Punta Santa Anna
A cove with no facilities and a small beach between the granitic cliffs of El Convent and the dock of the port. The beach's consists on pebbles near the water and grain sand next to the walls. Some basaltic columns with olivine and augite bombs are present. Perfect for rock-hunting, snorkelling and scuba diving. Bars and restaurants are in the port area near the cove.
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Santa Maria's Church
Gothic church that was built from 1350 to 1410. It was burnt down ( except for the wall) in 1936, losing one of the best preserved Gothic churches of the area and two Antoni Gaudi thrones. It was reconstructed in 1944.
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Tordera River Estuary
Punta de la Tordera
Sea fauna and bird-watching where the Tordera river meets the sea. Access to estuary and adjacent beach is forbidden for fauna protection. Bird observatory near the lagoon allows to look from a safe distance. Next to the protected area there is a grained sand beach which is the only where nudism is accepted in Blanes.
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Can Tordera
Catalan Modernist house.
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Hospital Asil de Sant Jaume
Catalan Modernist hospital.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Blanes (CC BY-SA 4.0).