Lloret de Mar is the city where we stayed in. It is one of the biggest cities on the coast and as all of them is filled with hotels.

We lived in a small hotel on the second street from the coast. We were lucky to get the room on the sixth (last) floor. It was one of three rooms with balconies and the only room in the hotel from where it was possible to see the sea!

Actually the city is deprived of any outstanding sights, but there is huge boundless sea and rocks across the coast with narrow curved paths.

The coast with old castle

This castle is not a museum — it is private building. There is a path around it, leading along the rocks to other city. We enjoed walking there in pauses between laying on the beach.

Dasha on the rock

It is so nice just to sit on the warm stones of the rocks and to enjoy the view of the sea!

There are several cafes right on the rocks. They are usually located in the most picturesque places.

Dasha in the cafe

All the cafes are opened till late at night. And view from them at night is also beautiful, especially at full moon night (we saw it ourselves!).

View from the rocks

There are sveral types of boats (one of them — on the picture above) that make regular trips along the coast to closest cities. Some of those boats have glass bottom, so you can enjoy viewing the seabed.

There is a square near the sea, covered with tiles, and some of them represent prints of the palms of famous race-drivers:

Every evening we used to walk along the coast. Coast line looks wonderfull with shining lights on the embankment and huge glowing cruise vessles on the horizon.

Dasha on the embankment

Outstanding fireworks took place once in the evening of the "International Day of Tourists". That was a raining day, so we watched the show under umbrella. Before this everybody was offered (for free) a special drink. As Dasha concluded after trying it, that was mostly rum and coca-cola. It was hot and has coffee beans, raisins and some spices in it.

Nature of Spain is completely different from the nature of the place we live. Palm trees and cactuses are everywhere.

Cactus on the rock

The tree, growing from the center of cactus on the picture above is not a tree actually. This is a piece of the cactus itself — the seeds grow on it.

We noticed that it is very popular to make plates with names of the streets of painted tiles. Most of them look very attractive:

After we saw all the sights in Lloret de Mar and around we decided to go to the St. Clotilde Gardens we’ve heard so much about. But twice we started twice we couldn’t find it. It was quite a walk from the place we stayed in. So the third and the last chance was undertaken on one of the last days we had in Spain. And the miracle happened to us — we finally found the way there and it was open! We came to this unachievable park when it was about 5pm and the sun was setting. It colored all our visit in warm golden tint and made the atmosphere so romantic. That was the sun of our trip that was setting giving us the best moments to enjoy before we leave.

Dasha in the garden

The Gardens are such a beautiful place — full of harmony and peace. They are located on the top of a natural rock that separates two small bays with golden sand beaches. Enchanting blue see surrounding this place gives sparkling reflections to the verdure of the gardens, laid out in the Italian Renaissance style. It reminds of a Greek amphitheater with white marble sculptures and busts of ancient emperors and goddess where the main stage is water of Mediterranean. It’s a place of clear spirit, quietness and great beauty. Here it’s easy to think of a perfect harmony of the Creation and to write poems. You want to stay here longer, just to sit with a wise book, to enjoy the view and to think of eternal things. There are some places in these Gardens that are hidden with the high green walls of trimmed hedges that seem to be specially created for the man to stay along with the beauty of nature. The Green hall organized with clipped cypresses and marble sculptures in verdure arches, charming mermaids, ponds and fountains make this place even more remarkable. This is the real poem of harmonious combination nature and works of man’s hands that created one of the most peaceful and exalted places that we’ve visited.