Although it has a good half moon-shaped sandy beach, Lloret de Mar is neither chic nor sophisticated, and most people who come here are Europeans on inexpensive package tours. The competition for cheap rooms is fierce.

Lloret de Mar has grown at a phenomenal rate from a small fishing village with just a few hotels to a bustling resort with more hotels than anyone can count. And more keep opening, though there never seem to be enough in July and August. The accommodations are typical of those in other Costa Brava towns, running the gamut from impersonal modern box-type structures to vintage flowerpot-adorned whitewashed buildings on the narrow streets of the Old Town. There are even a few pockets of posh, including the Hostal Roger de Flor . The area has rich vegetation, attractive scenery, and a mild climate.

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Lloret de Mar is located in the Spanish region of Catalonia on the Costa Brava. This is one of the Mediterranean's most popular resorts and certainly the liveliest holiday spot on this stretch of the Spanish coastline. Its a "Club 18-30" type of resort where there's enough British bars, discos, organized beach antics and foam parties to keep the most hardened reveler happy for a fortnight. Families also flock to Lloret for their summer holidays as the resort offers a wealth of entertainment and five safe, sandy beaches which bask in temperatures of 22-28C during the summer months. Europe's biggest water park, an aquatic zoo and the Universal Studios Port Aventura theme park are all within easy reach. This is not really the place to savor "the real Spain" although you'll find another world of yesteryear a short distance away in the beautiful mountainous hinterland. Lloret is 70 kilometers north of the regional capital of Barcelona (105 kilometers from the city's airport) and 150 kilometers south of the French border. Tourism transformed this former fishing and trading centre in the 1950s and the town's grand manorial homes were bulldozed to make way for high rise hotels, apartment blocks and urbanizations.

Guitart Central Park Hotel Lloret de Mar

Guitart Central Park Hotel offers comfortable accommodation and convenient facilities to make your stay in Costa Brava a pleasant one. Situated in the city of Costa Brava, the Guitart Central Park Hotel Lloret de Mar is a perfect place for you to reside. The complex is a group of facilities, which takes care of every second of its client's leisure time and commercial activities. This complex is divided into three different annex buildings located in the heart of Lloret City Centre. The hotel has comfortable and well furnished rooms that are equipped with a host of modern amenities. You can dine at the on-site buffet restaurant that offers a wide range of products and traditional dishes of the region. The hotel is equipped with a magnificent congress and convention centre and the Palas Atenea Banqueting Hall, which is an ideal place for banqueting, receptions and live music.
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But look hard and you'll still be able to find plenty of evidence of the area's rich history and culture which the local authorities are doing their utmost to preserve (whilst making sure the highly lucrative tourist industry is kept sweet at the same time!). An ancient Iberian settlement, dating back to around 250 BC, has been fully excavated at the hilltop site of Puig de Castellet. A model of the site and archaeological finds can be viewed at the town's Verdaguer Cultural Centre. The area was later occupied by the Romans - the name Lloret is believed by some historians to come from the Latin word Lauretum (meaning "place of the laurels").

In the 18th and 19th century, Lloret flourished as a sea trading and ship building town. Many a young adventurer set sail for the New World from here to make his fortune. The successful ones returned, laden with wealth, and transformed their home town into a showcase of magnificent mansions, impressive public buildings and elegant plazas. Although many of the historic buildings have had to give way to modern day tourism, you can still enjoy a flavor of Lloret's heritage and culture in its regional cuisine, the local ritualistic dances and time-honored fiestas which take place throughout the year.

If you're visiting between June and September visit the Placa de la Vila on Saturday night (before you head for the disco!) to watch the locals dance the Sardana. This traditional dance, banned under Franco's fascist regime, is the emblem of Catalonia and is performed on a regular basis throughout the region. This is a public folk dance (you're allowed to join in regardless of knowledge or expertise!) in which participants join hands and move in circles to symbolize the sense of brotherhood and democracy so keenly felt among Catalonians.

The history of Lloret dates back to the third and second centuries BC. Throughout all these years of history, Lloret, despite being a modern and dynamic tourist town, has retained its personality and preserved the symbols of identity and tradition which only time can bestow. To the wide range of tourism opportunities can be added the cultural, scenic and architectural delights which, together with the two Iberian settlements, comprise a great variety of activities to satisfy the widest and most demanding of tastes. Lloret is considered to be one of the tourist resorts with the most sporting facilities and with a variety of shopping, leisure and culinary opportunities which, together with the hotel and apartment infrastructure, places it firmly in first place, in terms of name, variety and quality, of all the tourist regions in Spain.

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