Tag: Lloret de Mar

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Almost…

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This building is the municipal theatre in Lloret de Mar and was not far from the hotel where we stayed. It was an interesting, modern looking place, and the flowers on the terraced roof along with the palm trees, made it stand out.

I took a couple of photos on separate days, although the other one included much less of the building (you can see it here), but I’m kicking myself that I didn’t get the bicycle more into the frame for this one. A couple of steps back would have been all it needed. I can’t remember now whether I was just careless, or if there was something else that prevented me from re-framing the composition – there were streetlamps and some benches in the area, and it may have been that they encroached into the shot if I tried standing anywhere else.

Theatre

Olympus Trip 35 & Kodak Pro Image 100. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 6 June 2025

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Was it worth the walk?

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When we visited Blanes during our holiday to Lloret de Mar, we caught a bus to get there. During the journey, as we were leaving the centre of Lloret, I noticed from the bus window a restaurant which was closed up and had a lot of hazard warning tape across the entrance. I’m not sure what had happened to the restaurant for this to be the case, but I made a mental note of it, thinking I might walk there another day and take a photograph.

And I did.

I’m not sure it was worth the walk though. It’s an ok picture for what it is, but I had hoped the hazard tape might have been more prominent. Instead it kinda fades into the background a little and you have to look for it. Still, it was exercise if nothing else.

Hazard tape

Olympus Trip 35 & Kodak Pro Image 100. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 5 June 2025

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Tobacconist

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Tobacconist’s are still easy to find in Spain, and these Tabacs shops with their distinctive red and yellow branding are a common sight. It’s another thing that works as a bit of a novelty for me as a tourist because, not only do I not see this particular chain of stores in the UK, I also don’t see many tobacconist shops full stop.

Tabacs

Tobacconist’s were once quite common but, while they still exist, they are also far less common than they once were. Or in their older form, at least – there are now a huge number of vape shops, far more than there ever were in terms of traditional tobacconists.

The numbers of tobacco smokers in the UK has been in decline since the 1970s with a number of factors contributing, both from governmental policy (taxation, banning of tobacco advertising, mandatory health warnings on packaging, and restrictions on tobacco on display in certain retailers, and bans on smoking in public places – notably pubs, restaurants, and workplaces) and also changes in social acceptability.

I’m more than happy that the number of people smoking continues to decline – it’s a costly habit both for the smoker, and in terms of public healthcare, and from a personal note it’s not something I find pleasant to be around (my mum and my nan both smoked when I was younger and it was only after I left home that I realised how strong and breath-taking – not in a good way- the smell was upon going back to visit).

I will confess to being quite nostalgic for some of the tobacco advertising that used to be so commonplace, such as the Hamlet cigar adverts (like this one), or the Silk Cut and Benson & Hedges cigarette campaigns, which were surreal and imaginative, even if I had no desire to buy the product.

Olympus Trip 35 & Kodak Pro Image 100. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 4 June 2025

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Underneath the Hollywood sign

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No, not that Hollywood. This is the equally well known* Disco Hollywood in Lloret de Mar, Spain.

I liked this scene because of all the signage on the walls. Not just the Disco Hollywood sign, but the carnisseria, supermarket, and ATM signs too. The lady walked into the frame as I was setting up the shot.

*Not equally well known.

Beneath the Hollywood sign

Olympus Trip 35 & Kodak Pro Image 100. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 4 June 2025

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Birds, surf, beachgoers, and hotels

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This is my favourite photo I took during our visit to Lloret de Mar. I got the timing pretty much as good as I could have wished, with the three cormorants on the rocks in the foreground in front of a nice wash of blue and white surf, and then the backdrop of the tourist filled beach and row of hotels. KFC even gave it a complimentary splash of red!

Trio on the rocks

Olympus Trip 35 & Kodak Pro Image 100. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 4 June 2025

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At the top of the steps

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When I go on a holiday, I like to take time to wander round and explore the places we visit. Sometimes, in a place like Barcelona, there is far more to be seen than can possibly be experienced in a short stay. But even in more tourist-focused locations such as Lloret de Mar, there are still things to be found. Sometimes these are relatively everyday locations that are made exotic by unfamiliarity, and sometimes they are just unexpected.

In my mind, I had the basic layout of the part of the town where we stayed mapped out as gradually sloping downhill until it reached the beach (separated from the town by a promenade, road, and a long strip of hotels and restaurants). What I didn’t realise was that there was a tall hill smack bang in the middle of this. The hill is no doubt readily apparent from a higher vantage point, but once you’re amongst the buildings then it becomes easily obscured. Until you stumble over it on a random walk through the streets.

I first noticed it when I spotted a large flight of steps between a couple of buildings. It was a very hot day and I considered taking another route, but the curious part of me decided there might be something worth seeing at the top, so up I climbed. I didn’t count them, but there were quite a lot and the first picture below if the view looking back down.

A lot of steps to climb

The first thing I spotted at the summit was a row of houses draped with vivid swathes of red flowers. I don’t know what this plant is, but it certainly made for an attractive subject for a picture.

Floral cascades

Despite being near the top of the hill, I didn’t find any vantage point where I could take in a view (other than down mostly curving streets). I guess you need to enter one of the buildings to take advantage, such as the tall stacked platter of a structure in the image below.

It was odd that, even when I knew the hill was there, it was still quite easy to miss, even from the beach – where it was apparent, but kind of blended into the taller, more-distant background hillsides.

Stacked discs

Olympus Trip 35 & Fuji Superia 100 (expired 2008). Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 3 June 2025