Lloret de Mar is a town of about 41,900 people on the Costa Brava, 30 km from Girona and 80 km from Barcelona by road, with a 1,630 m main beach on its doorstep. It suits visitors who want a beach town with shops, restaurants and a sea-front promenade within walking distance, plus a heritage side: the houses built by returning emigrants and a hillside garden above the sea. If you want a quiet fishing-village feel, look further up the coast. Lloret is part of our Costa Brava guide, and its neighbours Tossa de Mar and Blanes each have their own page.
Quick facts
- Where: Lloret de Mar, comarca of La Selva, province of Girona, Catalonia.
- Residents: 41,944 in 2025 (Idescat), on 48.71 km², which is 861 people per km². Of these, 16,138 hold foreign nationality.
- Beach: yes. The main beach is 1,630 m long and 45 m wide; Fenals is 700 m long; Sa Boadella is about 250 m long.
- Altitude: 5 m above sea level (Idescat, 2013 figure for the municipality centre).
- Distances: about 30 km to Girona and 80 km to Barcelona, with taxi times of roughly 30 and 60 minutes (Lloret tourism site).
- Nearest airport: Girona–Costa Brava, 10 km from Girona city and 85 km from Barcelona (Aena). Barcelona–El Prat is the other option.
- Language: Catalan and Spanish are both used; the tourism site is also published in English.
- Market: a weekly street market in El Rieral on Tuesdays, according to the town tourism site.
Where to base yourself
The old town and the promenade
The historic centre sits around Plaça de la Vila and the parish church of Sant Romà, a short walk from Passeig Mossèn Jacint Verdaguer, the promenade on land reclaimed from the sea. The town hall stands at one end of it and Casa Garriga at the other. This is the most convenient base if you want restaurants, shops and the main beach without a car. It is also the busiest part of town, so light sleepers should ask for a room away from the main streets.
Fenals and the Santa Clotilde side
Fenals is the second beach in the municipality and lies beside the cliff that carries the Santa Clotilde gardens, with Cala Boadella on the other side of them. It suits families and couples who want a beach as the main reason for the trip. Bike lanes exist only in El Rieral and Fenals, which the tourism site mentions, so Fenals is the easier of the two bases for cycling.
Things to do
The Indiano heritage
From the mid-18th century, sailors from Lloret went to seek their fortune in the Americas and were called Indianos or Americanos. After the 1778 Decree of Free Trade with the American colonies, large ships were built on Lloret’s beaches for that trade. Money that came back paid for the town’s grander buildings. Can Garriga, on the waterfront, now houses the Maritime Museum. Can Font was built in 1877 in the Catalan modernist style. Lloret also has a modernist cemetery, which belongs to the European Cemeteries Route and carries Site of Cultural Interest status; it is one of the main examples of 19th-century funerary art in Catalonia, according to the town tourism site.
Sant Romà
The parish church on Plaça de l’Església combines a Gothic front, built between 1509 and 1522, with a much newer church built between 1912 and 1930. The interior was destroyed in the Spanish Civil War and later rebuilt. Two domes and a mosaic of the 12 apostles echo Catalan modernism.
Santa Clotilde Gardens
The gardens stand on a cliff between Cala Boadella and Fenals. The landscape architect Nicolau Rubió i Tudurí designed them for the Marquis of Roviralta, and work began in 1919. They are inspired by Italian Renaissance gardens, with a maze-like layout, fountains, statues and a lake, and the site was declared a National Cultural Heritage Site in 1994. Pets are not allowed. Opening hours and admission change, so read them on the town’s page before you go.
Walks along the coast
A 12 km coastal route links Lloret and Tossa de Mar. The tourism site calls it demanding, with many ups and downs, so it needs a reasonable level of fitness. A second coastal trail runs towards Blanes through oak and pine forest. Both are part of the wider GR 92 Mediterranean trail, 583 km from Portbou to Ulldecona, whose La Selva section is almost 30 km long.
Beaches and places nearby
Lloret beach is the big town beach: 1,630 m long, 45 m wide, with what the town calls white coarse sand. It has adapted walkways, showers and lockers. Fenals is 700 m long and 45 m wide, also with coarse sand, with toilets, showers and accessible walkways. Both are easy to reach on foot from the built-up areas, and neither is a place for solitude in high summer.
Sa Boadella, also called Cala Boadella, is a smaller cove of about 250 m by 40 m with coarse sand and some rocky sections. It has traditionally been used by nudists, though other visitors have come increasingly over the years. Cars cannot reach it: you park on the road to the chapel of Santa Cristina and walk just over 200 m along a dirt track. The town lists further coves and beaches including Canyelles, Santa Cristina, Treumal and Cala Banys.
For families, Water World is on the Vidreres road at km 1.2 and lists 35 water attractions, including the Tornado King, which is 20 m high with 118 steps up the tower. The park says its bus from Lloret is free for individual guests. Opening dates change every year, so check the park’s own calendar. A boat service run by Dofi Jet Boats links Lloret with Calella, Blanes and Tossa de Mar, which is a pleasant alternative to the road.
Other town guides nearby: Malgrat de Mar (about 11 km in a straight line), Tordera (about 11 km in a straight line), Pineda de Mar (about 15 km in a straight line).
On CostaMap near Lloret de Mar: Water World Lloret (1.9 km).
Food and drink
The town tourism site does not list specific dishes, and we do not either. It says restaurants and bars serve local, natural dishes, that rice and fish and seafood are the focus of the town’s gastronomic days, and that Indiano cuisine is a local speciality. There is a municipal market for fresh produce, and the weekly street market on Tuesdays in El Rieral adds more choice. The tourism site says shops are open every day of the year, including Sundays, and counts about one thousand retail outlets.
Where to stay
Lloret has a large stock of hotels and apartments, concentrated near the main beach and around the old town, and campsites further out. Camping Lloret Blau says on its own website that it is open all year round and about 10 minutes from the beach. For a short stay without a car, pick a place within walking distance of Plaça de la Vila or Fenals; for a stay built around walking and cycling, look at El Rieral.
Getting there and around
By air
Girona–Costa Brava airport is the closest. It lies 10 km from Girona and 85 km from Barcelona and handled 2,185,623 passengers in 2025 (Aena). The Sagalés airport line lists a Girona Airport to Lloret de Mar transfer; it does not publish journey times or timetables in the text we read, so check them before you travel. Barcelona–El Prat is the other main airport.
By train and bus
Lloret has no railway station of its own. Rodalies sells a combined ticket that takes you by train on the RG1 line to Blanes and then by Pujol coach to Blanes, Lloret de Mar or Tossa de Mar. It is available from Rodalies stations in the Barcelona area and along the line from Sils to Portbou, and valid all year according to Rodalies.
By road
Taxi times quoted by the town are about 60 minutes to Barcelona (80 km), about 30 minutes to Girona (30 km) and about 90 minutes to Perpignan (115 km). Lloret has public and private car parks, covered and open; locations and rates are on the town’s parking pages.
Around town
Most of the town can be covered on foot. Local bus lines and fares are published on lloretbus.com, taxis wait at 4 ranks around the clock, and bike lanes exist only in El Rieral and Fenals, so do not expect to cycle everywhere.
Best time to visit
Official climate figures for the area come from the Girona airport station, which is inland at 143 m, so the coast itself is usually a little milder in winter and cooler in summer. For 1981–2010 AEMET gives an annual mean of 14.7 °C and 728 mm of rain. January averages a 13.1 °C maximum, July a 30.1 °C maximum. July is the driest month at 32 mm and October the wettest at 88 mm.
The town operates through the year, and shops open every day. Beach days and the boat service fit summer; walking the coastal path and visiting Santa Clotilde and the old town are easier in spring and autumn, when it is cooler. The Santa Cristina summer festival, a carnival, the American Fair and the Clone festival are listed on the town’s events pages without dates, so check the current calendar if an event matters for your dates.
FAQ
Does Lloret de Mar have a good beach?
Yes. The main beach is 1,630 m long and 45 m wide with coarse sand, and Fenals is 700 m long. Sa Boadella is smaller and more secluded, but reaching it needs a walk of just over 200 m on a dirt track from the road.
How far is Lloret de Mar from Barcelona and Girona?
The town’s own taxi page gives 80 km and about 60 minutes to Barcelona, and 30 km and about 30 minutes to Girona. The Girona–Costa Brava airport is 85 km from Barcelona.
Can I reach Lloret by train?
Not directly. The nearest rail link is Blanes on the RG1 line, and Rodalies sells a combined train and bus ticket that continues by coach to Lloret de Mar.
Is Lloret de Mar good for families?
The beaches have showers, adapted walkways and toilets, and Water World has 35 water attractions. The main beach and promenade get crowded in summer, so a base near Fenals may suit young children better.
When is the market in Lloret?
The town tourism site mentions a weekly street market every Tuesday in El Rieral and a municipal market for fresh produce. It does not give hours, so confirm locally.
Sources and freshness
- Idescat, Lloret de Mar municipality in figures: population, area, altitude, density, nationality
- Lloret de Mar tourism, beaches: beach list
- Lloret de Mar tourism, Lloret beach: length, width, sand, services
- Lloret de Mar tourism, Fenals beach: length, width, sand
- Costa Brava tourism board, Sa Boadella: size, access, nudist tradition
- Lloret de Mar tourism, Santa Clotilde Gardens: designer, 1919, 1994 status
- Lloret de Mar tourism, Lloret and its Indianos: Indiano history, buildings, dates
- Lloret de Mar tourism, Sant Romà: church dates and features
- Lloret de Mar tourism, coastal trail: Tossa path, GR 92
- Lloret de Mar tourism, shopping: Tuesday market, shops
- Lloret de Mar tourism, gastronomy: local cuisine
- Lloret de Mar tourism, getting around: distances, taxis, parking, boat
- Lloret de Mar tourism, local events: festivals listed without dates
- Water World, FAQ: attractions, Tornado King
- Water World, location: address, free bus
- Camping Lloret Blau: open all year, 10 minutes from the beach
- Aena, Girona–Costa Brava Airport: distances, passengers
- Sagalés airport line: Girona Airport to Lloret transfer
- Rodalies, train and bus ticket to Blanes, Lloret and Tossa: combined ticket
- AEMET, Girona Airport climate normals: temperature and rainfall
Last checked: October 2026.
Main photo: Xavigivax, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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