Tossa de Mar loves classics

Tossa de Mar is a town with a special charm, situated in a beautiful spot south of the Costa Brava. It is a town that preserves its traditions and also created new ones, and we just want to talk about this today, as the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of September will celebrate the First International Scooter concentration of Tossa de Mar. This event is organized by Moto Club Tossa and consists of several planned activities, such as a route along the coast, a slalom, a gymcana, an acceleration test, market, food, prizes, music and much more!

Moreover, as every year the 23, 24 and 25 September is held the eighteenth Volkswagen Aircoled Classic Concentration of Tossa de Mar (Friends of Volkswagen of Catalonia). As announced last year in the article Tossa de Mar and the Volkswagen Beetle, during the 3 days that last the concentration, you can watch the vintage cars parked on the waterfront of Tossa de Mar, as well as attend the various tests that will carry out the participants.

Please remember that our chain, GHT Hotels, has 3 hotels in Tossa: Neptuno***, Costa Brava*** and Oasis Tossa****. If you want to come, do not hesitate to consult our offers on our website!

Fireworks for our new website!

We have just released the new GHT Hotels website, in which we have invested many hours for you, the customers, have a tool to know us better and, above all, to learn more about activities and places close to our properties, from beaches and coves to the agenda of our destinations. In addition, the site has been translated into 9 languages: Catalan, Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and Russian. We invite you to take a look!

We also want to remember that, today and untill Wednesday July 27, every day at 22:30 there is the fireworks competition in Blanes, held annually since 1970, although the tradition is much older (the first references to the disparament of fireworks dates back to over a hundred years ago, specifically in 1891).

The tradition of the fireworks were stopped by the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War of 1936. In 1944 this custom is recovered in the Major Festival. Since that time until today have not failed to organize any year. The launch pad has always been the rock of Sa Palomera, beautiful setting located within the beautiful sea in the middle of the bay of Blanes.

The Fireworks Competition in Blanes is known throughout the Spanish State, has a great reputation amongst the pyrotechnic world. Competitiveness and the struggle of the participants to get the Trophy Vila de Blanes has brought the qualifying of the competition as Great Pyrotechnics. The primary purpose of holding this competition was to attract people of all nationalities

to boost tourism in Blanes. A total of 900,000 people will see this year's firework display that takes place in the course of Blanes Major Festival. Beaches, terraces, walksides, sports and commercial docks and mountains of Sant Joan and la Peña are crowded by public (between 120,000 and 150,000 people per day).

For all those who would like to attend we remind you that Blanes is easily accessible by public tranport from all our destinations. We also offer the chance to see the spectacle from the sea, aboard a boat with a glass of cava and the traditional cake included. Ask at reception!

Hotels a la Costa Brava

"Porta Ferrada" International Festival

The International Festival of la Porta Ferrada [the Closed Door], celebrated during

July and August of each year since 1958, is the oldest festival in Catalonia. It takes its name from the most ancien

t part of the monastery of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, which is the main festival venue. Other concerts take place in settings both incomparable and important, including the Romanesque church of the monastery, the, Municipal Teatre Auditori, the Casa Irla and l'Espai Port. The

festival's interdisciplinary nature – it includes music, theatre and dance – makes it unique of its kind. Performances are of the highest quality, with artists and works of recognised international prestige filling these special spaces of the city.

The dates of the Festival, during July and August, transform this city into a hub of cultural life and tourism in the demarcation and Sant Feliu de Guíxols becomes the capital of performing arts at the confluence of visitors from everywhere. The constant evolution that has experienced the event in the course of years, increasing media attention, has

also increased the number of attendees, who came in last year to fourteen thousand.

This are the planned perfomances for the present Summer.

21.07 / 22:00 Lloyd Cole Small Ensemble

22.07 / 22:30 Love of Lesbian

23.07 / 22:30 Cindy Lauper

24.07 / 22:00 Mavis Staples

27.07 / 22:00 Ludovico Einaudi

28.07 / 22:00 Return to Forever IV | Chick Corea

30.07 / 22:30 Gilberto Gil

01.08 / 21:00 Carles Casas

02.08 / 21:00 Pegasus (Berlín)

10.08 / 22:30 Brian Ferry | Olympiatour 2011

11.08 / 22:30 Luz

12.08 / 22:30 Nit Gospel | The American Spiritual Ensemble

14.08 / 21:30 Geronimo Stilton

15.08 / 21:30 Geronimo Stilton (Second actuation)

17.08 / 22:30 Comediants | Persèfone

18.08 / 22:30 Raimon

20.08 / 22:30 Compañía Antonio Gades

You can download the festival's program here.

Costa Brava Hotels

Monthly raffle of satisfaction questionnaire

In GHT Hotels we are always thinking about how to improve our facilities and services and, therefore, we encourage all our customers to fill our satisfaction questionnaire.

And there's no better way to do it than raffle each month, among all those who have answered the surveys, two days in one of our hotels for two persons in half board basis.

Thus, the winners of the previous month is:

June: Jean-Luc Frohlich

We hope you enjoy your holidays with us ... again!

Clon Festival and Major Festivities in Lloret de Mar

It is July in the Costa Brava, the sun and the heat of summer are noted on the magnificent beaches and there are activities for everyone. Next, we makesome proposals for which you may have already reserved

a trip to one of our hotels, strategically located along the Costa Brava and Costa de Barcelona-Maresme.And those that do not have a reservation, remind you that we have some unbeatable offers on our website ... Spend a few relaxing days at a good and reasonable price is now at your fingertips, you can't escape!

We start with a festival that takes place in Lloret de Mar since 2004 and is starting just today, July 8. We refer to Clone Festival, as its

name suggests, brings together the best clonic bands and tribute bands.There are 4 days of festival (not consecutive) with 4 different bands paying tribute to 4 different groups:

July 8: Achtung Band, honoring U2.

July 22: ABBA Revival, tribute to ABBA.

August 5: The Exploding Boys, tribute to The

Cure.

August 19: Gansos Rosas, paying tribute to Guns N 'Roses.

All concerts are at 22:15 at Paseig de Manel Bernat (roca d'en Maig)

Furthermore, in Lloret, from 21 to 26 July are the Major Festivals of Santa Cristina, the patroness of the city. The festival begins each year the evening of Santa Cristina, on 23 July with a parade. Th

e day of Santa Cristina, July 24, the procession leaves at 8 am in the church of Sant Romà and accompanies the image of the patron by boat from the main beach to the hermitage of Santa Cristina, while dispute S'Amorra sailing race. When the procession reaches the hermitage offers a breakfast for participants. In the afternoon, dancing in the town square the "Ball de Plaça" followed by “sardanas”, the typical dance in Catalonia. The party is over on 26 at night with a fireworks display.