Sea fauna and bird-watching where the Tordera river meets the sea. Access to estuary and adjacent beach is forbidden for fauna protection. Bird observatory near the lagoon allows to look from a safe distance. Next to the protected area there is a grained sand beach which is the only where nudism is accepted in Blanes.
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Navigate with the Dofijet ferry to the next caves and fishing towns.
Platja de S'Abanell
With a length of 2.5 km, this is Blanes' longest beach. Its sand is grain sized except from some fine sand areas because of land fillings. Facilities include toilets, showers, SOS, sun-loungers, parking, wheelchair access and ferry station. Restaurants, bars, and shops are in the city next to the beach.
This is a big rock which divides the city bay by the half. This considered is the beginning of the Costa Brava. There are stairs from the beach to the viewpoint at the top of the rock.
Catalan Modernist house.
Platja de Blanes
The main beach of Blanes is the nearest to the city centre, this is a 600-m-long granule sand beach. Facilities include toilets, showers, SOS, kids area, volley-ball fields, ferry station and wheelchair access. Restaurants, bars, and shops are in the city next to the beach. Over the years the beach has been shortened by consecutive port expansions. In 2011 in the last port expansion the beach was lengthened in a 90-degree turn along the dock to the harbor's entrance.