Cala Bona — Hotel in Blanes

Cala Sant Francesc is an absolute gem of a beach, located just outside of Blanes (which, honestly, we didn’t like at all—but this beach more than made up for it!). It’s truly one of the most beautiful beaches I’ve been to in Spain.

The water is crystal clear, and the surrounding landscape is stunning. Instead of sand, the beach is covered with very fine pebbles, so I highly recommend bringing water shoes for comfort.

There’s a charming little path along the coast, and although the beach itself isn’t very large, it’s easily accessible by car—which is both a plus and a minus, since it can get quite crowded, even on weekdays.

The facilities are great: there are showers, toilets, and a café right on the beach.

Cala Sant Francesc is definitely in my top 3 beaches so far. Highly...

Cala Sant Francesc (also known as Cala Bona) is a typical Costa Brava beach and, as such, is one of my preferred beaches world wide.

It is a mid sized beach with tiny pebbles instead of sand, it has rocks and trees on each side, it holds all basic services (WC, shower, chiringuito,..) and it is great for snorkeling.

Perfect.

Only drawback -as all Costa Brava beaches in summer time- is that it was pretty crowded. Even worst: now seems to be quite usual to pay parking for any slot nearby the beach (7€ per day in average...quite more if you pay by the hour).

Anyway, totally...

Nice cove and position. There is no sand, there are small pebbles on the beach and bigger ones in the water. Water is clear, no big waves, it doesn’t get very deep very fast. There are sunbeds and umbrellas, 2 euros each for 2h (during start of June). There is parking, but not so many spots - when we arrived at 16:00 we hardly found a spot. The parking is free until July. You can hike right of left to other places. In the right side of the cove, there is a smaller baby cove, where the water is just amazing and...