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18-Feb-2022

Lloret de Mar (La Selva)

Passeig d´Agustí Font
During the 1940s the first foreign tourists began to appear, attracted by the warm climate and long sandy beach. But during the 1950s Lloret began to change forever.The town experienced huge growth thanks to tourism. Mansions became hotels and vineyards were urbanised. When there were no more vineyards to build on the forest was cut to build on. More housing was built as it became the vast urban sprawl you find today. The town became hugely popular as a package tourist destination so that by 1975 there were more than 200 hotels in Lloret. There were also more than 400 bars and over 50 nightclubs.

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Dwight Rankine05-Jul-2022 13:16
Beautiful shot! BV
Julie Oldfield05-Jul-2022 01:46
Interesting architectural styles and wonderful light. V
Dennis Hoyne05-Jul-2022 01:43
A magnificent building, so much difference in all those balcony styles.
Charlene Ambrose04-Jul-2022 20:12
Nice shot of the buildings in the warm light. It's a shame that vineyards and forests were destroyed to build or more likely, over build this area. V
John Reynolds LRPS04-Jul-2022 18:31
Interesting image and history. V.
Walter Otto Koenig04-Jul-2022 17:12
Nice with this warm lighting. "V"
Tom Munson04-Jul-2022 16:49
Nice shot of this popular place.
Helen Betts04-Jul-2022 16:11
Great shot of the rampant urbanization of what was once probably a nice town. V.
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