Hotel Costa Brava in Blanes

Centrally placed hotel, ideal for the town and beach also buses from the railway station stop outside. We stayed out of season so the place was not busy but in November we still found that there were more guests than we expected. There is a swimming pool on the roof but closed during our visit plus there is a bar which is open to non-residents but with a very limited offering of snacks, basically only sandwiches and cakes. Our room was clean and comfortable with a balcony but breakfast seems to be the big event here with a wide range of cooked items and just about everything imaginable that one might want for breakfast. A few oddities: there was a notice on the door exiting the breakfast room which instructed guests not to take any food away from the premises. This was solely in English, so it was obviously OK for Spanish and Catalan speakers, who made up the majority to stock up, or perhaps it was considered such a despicable activity that would never enter their heads. Another oddity was the television, running through the channels there was a wide range of English speaking ones coming up but none of them worked, all other foreign language channels such as German etc did. We asked at reception about this at least 3 times, but all they said was that they would look into the problem, but as expected nothing happened There was no kettle in the room -so bring your own, but we did find a safe, however to use it there was €20 charge for the 5 nights we were there, plus a €10 key deposit. On the plus side we did get an early check-in and the bed was comfortable and if you want a mammoth breakfast then this is the place for you.