Season 4 Travel tips. [SPAIN]

[duke3016]

I"ve registered but an waiting for the confirmation email.

Me too and no email yet

[duke3016]

Friday"s activities will, I strongly suspect, bear little or no relation to Poker.

I like our Tour Leaders" thinking

[Paulie_D]

Friday"s activities will, I strongly suspect, bear little or no relation to Poker.

I like our Tour Leaders" thinking

It pays to think ahead.

Basic Plan #1 - Friday - Reconnaissance is key

Food

Meat and plenty of it. I"m think of a restaurant I"ve heard of (doing some research) called Tobago. A steakhouse I"m advised (at least by TripAdvisor).

Nothing like a good stuffed stomach to set you up for a night"s...ahem...entertainment. About a 10-15 minute walk (I think) from the Excelsior at Josep Togores, 10, 17310 Lloret de Mar, Spain for them"s that might want to map it.

It"s also pretty central for Lloret for those who aren"t at the "APAT Excelsior Crash Pad".

Drink

A short (I sincerely hope) waddle to Gerry"s Bar for a session. About halfway between Tobago and the Excelsior (map it if you must).

Other Entertainment

Interestingly...or not, there does not seem to be much on the interwebz about entertainment for "gentlemen" in Lloret de Mar. This may be because of the wealth of discos/nightclubs that abound where the pretty young things will gather in the high season.

Off season...I have no idea. The closest I can find...and I"ve strained a wrist and ruined my eyesight looking () is the Aztek which (rumour has it) striptease & wet t-shirt nights. I can"t find too much on this anyway.

Whatever, I"m way to old for that nightclubbing/disco nonsense...unlike some (cough) like Des & Tighty.

Frankly...after Gerry"s I"ll wend my way back to the Excelsior..if I happen to stumble into the odd hostelry on the way..so be it.

Of course...the best laid plans and all that...but that"s what I"m doing...if you choose something different...I hope to pass you in the street.

[duke3016]

See I told you the appointment was stellar - Now that is a good plan

[Paulie_D]

Check out the links below if you need some more information.

A couple of caveats:

1. The web site design is eye-bleedingly ancient/retro
2. Despite this it would appear that it is up to date...so that"s good.
3. Very image intensive so not necessarily good on a phone.
4. The image upside is that you know what things will look like before you get there.
5. No addresses given but there is a map if you look around.

Anyway...here we go...

1. Lloret Pub Guide
2. Lloret Club/Disco Guide
3. Lloret Restaurant Guide
4. Lloret Blog that ties it all together.

[duke3016]

1. The web site design is eye-bleedingly ancient/retro

Bloody Hell - you are not kidding  

[PHIL_TC]

Good times. Google maps tells me that excelsior to aztec takes approx 19 seconds in a taxi (approx 150m) away.. almost staggerable that is  

[AAroddersAA]

I"ve registered but an waiting for the confirmation email.

Me too and no email yet

I"m struggling here they should have made it in english.

[Paulie_D]

Basic Plan #2 - Saturday Morning/Afternoon - I suppose we"ll have to play poker at some point

Food

Continental Breakfast...I think not.

I understand that the White Horse serves a large full English..plus Guinness for the extra vitamins. A stroll down the front to the White Horse should take about 5 minutes or so and from there it"s a 10 minute walk (pretty much straight north) to the Casino.

I expect the walks involved here to serve as a decent recon for the nights entertainment. Of course, I expect a fair amount of time to be spent at the tables in the casino bar but at too many APAT events I see nothing of the area. I intend (feet permitting) to rectify this in Lloret.

Drink

No specific plans but The Seven Seas might be a thought...not far from the White Horse...before evening food. I think the Route 66 is close to there too.

See this MAP with some locations already added...(not by me)

Food - Evening

Blood-Alcohol level permitting...I quite fancy the Orient Express (Map It) just down from the Excelsior. It"s also the #1 rated restaurant on TripAdvisor for Lloret...but we"ll see how things go.

[Paulie_D]

I"ve registered but an waiting for the confirmation email.

Me too and no email yet

I"m struggling here they should have made it in english.

Have you clicked the "English" option at the top of the page?

Failing that...sigh...use Google Chrome and it will (at least mine does) offer to translate it for you.

[AAroddersAA]

I"ve registered but an waiting for the confirmation email.

Me too and no email yet

I"m struggling here they should have made it in english.

Have you clicked the "English" option at the top of the page?

Failing that...sigh...use Google Chrome and it will (at least mine does) offer to translate it for you.

Er, no that seemed far to easy. I will try it. Thats why you are the tour leader see. Joined up thinking and all that.

[Paulie_D]

Good times. Google maps tells me that excelsior to aztec takes approx 19 seconds in a taxi (approx 150m) away.. almost staggerable that is  

Interesting..my Google Maps says it"s 500 metres and 1 minute in a taxi...that"s obviously not walkable.  

[Fatcatstu]

I shall do my best to source out all the. mentioned places in my spare time Thursday. I will even take a hit and do it drunk so I know how long a sstumble it is

I an such a martyr!

[Paulie_D]

Basic Plan #3 - Sunday Morning/Afternoon/Evening

Sod it....I"m just gonna wing it.

[Paulie_D]

As a devotee of the Chrome / Android thing I love me stuff that might help me out.

There"s an extension available in Chrome called "Chrome to Phone"...install that and it put a button on your browser that will send a webpage (assuming you have a google acount) to your android phone.

Install the same app from the Android Market on your phone and when you push the button on your browser it fires it across to your android device which opens it up in it"s browser.

Doesn"t work the other way yet but it"s supposed to be coming.

I fired the 4 links (etc) across to my Desire and now they are available in the app history for instant access.

iPhone users...I could care less!