Meeting new friends Begur to Blanes

We are Canadian couple ( +55), looking to make Costa Brava our second residence. We are coming next week to visit coastal cities from Blanes to Begur - renting an apartment for 7 days in Blanes and 7 days in Palamos.  We are searching for a coastal place that is active year around, as we will be there mostly off season.

In terms of language, we speak English and French, but just started to learn Spanish; I liked very much Nicola’s note ( 2021 post in Calonge Forum) about modicum of Spanish and a bit of Catalan getting you by…Still far from there, but hopefully, will be able to produce “something to this effect” by the end of the year…

Our hobbies include tennis (too much competitive, I must admit), skiing and walking in the nature. The last seems to be in abundance in the area, and I can’t wait to explore it.  

As we do not have any contacts in the area, we would greatly appreciate to hear any advice and pointers, and maybe even meet for a coffee while we are in the area!

Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you! 

Julia and Zoran