Tarragona

Discover Tarragona in La Costa Dorada

Tarragona is the capital of the county of Tarragonés.
This city was declared "World Heritage City" by UNESCO on the 30 of November of 2000, and from that point the city has made an intense effort to be more and more perfect to everyone!
In the year 45 BC and after constructing its walls and a port Julio Cesar designate this colony with the name of "Colonia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraconensis".

It is a splendid millenary city with a population of 109,557 in habitants. It presides, due to its importance and beauty, the entire area of the Costa Dorada. It was the origin of the Romanization of the Iberian Peninsula and afterwards of its Christianization. It boasts a unique Roman and medieval monumental collection. The Gothic Cathedral, the Roman walls and towers - with cyclopean bases - and other historical buildings and remains can be visited following the exceptional Paseo Arqueologico (Archaeological Avenue), atop which one can overlook a magnificent panorama of the interior district. There are plenty and excellent beaches: El Miracle, under the mirador of Rambla Nova, known as the "Balcony of the Mediterranean", La Arrabassada,2 km away, La Savinosa and Playa Llarga, a huge beach, one of the best on the Catalonian coast.

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 Discover the city of Tarragona: our favorite places and addresses

Sightseeing

Roman Circus

Archaeological site

The Roman Circus of Tarragona is one of the most interesting Archaeological sites

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Address : Rambla Vella s/n
Opening hours : Open Tuesday to Saturday from 9 to 21h. Closed on Monday.
Phone : 977 24 19 52

Sightseeing

Roman Amphitheatre

The Roman Amphitheatre of Tarragona is the place were the sentenced were finally executed.

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Address : Parc del Miracle s/n.
Opening hours : Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 9 to 21h. Saturdays and holidays from 9 to 15h. Closed on Mondays.
Phone : 977 24 19 52

Sightseeing

Archaeological Walk

The Tarragona Archaeological Walk goes along the most well preserved parts of the roman Archaeological.

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Address : Av. Catalunya, s/n
Opening hours : Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 9 to 21h and Sundays from 9 to 15h. .
Phone : 977 24 57 96

Museum

National Archaeological Museum

Tarragona National Archaeological Museum is the oldest museum in Catalonia of its kind

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Address : Plaza del Rei, 5
Opening hours : Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 to 20h. Sundays from 10 to 14h.
Phone : 977 23 62 09

Sightseeing

Romanesque Remains

Pont del Diable Aqueduct, Scipio's funerary family monument, roman triumphal arch

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Sightseeing

Tarragona Cathedral

The Cathedral of Tarragona is located right in front of the Gothic porches...

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Address : Pla de la Seu
Phone : 977 23 86 85

Sightseeing

Port Aventura

Port Aventura / Ferrari Land

PortAventura,  Ferrari Land and Caribe Aquatic theme parks on the Costa Daurada

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Address : Avenida Pere Molas
Phone : 977.77.90.90

Sightseeing

Aqualeon- Aquapark

Aqualeon- Aquapark is open air safari with more than six hundred animals roaming free

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Address : Finca Les Basses, s/n
Phone : 977687656

Sightseeing

Aquopolis

Aquopolis has a full range of aquatic attractions

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Address : Passeig de Pau Casals, 65
Phone : 0034 902 345 011