Tarragona & Sitges, Ii Pearls Of Catalonia

Maybe unopen to of y'all already know this, but I am obsessed alongside ruins: whenever I can, I attempt to explore towns that offering an insight into ancient civilizations. Two weeks agone I went to Tarragona, a town i hr away from Barcelona that hosts amazing Roman ruins. You tin larn at that topographic point alongside the prepare or the bus, for virtually 8€ i way.

 

I didn't know what to facial expression to hold upwardly honest. I flora the metropolis to a greater extent than touristic than I idea it would be, but at that topographic point is a argue why tourists larn to a for certain place. Tarragona has an attractive historical centre that is actually pleasant to explore fifty-fifty for those who are non thrilled past times the sight of Roman ruins.
 

Entertainment inwards Tarragona

The primary attraction is of course of pedagogy the Roman amphitheatre, which boasts a peachy persuasion over the sea. It must guide keep been actually thrilling to sentinel plays from this location. Nowadays, y'all tin walk through the ruins of the home for an admission price, or admire the persuasion from the gardens nearby. There are also other ruins to visit, similar the "pretori", and they offering a adept insight into the Roman short town inwards Tarragona.



The amphitheatre of Tarragona

Catalan identity is very much felt in Tarragona, peradventure fifty-fifty to a greater extent than than inwards Barcelona. I saw a monument dedicated to human pyramids, a tradition in this region, and countless Catalan flags.



A street sign inwards Tarragona

Time for breakfast! In Tarragona I discovered ensaimada, a pastry typical of the isle of Majorca, made alongside pork lard as well as topped alongside sugar. I tin assure y'all that it is delicious!



My delicious ensaimada

Tarragona is also total of cute squares where people congregate to guide keep a caña (beer) or unopen to tapas. Sometimes Roman ruins look inwards the middle of the square. Don't immature lady the trompe l'oeil painted solid in Plaça dels Sedassos. It was painted inwards 1995 inwards the edifice where painter Carles Arola had a studio.

Trompe-l'oeil painted solid inwards Tarragona



A detail of the house in Plaça dels Sedassos

The cathedral of the town is also quite nice, as well as and hence is the seaside. It's that form of town where y'all tin wander aimlessly as well as only guide keep pictures of dissimilar things, without bothering likewise much virtually tourist attractions.

A exceptional of the cathedral

The seaside inwards Tarragona



Sitges is a completely dissimilar form of town. Mostly frequented past times beachgoers, as well as famous for beingness a gay-friendly resort, it didn't print me every bit much. There isn't a proper historical centre, as well as hence if y'all don't intend to larn to the overcrowded beach, you're left alongside goose egg much to produce but buy an ice-cream. As a thing of fact, I had never seen as well as hence many H2O ice cream shops i later the other, non fifty-fifty inwards Italy.

 

A persuasion of Sitges

 

A persuasion of Sitges

Even though Sitges had unopen to cute corners, I didn't uncovering it that interesting, as well as later virtually i hr I took the prepare dorsum to Barcelona. If your primary role for visiting is beach life, though, this could hold upwardly your destination.

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