Cathedral Tarragona

... everywhere. We found a great pizza place for lunch, sampled the white sangria and then took a walk around the old walls and the cathedral and wandererd around the back streets. We went to a tapas bar for dinner and riojo. I thought I'd ordered a ...

... to see them. We were kicked out of there as it was closing, so we went back to Girona for dinner. Rioja Summary Being in Spain and catching up with Zonth was good, but, and there is always a but, everyone chain smokes to much for my liking and ...

... ), the Aliga (Eagle), Lleo (the Lion), Mulassa (the Big Mule) Bou (the Bull) and Drac (the Dragon) amongst others and in Tarragona at least, some of these figures have junior equivalents. Another feature of Santa Tecla is the Paso Doble, "Amparito Roca", ...

... be partly right, but actually the main reason was because it is situated only a short bus ride from the ancient port city of Tarragona. And that's where I headed today.   WOW!!! I think I just hit the ancient cultural jackpot! I knew there was a ...

... ;& Kay to let them know where we were but didn't get any takers. They might still have been asleep. Tarragona invites pointless strolling and our morning meander eventually took us outside the city walls, where a gegant seemed to be undergoing some ...

... The city was abandoned by the Arabs in 714, and was re-occupied as an archbishop city in 1089. The cathedral, one of the main sights in current Tarragona, was built between 1171 and 1331 on top of Roman ruins. Even though having been ...

... one. Santa Tecla, who was a follower of Saint Paul (see also Saint Thecla) is the patron saint of Tarragona, with the cathedral being named for her, and it is in that cathedral where the holy relic, the Arm of Santa Tecla, has been housed for hundreds ...

... building that sees few tourists. Whilst waiting for the bus we wondered how the locals handled the 1 hour time difference between Spain and Portugal as it seemed that they drove back and forth across the border? We had another few days in Spain ...

... and a lesser medieval city. The city has some of Catalonia's finest Roman ruins, which we visited today. Also a magnificent Medieval Cathedral. Tarragona is a very attractive old town on the Mediterranean Coast and as you have probably guessed by now , ...

... on both Saturday and Sunday.  For our Saturday trip we checked one of our guide books for suggestions and decided to hop on a train to Tarragona, a small town about an hour south of Barcelona known for its ancient Roman ruins.  You may ...