Hotel Royal Tarraco
Travel Blogs from Tarragona
The Flight of the Snowbirds
... were occupied by a number of older Italian families. Now the Italians are a noisy race at the quietest of times, but one of these was physically and mentally impaired, and spent most of his time shouting, with the rest shouting back. And then the dogs started barking, all evening and well into the night. We were tempted to move on there and then, but felt we must see some of this coast first.
Next morning we set off for Albenga, ...
¿Are we in Rome? ¡No, Just Tarragona!
¡Buenos! So we only spent one night and one day in Tarragona, but it was as if we had been transported thousands of years into the past. After we FINALLY managed to find the hotel, we spent the next day walking through the old city which is chock full of old Roman architecture. Some highlights: a defensive tower, the entire city wall, and an small colliseum. We also saw an ...
The Baixada de l'Aliga
... t go there again.
We had about 6 hours to go before the Baixada de l'Aliga and plenty to do in between but we would need provisions if we were to last the course until 4 a.m. or later so we walked back to the hotels for our vodka and nicely chilled food from the hotel's fridge. We arrived on Placa de la Font just in time to catch the end of the Toc de Prego which finishes with a building shaking barrage of explosive fireworks that frightens the pigeons, ...
An early night? Don't even think about it.
... can, because it's only about 9 o'clock and there is much more to do. It seemed absurdly early but even last year when we walked towards the cathedral at 10 p.m. we couldn't get on to the square, so as we'd made our preparations earlier and had backpacks full of food and drink, that was where we went. We weren't the first, and on Carrer Major there were already crowds waiting for a Pilar Caminant (a mobile castellers tower) that was coming down the cathedral steps as we arrived, ...
Return to Tarragona
... was in a multi-storey. As luck would have it, there was a sign in the car park to the 'Hertz reserved spaces' and we left the car in the one remaining space. We couldn't return the key though, because the office had no apparent letter box!
A taxi took us up the short but steep road from the station to Hotel Placa de la Font (surely the best hotel to stay in if you're visiting for Santa Tecla) and we quickly checked in, phoned James and arranged to meet him on ...
Location
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La Grava Hotel
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