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Tarrgona - Hospitalet - Alcaniz - Zaragoza

A travel blog entry by vincents

Beautiful Cliffside hotel in Tarrgona. We swam in the Tarrgona sea. Tarragona (IPA: [tərəˈɣonə] in Catalan) is a city located in the south of Catalonia and east of Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragon�s. As of the 2005 …

The Baixada de l'Aliga

A travel blog entry by penguinchris

... Vella. Sirvent is on the other side so we opted to stay on that side in order to get a different perspective. As the giants reach the vicinity of the Ajuntament they are lined up in two rows which of course extend down into the square as more arrive. We managed to get in the way about 5 times. Unfortunately there seemed to be less room to manouevre on this side of the square so we ended up shuffling steadily further away from the Ajuntament. The last gegants ...

An early night? Don't even think about it.

A travel blog entry by penguinchris

... mamadeta outlet, but shortly after 10 even that option started to become unfeasible as the crowd started to grow bigger and closer. All the seating area on the steps was taken up and then the people seated grew by about 20% as late-arriving friends turned up. If you strongly object to being climbed on or over, or to passing glasses of beer etc. to people behind you, then stay well away. It's all very good natured, though and there is no animosity at all.

There's ...

Return to Tarragona

A travel blog entry by penguinchris

... in the events of the festival and the main item on the programme for today was the Baixadeta de l'Aligueta. This is the childrens' version of one of the main events of the festival, the Baixada de l'Aliga which I wrote about in my 2010 blog and will cover again in a couple of days time. As far as we could tell, this was the first time a Baixadeta de l'Aligueta had been tried, so we felt that we should give it our support.

If we have one single 'hint' to give ...

Cambrils, Tarragona, Salou = Lots of things to do!

A travel blog entry by olly-lisa-poppy

... route we passed by the Amphitheatre, now used as a tourist site and a stage for local Gladiators battles. There is a park next to it that they have tried to show the different kinds of Flora that were grown by the Romans back in the day, all very informative.

Once we were inside the city walls, it was literally wall to wall with sites. One of the most impressive was the Cathedral. Shame they seem to have a habit of ...