Tarrgona - Hospitalet - Alcaniz - Zaragoza
Trip Start
Aug 18, 2006
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Trip End
Sep 03, 2006
Tarragona,
Catalonia,
Spain and Canary Islands
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
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 Tarragonès. As of the 2005 census, the city had a population of 144,163, and the population of the entire urban area was estimated to be 450,921.
In Roman times, the city was named Tarraco (Ταρρακών and was capital of the province of Hispania Tarraconensis (after being capital of Hispania Citerior in the Republican era).[1] The Roman colony founded at Tarraco had the full name of Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco.
Lunch with the Mirs at Hopitalet, a seaside town that has developed tremendously since Faith visited 10 years prior.
Stopped at a beautiful parador ALCANIZ for tea.
http://spainparador.com/parador-alcaniz.htm
