Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Tarragona, Spain
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Experience Tarragona in Spain in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in TarragonaIndividual Sights in TarragonaSight 1: Roman Amphitheater
The Tarragona Amphitheatre is a Roman building in ancient Tarraco that is currently relatively well restored, managed by the Tarragona History Museum. It is part of the archaeological site of Tarraco, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. It is considered a Cultural Asset of National Interest.
Sight 2: Roman circus
The circus of Tarraco was located within the city's pomerium, taking advantage of land that, since its foundation, had been owned by the state. Located in the upper part of Tarragona, parallel to the Rambla Vella, and in some parts, it maintains an exceptional state of conservation. It is the building where the horse races were held, as well as the beam and chariot races with a capacity for 20,000 people, where the carriage races were held. It was built during the rule of Emperor Domitian and was in operation until the fifth century AD.
Sight 3: Torre del Pretori
The provincial forum of Tarraco is a Roman archaeological site in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, encompassing an area of 18 ha. Together with other Roman remains in the city it makes the Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco, which was listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2000.
Sight 4: Natzaret
The Church of Nazareth is a church in the old town of Tarragona, protected as a cultural asset of local interest. Although nothing remains of the primitive building of the thirteenth century, the sixteenth-century temple and the successive restorations allow us to understand the dynamics of constructions in the city of Tarragona.
Sight 5: Museu Arqueològic de Tarragona
The National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona is a public museum located in the city of Tarragona focusing on its rich historical heritage and ancient remains. It includes archaeological findings of Tarraco's Roman and Early Christian past, as well as a library. The museum's origins lay in the 19th century, making it the oldest of its kind in Catalonia, with some collections assembling objects found from the 16th century onwards, but with most discoveries having taken place in the last 150 years.
Sight 6: la Trinitat
The Church of the Trinity is a baroque church in Tarragona protected as a Cultural Asset of Local Interest.
Sight 7: Museu d'Art Modern
The Museum of Modern Art was created in 1967 by the Tarragona Provincial Council with the aim of promoting the study and knowledge of modern and contemporary art and, at the same time, to preserve and display its artistic heritage and share it with the public.
Sight 8: Casa Canals
The Casa Canals de Tarragona is an eclectic work of Tarragona protected as a Cultural Asset of Local Interest.
Sight 9: Sala Trono
The Sala Trono is a theater room in the city of Tarragona. It opened in 2003 in the Plaza de Dames i Vells with a capacity for 60 people. He programmed a type of small -format and intimate theater, with simple scenarios. It closed its doors in 2017 with the work 'This is everything' for the limitation of the capacity and continued as a production company reopened in a new space in the Metropol, thanks to an agreement between the entity and the City Council .
Sight 10: Casa Castellarnau
Book Free Tour*Casa Castellarnau is a manor house in the city of Tarragona protected as a cultural asset of local interest. It is currently the headquarters of the Tarragona History Museum. The building was built inside what in Roman times was the administration square of the Provincial Forum. Excavations carried out in 1993 in the courtyard uncovered a whole series of structures from the Roman period corresponding to the podium of the portico of the great square representing the province.
Sight 11: Sant Agustí
Church of Sant Agustí is a church in the municipality of Tarragona protected as a cultural asset of local interest. From the old convent of Sant Agustí, which previously belonged to the Jesuits of Tarragona. However, over the centuries only the artistic value linked to works of ancient Roman art remains, together with certain characteristic features of the Escola del Camp.
Sight 12: Teatre Tarragona
The Tarragona Theatre, located on the Rambla Nova in the city of Tarragona, is an Italian-style theatre with stalls, an amphitheatre, and a capacity of 698 seats.
Sight 13: Monument a Roger de Llúria
The Monument to Roger de Llúria is a public sculpture in Tarragona protected as a Cultural Asset of Local Interest.
Sight 14: Balcó del Mediterrani
The Balcó del Mediterrani is a 23 m cliff at the seaside end of the Rambla Nova in Tarragona, protected by a beautiful iron railing. In front of it is the monument to the Catalan navigator Roger de Llúria. From the balcony there is a magnificent view of the sea, the port, the train station, the Amphitheatre, the beach and the Punta del Miracle, and a part of the city. The people of Tarragona, when they walk along the Rambla, say that they are going "to touch iron" on the Balcony.
Sight 15: Teatre Romà
The Roman Theatre of Tarraco is a Roman theatre in the Roman colonia of Tarraco –present-day Tarragona, Spain–, capital of the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis. Built at the end of the 1st century BC, in the time of Augustus, in the area of the local forum and the port, it was used for Roman theatrical performances.
Sight 16: Plaça dels Infants
The Plaça dels Infants is a work of Tarragona protected as a Cultural Asset of Local Interest.
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