Tarragona, a Beautiful Beach Town!

Today Claire and I went to Tarragona, a really cool little city about an hour north of Barcelona. We chose here over Cadaques because it was much easier to get to through public transportation, and looked equally as interesting. The ride there is so simple, the train system, Renfe, works really well. We got there and all I knew about the city was that it is filled with ancient Roman ruins, and has a port. Right off the train we looked for the museums or ruin locations, and walked around to get to the Necropolis.  Here, there was a courtyard filled with ancient tombs. 

Unfortunately, these were out for renovation, and there was only a small room of the museum available to look through. But, through the admittance charge, we also got access to the Museum of Archaeology, which we then walked to across town. We walked through so many different neighborhoods before we got to the best part, two streets called Rambla Nova and Rambla Vella. This is the old and new side of the roads. I don't really know what that means, but they were very different, and really cool to walk around. Once we got to the old part of town, every street you turned on looked totally different. The alleys were loaded with cafes, and the balconies lines with laundry and colored plants. (Emily: we were on the train through Sitges, and passed all of the beaches, it was really really cute, the town was adorable and the beaches looked perfect, only 30 minutes away!) We wandered through town (Tarragona, not Sitges) for about 3 hours, and so here are the pictures I have to show for it, enjoy:

The port, and the beautiful Mediterranean Sea.

Una gelateria italiana

Una turista

The beautiful sea

A walkway above the ruins of the Roman amphitheater

Cafes in the old town

Standard crazy balcony

Side street

We turned a corner and SHABAM. A beautiful cathedral.

All of the doorways and building fronts we really interesting to me.

Plaza hidden within a maze of small side streets

Conclusion: Tarragona is a little gem only an hour away and if any of you who are visiting me would like to come check it out, I would go back in a heartbeat!