Events, local discoveries and useful stories for your time here.
Tarragona is a working port and university city down the coast from Barcelona, and it carries its Roman past more openly than almost anywhere in Spain. This was Tarraco, a provincial capital of the empire, and the amphitheatre above the sea, the circus and the long stretches of city wall are all still there to walk among. Below the old town the beaches and the fishing harbour at El Serrallo give it an easy, lived-in coastal feel rather than a resort one.
The autumn festival of Santa Tecla is the city's grandest, with human-tower castellers and giant figures filling the streets, while Sant Magí marks high summer. On Sant Joan, midsummer bonfires burn down on the beach, and the Ciutat de Tarragona international fireworks contest lights up the bay across several nights. Here's what's on while you're here.
23Jun
On the shortest night of the year Tarragona's beaches fill with bonfires, fireworks, music and all-night parties to welc
1Jul
For four nights two international and two Spanish pyrotechnic teams compete to light up the Mediterranean sky over Mirac
11Aug
Tarragona's main summer festival honours co-patron Sant Magi with nine days of Catalan folk traditions: human towers (ca
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29 Sep · San Miguel de Abona
29 Sep · Tazacorte
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On now · Ingenio
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