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PortAventura World
Spain's most visited theme park on the Costa Dorada featuring themed areas inspired by world civilizations.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Tarragona
Catalonia, Spain · Europe
About Tarragona
Tarragona is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Constantí, 8km from PortAventura World.
Tarragona is in Catalonia, Spain, with about 140,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Constantí, about 5 km away.
Tarragona is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town of Tarragonès county, the Camp de Tarragona region and the province of Tarragona. Geographically, it is located on the Costa Daurada area on the Mediterranean shore, around the mouth of the Francolí.
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location on a coastal hill by ancient Romans in the context of the Second Punic War near a previous Iberian settlement, Tarraco eventually became the gateway for Roman control of the Iberian Peninsula. It served as the capital, successively, of the provinces of Hispania Citerior and Hispania Tarraconensis and also became a bishopric seat. Urban continuity is presumed to have been the norm in the 8th century following its integration into Al-Andalus. The Camp de Tarragona later turned into a borderland, and the city was abandoned by Muslims by the mid 10th century. Early Christian repopulation of the city and its hinterland in the 12th century took the form of an autonomous principality, before its 1173 full integration into the Principality of Catalonia and the Crown of Aragon.
The Archaeological Complex of Tàrraco is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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What is there to see near Tarragona?
Within an hour or so of Tarragona: PortAventura World (8 km), Ferrari Land (9 km), Siurana (30 km), Autódromo de Sitges-Terramar (47 km).
Where is Tarragona?
Tarragona is in Catalonia, Spain, about 5 km from Constantí.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 141,542
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Catalonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Madrid
- Coordinates
- 41.1191, 1.2454
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Spain
Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
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Worth the detour from Tarragona
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Ferrari Land
Europe's first Ferrari-branded theme park at PortAventura with the continent's tallest and fastest vertical accelerator.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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Siurana
Stone hamlet on a limestone eyrie above a turquoise reservoir in the Priorat, the last Moorish stronghold in Catalonia and now a world-class sport-climbing mecca. The dead-end road up from Cornudella is a hairpin treat.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Autódromo de Sitges-Terramar
Spain's first purpose-built autodrome, a 2km concrete oval with alarmingly steep banking, opened 1923 and abandoned for decades while farm animals grazed the infield. Restored and reopened to visitors, the raw banked bowl survives almost exactly as built.
47 km · about 55 min drive
Driving in Spain
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.55/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€4.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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