Tarragona seen from every viewpoint

Tar­rag­ona is a city that makes you fall in love with it. For this rea­son, the city’s tourist of­fice has come up with seven places on a route with seven view­points from where to con­tem­plate se­duc­tive land­scapes of this small but great city. The route be­gins in the Upper Part (old town), at the bell tower of the cathe­dral, the high­est view­point in the city, which of­fers spec­tac­u­lar views of the town cen­tre and the out­line of the coast.

Not far from there, the palace of the Roman Prae­to­rium of­fers views from the look­out tow­ers of the an­cient city, Tar­raco. The view here is panoramic, per­fect for tak­ing spe­cial pho­tos. With­out leav­ing the sur­round­ings of the old town, we can still enjoy the Sant An­toni view­point, an el­e­vated prom­e­nade where we can find one of the en­try­ways through the city wall. From here you can con­tem­plate the east area, the neigh­bour­hood of the Platja del Mir­a­cle.

From Ram­bla Nova it is very easy to get to the Balcó del Mediter­rani, fol­low­ing the sea breeze. The peo­ple of Tar­rag­ona go there to “touch iron” on the rail­ing that pro­tects them from falling down the 23 metre high cliff. Here we get a 180º panoramic view that al­lows us to see the sun from when it rises from the sea until it sets be­hind the port. There are also views of the Platja del Mir­a­cle beach, the Am­phithe­atre and the port.

Al­most at the end of the itin­er­ary there is the hotel H10 Im­pe­r­ial Tar­raco, in­au­gu­rated in the sum­mer of 2020, which adds to the route of view­points, with its ter­race, bar and pool. Lo­cated at the foot of Las Palmeras prom­e­nade it of­fers stun­ning views of the sea, the Upper Part (old town) of the city and the Roman Am­phithe­atre. The ad­van­tage is that the hotel’s ter­race is also open to cus­tomers who are not guests at the hotel. This is in­ter­est­ing for those stay­ing in other ac­com­mo­da­tion or those vis­it­ing the city for just the day. The route ends in the Ser­rallo dis­trict, where there is the Pas­seig de l’Es­cullera, a 4-km long path that ends at the sea, and which in­cludes such iconic places as the Far de la Banya light­house, from which there is one of the most stun­ning views of the city in the evening.

And fi­nally, there is L’Oliva. This out-of-the-way place, usu­ally only known by the lo­cals, of­fers peace and quiet and amaz­ing views of the moun­tains, the city’s walls, the cathe­dral and the sea. You’ll find it going down to the Sant Pau dis­trict on the Pont d’Ar­mentera road. A per­fect place from where to ad­mire the sun­set and the lights of the city re­flected on the sea.