The history says to us that in 218 B.C. Romans were established strategically in this place, which would turn with the time into The Capital of the Roman Spain. Of that brilliance there remains the richest monumental patrimony that allows us to admire ruins as the Wall that surrounds the Old town, the Forum, the Amphitheatre, the Aqueduct, the Tower of the Escipiones and Bara's Arch among many other in the surroundings.
The capital of Costa Dorada, Tarragona, is a city opened to the sea that has an out-standing fishing and sportive port. Its 15 Km’s coast give origin to long beaches, all of them of thin sand and slightly deep. Also wonderful and small coves protected by rocky environments sowed with green Mediterranean pinegroves. A city with clear seaworthy vocation, of soft and agreeable climate. Seaworthy city in province of good wine, Tarragona offers a popular cuisine based principally on sea food, on this way you have to taste the "Romesco" and typical sailor's meals.
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