Resorts of Catalonia but Catalonia is not Spain
Catalonia is not Spain. This will tell you most of Barcelona's population and the surrounding area. This is particularly true in recent years, when there is an active confrontation between supporters and the opponents of a strange breccia.
The language here is your own, trying to make it easier for travelers to look very touching: signs in Catalan, below translated into Spanish. You can not find English in the daytime by fire. In Catalonia, like in Greece, there are all: resorts, cultural capital - Barcelona, a myriad of attractions from Roman waterways to Olympic villages, F-1 "Catalunya" and authentic cuisine.
The main resorts are two beaches: Costa Brava (Wild Coast) and Costa Dorada (translated as Gold Coast). The first stretches north of Barcelona, cut by the cove, from the mainland separated by rocks, the forest grows. To get there from the airport, you need to book a transfer or you can get there by train.
On the Costa Dorada is far less beautiful: a flat sandy beach on one side of the sea, on the other - gentle mountains and industrial zones.
Tarragona, the second largest city in the province, fascinates with the silence, a small restaurant in the old fishing area. Here is the Early Gothic Cathedral - in contrast to Barcelona, where the Sagrada Familia was built in the 19th century. in Neo-Gothic style. A wild-looking building with pink walls adorned with giant eggs - a former city theater reconstructed by Dali himself. Here, the creator spent nearly 30 years, died and was buried in the Galatea tower.
The gorilla gold frame, Dali statue in wetsuits, West-mei-Mae West movie lovers' sofa and other interior details deserve full attention. Not to mention many installations and canvas.
Active break: a standard marine set, a large water park on the Costa Dorada.
Hotel: on the beach a five star hotel there, and four stars are not unreasonably expensive, but in the three star category, the ratio of quality and price is worth it. The service is friendly. Sun beds and umbrellas on the beach are paid.
Food: Try black rice with cuttlefish, fried pork sausage and white beans and ears from the sea, the famous paella. The latter is recommended to try at the port of Barcelona. Below is the port itself.
How to: Direct flights to Barcelona, including charters (tickets from 15,000 rubles in two ways). Three and a half hours down the road.