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Tarragona

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. Wikipedia

Population 143,649 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Spain

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Spain
Tourist office · 230 m Tourist Information

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Semana Santa

    March – April

    Semana Santa is Holy Week leading up to Easter, with a busy programme of ceremonies.

  2. Dixieland Festival

    April

    Dixieland Festival is a jazz festival held over a weekend in April. Some events are ticketed but there are free gigs along Rambla Nova and other public spaces

  3. Sant Jordi

    April

    Sant Jordi is the festival of Saint George, patron saint of the Catalans, on April 23 / 24. It's customary for couples to exchange roses and books, and it's morphed into being a book and flower market along Rambla Nova.

  4. Fireworks Contest

    July

    Fireworks Contest is in the first week of July on Miracle Beach. Six pyrotechnic companies vie to light up the sky, and the winner lays on the fireworks for Santa Tecla Festival

  5. Santa Tecla Festival

    September

    Santa Tecla Festival is 15-23 Sep each year. St Thecla was a follower of St Paul: her serial escapes from martyrdom were more hilarious than miraculous, such as when all the killer seals got zapped by lightning.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Tarragona); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Mercat Central

    Covered hall
    1. Monday: 08:30–21:00
    2. Tuesday: 08:30–21:00
    3. Wednesday: 08:30–21:00
    4. Thursday: 08:30–21:00
    5. Friday: 08:30–21:00
    6. Saturday: 08:30–21:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    08:30–21:00

    90 m from the centre

  • Mercat Torreforta

    1. Monday: 08:30–14:00
    2. Tuesday: 08:30–14:00
    3. Wednesday: 08:30–14:00
    4. Thursday: 08:30–14:00
    5. Friday: 08:30–14:00
    6. Saturday: 08:30–14:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    08:30–14:00

    2.8 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 91 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.