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Saturday 19
Mont-roig del CampGuided tour of the Miró Centre museum in Mont-roig
At 12 pm and 6 pm. As part of the International Museum Day. Further information at...
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| 13/01/2012
Work begins to repair and network signaling pathways of Costa Daurada
The County Council has begun Costa Daurada settlement works and signaling the traditional road network, a project included in the Tourism Development Plan "Mountains of the Costa Daurada"
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| 30/11/2011
Inauguration of the Interpretation Centre and the Serra de Llaberia and Tourist Office of Pratdip
On Saturday, December 3, at 13h, in a ceremony presided by the Hon. Mr.. Joseph M. Pilgrim, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment of the Generalitat of Catalonia,...
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| 11/11/2011
The work of the Center for Landscape Interpretation Riudecanyes progressing well
The Center for Landscape Interpretation fruit, will open in December and will be a space dedicated to landscape and Mediterranean products where people can discover the relationship of man with its territory...
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Are you bored and don't know what to do? In the mountains of the Costa Daurada you have a lot of proposals to enjoy the sun, on your own, with friends or family. Look at it and enjoy!
It is located 2km away from Prades. To get there, take the path off to the left from the road that goes to La Febró and Capafonts, that passes through a small housing development. The chapel is a building, dating from 1570, built into a 1,020m-high crag, in...
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The watch or defence towers of L'Arbocet are also colloquially as the Moorish towers, especially those built in coastal areas in the periods when Turkish and North African piracy dominated the western Mediterranean. In the Baix Camp, there are abundant...
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Pratdip towers are the best preserved in the region. There are two square towers, which make up part of the walls; the Capet, built on top of the town gate archway, and the second, part of a private home, close to the church. Also in the Mas del Porxo there...
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The Museum's grandfather, Duesaigües focuses on the field working tools and utensils of daily life in a country house. It consists of three spaces. In the entrance hall, find tools and utensils for rainfed farms, hazelnuts, olives, almonds and grapes....
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Hermitage of the Mare de Deu de la Roca (Virgin of the Rock)
The hermitage of Mare de Deu de la Roca is in the municipality of Mont-Roig del Camp, to the west of the town. The chapel is already mentioned in documents of 1230. The church and the guest house were rebuilt after the French destroyed it in 1811. Above this...
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L'Aleixar was part of the Prades County since its inception in 1324, went through several lordships until King John I in 1391 sold the villa to the archbishop of Tarragona. This time there is a well-documented relationships with Jewish quarter Prades,...
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Interpretation Center of the Mountains of Prades
The Interpretation Centre Prades Mountains you will discover the immensity and the charming details of this land. You can walk through this interpretive center where, through audiovisulas and modules that explain this territory testing your senses (sight,...
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Interpretation Centre of the Serra de Llaberia
The Interpretation Centre and the Sierra de Llaberia Pratdip Tourism Office announces the visitor to discover the main attractions, history and legends as well as the different hosting services, restaurants and activities offered by the territory. The...
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L'Albiol Castle is situated atop a hill 867 m above the town of L'Albiol, one of the southern buttresses of the mountains of Prades. To access the castle from the town, pick the path leading from behind the houses and go around the hill. Currently visible...
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La Mussara – The deserted village
La Mussara is in the mountains of Prades, 990m up, close to the cliff of Airasses, from which there is a breathtaking view of the Camp of Tarragona and, on clear days, you can see the Ebro delta, and even the Balearic Islands. The highest part of the area is...
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La Roca Foradada (the rock with the hole)
A wall of rock about 10m high has been eroded, the rock collapsing to form a natural arch. Through this hole in one of the buttresses of the Puntal of Colomer there's a view of the village of Capafonts, perfectly framed. It is visible from the valley and...
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A very remarkable cave in Pratdip 30m deep, with large chambers, it used to have lots of stalactites. In the White Mountain there is a pool 31m deep which widens further down. The cave was surrounded by legends that meant that even in the early twentieth...
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The bread oven of Capafonts (thirteenth century)
Located in the basement of the town hall, it was part of a bigger complex that stretched to the old plaza, known as the Perxe. The interior retains the original structure, with the same elements, which were used until its closure in 1985. An example of a...
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It is a great cave at the back of the canyon of the Nova Fountain, near the source of the Llúdriga. It is a perfect geological example of when the valley actually gets wider further down, due to erosion from water and ice. You can get to it from the road...
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The Center for Interpretation of Landscape Fruit
The Center for Interpretation of Landscape Fruit of Riudecanyes is a space located in the former premises of the Agricultural Cooperative of the municipality. In this space we find a series of videos, panels and interactive games that let us know so enjoyable...
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The Chasms of La Febró are formed by a set of crevices in the Crag of the Mussara. There are three main ones: the first, the Big Crevice, is the widest and short but is not connected to the others. The one you can visit is the third, and is furthest from the...
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From most places from the Camp of Tarragona, the Colldejou Molar can be seen among the mountains of L'Argentera and Llaberia. Its shaped like a millstone, hence the name. This is a well-known image of Tarragona, nice to climb up and from which one can see...
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In 1897, the City Council commissioned the Reus engineers Josep Mora, Alfons Benavente and a future president of the Generalitat, Francesc Macia, to produce a study on how to bring water to their citizens and their farmland. After several proposals, in...
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Located in the municipality of Riudecanyes. To get there from the urban centre, take the road that goes straight to the castle. It can also be reached by local roads from L'Argentera local and from Vilanova d'Escornalbou. The castle monastery of Sant...
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The forests around Escornalbou Castle
Below Escornalbou there is a large forest area with numerous examples of Mediterranean trees, among which should outline the small cork Escornalbou and the dominant element, the pine forest. The first, the Querqus suber cork oak, is the most interesting....
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Santa Marina is on the route to Vandellòs, a winding road about 4km from Pratdip. This hermitage is in fact a large sanctuary with a spring at the bottom that flows all year. The complex consists of the sanctuary together with the houses around it. Santa...
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The hermitage of the Mare de Déu de la Riera (Virgin of the Stream)
The hermitage is located 800m west of the village, across the Alforja stream. The road is tarmacked and so is easy by car or on foot. There is car parking at the chapel. The old Romanesque chapel dedicated to Saint Bartholomew, dated from the twelfth...
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The historical complex of Alforja
Alforja had been a walled enclosure, some of which remains in the porch on the south side. Located in the center of the valley, above a small hill 347 m above sea level, it is assumed that the village developed from a Muslim house further developed by the...
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The Motllats are mountains in the municipalities of Capafonts and Vilaplana (Baix Camp region) and Mont-ral (L'Alt Camp region), with the highest peak of 1,036m. It has an excellent view, from which it's easier to understand the geological phenomena that are...
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The mountainous knot of the summits of Prades occupies almost the entire area of the county of Prades. In the north east alignment, the mountain range ends with the 1,201m mountain of Baltasana, flanked on the east by the Mountain of Estat and in the north by...
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The Pools of La Febró, which include waterfalls, are beautiful and are got to from the Vilaplana- La Febró road. Along with the Chasms, these are the most famous and visited site of the village. The river, a tributary of the Siurana, has a limestone bed,...
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The Catalan coastal mountain range is named L'Argentera, the same name as the village that's in those same mountains, located in the county of El Baix Camp. Its highest point is the Morral of Vilanova at 707.7m. It is included in the Framework for Areas of...
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The landscape of the mountains makes you feel remote and isolated, with inaccessible and unknown mountains, yet close to the whole of the Camp of Tarragona. The sierra helps us understand a traditional agrarian way of life, as well as the natural...
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It's a charming path that leaves Vilaplana and rises to the Mussara with many parts of its course tackled with large flat stones. The path of Tosques has been for centuries a major route between the Mussara and Vilaplana and other rural population, and it’s...
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Of the two viaducts in the village, the one of Masos is the largest, made of stone and brick, and has 14 arches spread over two levels. The other, smaller one was built with the same materials, with 9 arches arranged on two levels. The Viaduct dels Masos has...
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During the Reconquista, the Prades mountains served as a defence to the Saracens who had settled around Siurana. However, half way through the twelfth century, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, after invading Lleida and Tortosa, surrounded and forced...
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Information for the traveller
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Hotels, hostels and pensions, rural houses, campings, refuges... Choose the place you like the most to rest in the mountains of the Costa Daurada.
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Our gastronomy is the result of the traditional recipes evolution which have always combined the local flavours and the colours with wisdom and taste. You'll have the chance to enjoy our gastronomy in our restaurants, the best place to do so.
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The mountains of the Costa Daurada are a territory to walk by. Here you'll find the description of the routes, their plannings, tracks, pictures, etc. All the information you need to do a good excursion.
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The best routes for mountain-biking in the mountains of the Costa Daurada. Discover our landscapes by bike.
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The mountains of the Costa Daurada hide walls and priviledged sectors to practice climbing. Here we're showing some of the places where you can enjoy nthis sport.
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Itineraris you can do with your car through winding roads that go up to the peaks, showing you the best panoramas and leading you to villages full of life and history.
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Celebrations and traditions, fairs and markets where you can appreciate all the way of life, local culture and character of the people and villages
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Here you have a list of activities managers that are devoted to active tourism: riding, climbing, trekking, mountain-biking... Look what you're looking for and enjoy the mountains of the Costa Daurada with the help of those who know them better.
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Interpretation centers, castles, collections, architectural, and cultural monuments of all kinds ... Here you will find all the places you can visit the help of guides and people who know the background of the Gold Coast Mountains and the most precious treasures.
