Tarragona is a coastal city located about an hour and a half North of Barcelona. For the first weekend in Spain, IES brought all of their students to this historic city. This weekend was amazing and I experienced something that I wouldn't have been able to do without the help of IES.
We started off the weekend with a 7:45 am bus leaving from Barcelona. Once we arrived we were allowed to go off on our own to grab something for lunch. After grabbing a bite to eat in an Indian restaurant the group I was with headed back to the bus. The bus then took us to a gigantic cathedral in a small town near Tarragona. The cathedral was massive and the details of it were stunning.
Next we were allowed to explore the actual city of Tarragone where a few others and I ventured off to see the huge Colosseum ruins. The view from the ruins was breathtaking and the beach behind it, stunning. I would love to come back here someday!
This was just one picture showing how detailed and intricate the stonework was. Imagining how this building was built so many hundred years ago and it is still in one piece amazes me. The architecture to design this building is incredible and I cannot wait to see more buildings around Europe like this!
The next day we went on a walking tour around Tarragona where we were able to see where the Roman ruins were. We walked around the old part of town and walked our way through the three tiers of the city: Government, Public, and Entertainment. The picture above was the walkway leading to the entrance way where the Government part of the city started. The entire city was breathtaking and it was a great way to start off my time in Spain.
Tarragona, you were amazing.
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