We will departure from Salou or Tarragona early in the morning direction southwest, towards the MONASTERY OF POBLET. 

POBLET’S MONASTERY is a Cistercian abbey declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. A large architectural ensemble with almost 1000 years of history, among the 3 largest and most complete in the world, which surrounds the church built in the 12th century and linked to a fortified royal residence. We can see, still a community of 140 monks living in the monastery. 

The architectural complex offers us an unparalleled visit, in which we can see the dining room and the library, which conserve the original 13th century cruiser ceiling; the chapter room; the old kitchen or the old bedroom room among many other spaces. 

 After visit Poblet Monastery, we will go to Tarragona

Visit to Tarragona

We will arrive to the city of Tarragona to take a walking tour of the most emblematic places of this beautiful city that uniquely mixes the past and the present. We will make a tour from the bottom up of the city, so that we can ascend through the old town until it ends at Plaça del Rei, with countless restaurants.

Our starting point for the visit to Tarragona will be the final part of the Rambla Nova avenue. At this point is the Mediterranean Balcony, a viewpoint with a fabulous sight of the Tarragona Amphitheater and the Miracle platform.

As we are very close, we will go down to the Amphitheater, Romanesque construction of the second century and that was built by digging the rock. We will enter the historic center of Tarragona. We will cross the Via Augusta, to reach the Roman Circus of Tarragona, built in the first century. From there the views are fascinating. We will now go to La Plaça de la Font, a long square that was previously the arena of the Circus.

Next, we will visit the Praetorium and we will see the model of the medieval city, as well as travel the 90 meters of vaults that supported the stands of the circus.

We will now visit Plaça del Rei, in the old town of Tarragona. The terraces in this square offer a unique gastronomic experience. We will stop for lunch.

We will visit the Cathedral of Tarragona, located in the ruins of a huge Roman temple. This construction started in the twelfth century was consecrated until two centuries later, and reveals an interesting transition of styles between Roman and Gothic.

Finally we will do the Archaeological Walk, a pedestrian walkway of one kilometer parallel to the old walls of the second century.

We will finish our tour in El Portal de San Antonio, the largest of the gates of the wall of Tarragona that is still preserved.

Poblet Monastery and its History 

It was founded in 1150 by order of Count Ramón Berenguer IV. The first monks to stay were Cistercians and were originally from the Abbey of Fontfroide, in France. The monastery always had the protection of the Crown of Aragon and important noble families, lived its peak after the construction of the Royal Pantheon (1340) by order of Peter the Ceremonious. He himself, and other great kings, lie there. 

With the descent of the Royal House of Aragon, the loss of monks and, especially, the confiscation of Mendizábal in 1835, the monastery fell in total abandonment and was stripped. But, in 1940 a group of Cistercian monks from Italy recovered the monastic life and made it reborn (a community of 25 Benedictine monks currently lives there). Rebuilt and protected by UNESCO. 

Tarragona and its History 

The origin of Terragona is in a small Iberian town called Kese. Tarragona, its name is due to the Tarraco that was a Colonia Iulia Vrbs Triumphalis, Tarraco de los Romans, was the capital of Hispania Citerior in the Republican era and of the province of Hispania Tarraconensis during the Empire. After the invasion of 711 the Arabs took over and ruled this province, when Carlo Magno came to power he established the so-called Hispanic Brand that was made up of the cities of Catalonia, Barcelona, ​​Tarragona and Gerona. In the year 1116, once again Tarragona is reconquered by Ramón Berenguer III. 

Mediterranean Balcony 

Also called the Mirador de Benidorm or Mirador del Castillo, located at the end of the Castelar square, in front of the church of Santa Ana is this Balcony 

There is a peninsula in the form of a pentagon with a railing, its attractiveness is its peculiar shape, its gray tiles and a great lamppost of 5 lights, you will have incredible views that the Mediterranean Sea offers. 

Roman Circus of Tarragona , declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO

It is considered one of the best preserved circuses in the West for its incredible state, it is said that a part of its structure remains hidden under old buildings of the nineteenth century. 

In it the Ludi circus took refuge, the most applauded spectacles of the Roman world: the car races, usually pulled by two or four horses (beams or quadrigas). Built at the end of the 1st century AD, in the government of Emperor Domitian (last of the Flavia dynasty), the Circus of Tarraco is the last of the constructions on the lower terrace of the upper part of the city, leaving the imperial zone of Commercial and residential neighborhoods. 

San Antonio Portal 

The San Antonio portal is the only entrance that is preserved from the old wall of Tarragona. 

It is of Baroque style, its decoration comes from the year 1737: shield and crown are of Felipe V between lions and shield of Tarragona on the semicircular arch. On both sides, pilasters crowned by Roman trophies in which there is a legend regarding the construction of the portal. 

All year except Christmas, New Year and St. Stephen

This tour includes: 

• Poblet Monastery Entrance
  

• Visit medieval village of Montblanc
  

•  Entrance to the Roman compound of Tarragona

• Guide during the whole tour 

• Maximum capacity: 15 people.
• Meeting point: Pick up at the Hotel of Hospedaje.
• It is essentialto have received the reservation confirmation.