The Costa Dorada route.
The Costa Dorada route consists of one of the most popular places for tourism in Spain, due to creation of a great theme park - the Port Aventura. The beaches here are lovely clean white sand, which has earnt them the prestigious European Blue Flag because they are secure, clean and well maintained.
We begin our journey in the town of Tarragona, a town referred to in the Mare Nostrum and declared of Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. Here you are treated to a modern town on the shores of the Mediterranean with a wealth of historical monuments such as the cathedral, which is rich in culture inside, an amphitheatre constructed on uneven ground and which still has some of the terraces and stands preserved, the arch bishop's tower, constructed on an ancient Roman structure, the National Archaeological museum, where you'll find traces of the Roman town of Tarraco, sarcophagus etc, the museum of modern art - which has the Los Héroes de la Independencía Monument, the remains of the forum, (ancient area of trade development), the Rambla Nueva - with numerous examples of modern buildings, the Roman wall which determines the boundaries of the acropolis and conserves the remaining part of it, the Roger de Lluria monument and the Castellarnau house, amongst others.

On the N-340 now we arrive at Salou, capital of the Costa Dorada, best known as the beach of Europe and more recently for the Port Aventura theme park. Amongst the most impressive monuments here you'll find the Torre Vella or the Barneys, which was a defence tower against the privateers and pirates of the times, but has now been converted to a cultural centre, which has an exhibition hall and a ceramics workshop, as well as the Jaime I monument, or the modern Casa Bonet. We continue on the same road and arrive at Cambrills, an important area of tourism and superb gastronomy. The old part of town still has some of the original city wall preserved as well as various original 12th century narrow streets. Between the legacy of the monuments left here there is the 18th century Ermita de la Mare de Déu del Cami, which has a very valuable Baroque altarpiece, next to the hermitage is the 14th century defence tower and another impressive 17th century Baroque church, the Santa María.

On the outskirts of the locality you'll find Parc Samá, which has the 19th century medieval palace of Los Marqueses de Mariano, raised by Josep Fontserè with help from Antonío Gaudí. We rejoin the road now until L'Hospitalet de L'Infant, where you can enjoy some of the most beautiful, tranquil beaches in this region as well as the magnificent leisure port. This was one of the towns used as a reference point by the artist Joan Miró.