The Camp de Mart of Tarragona is one of the main venues of the Tarraco Viva festival. Situated next to the old roman walls this is where some of the most visual demonstration take place over the two weekends.

Tarraco Viva is about everything Roman, including the food, and  21 of the best restaurants in Tarragona are taking part  with individual taster menus,  whose recipes and ingredients are straight out of pages of  Roman cookbooks.

Under the storm brewing skies of Tarragona,  Tarraco Viva continues it’s exploration of the Roman world and one of the most iconic event is the Munera Gladiatora, the fights of the Gladiators in ancient Rome.

Vermouth is a great excuse to throw a street party in Tarragona,  so get a catchy poster, get the local shops to chip in, get a gutsy Rumba band to provide the soundtrack and hope everyone turns up.

Part of  Tarraco Viva, the ten days festival exploring all things Roman in Tarragona, is SEQVERE ME! a realistic reconstruction of the world of prostitution among the walls of the old city.

The three week gastronomic journey that is Tarragona’s dTapes food festival, is coming to an end and our last port of call is the Serrallo, the quintessential fishermen quarter and home to some of the most gutsiest food in town.

There are two drinks that define Tarragona like no others: one is Chartreuse, the other Vermouth. And the local veneration of the latter took a new dimension today when 1 giant glass; 300 litres of vermout; 4.000 tastings; 2.000 crisp bags; 2.000 nitro-vermouths… were given away for free in Plaςa de la Font.

Hijo de Caín, the new Mediterranean psychological thriller filmed at Tarragona, opened last night at the new theater.  There was much anticipation even before the main stars of the movie, José Coronado, David Solans, Jack Taylor, Maria Molins, Julio Manrique, Helena De la Torre, made their appearance on the red carpet.

We visit the upper part of the Part Alta in Tarragona, home of some of the best restaurants in town. There is only a few left before this weekend sees the end of another glorious edition of this great tapas festival and there are still much great offerings  to sample.

With 18 different restaurants taking part, the Part Alta of Tarragona takes the lion share of the dTapes festival offering. Chapter one of the Part Alta tours start at Plaςa de la Font where you can literally hop from one restaurant to the next without looking at the map and stop for dessert in between.

If there is one yearly event in Tarragona that has the lightness of a poetic leap it’s the ballet exercise at  the Balcó del Mediterrani.  Over one hundred student ballerinas of all ages gather together for a ballet demonstration at one of Tarragona’s most stunning landmarks.

There is no better way here to spend a Sunday in Spring than taking a walk around the ancient countryside surrounding Tarragona. After the recent rains everything is in bloom, the blue sky is a buzz and the world turns in to technicolor.