The Anderson share their daytrip to Tarragona and Sitges

On Thursday I took the Anderson to Tarragona and Sitges. They have been traveling for over a month now, taken 2 different cruises and spend several days in two of their favorite cities: Istanbul, and of course, Barcelona.But their ship brought them back to our city, and they took the opportunity to explore one more Roman site in their trip: Tarragona, and on the way back, we planned to stop in Sitges for lunch.

My favorite driver, Ramon, and I picked them up at the cruise pier and drove them to Tarragona. Seing their genuine interest on the Roman heritage, we decided to stop in two little-known Roman sites: the stone quarry of the Mèdol, and the aqueduct of Les Ferreres. Then we arrived to Tarragona, and had a nice walk along the Roman city walls. We then entered the Old Town, and passed the Cathedral where we stopped to see some interesting details of its façade (the interior is being restored and we decided not to go in). We stopped in the square of the Roman forum for a coffee and hot chocolate, and then continue to the Praetorium Tower and so the Circus from outside. We finally walked to the Amphitheater before rejoining the driver and leaving Tarragona. On our way to Sitges, right outside of Tarragona, we also stopped for a picture of the Scipions Tower and the Arch of Triomph.

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When we arrived to Sitges, we were ready for lunch and we ate in a very fun restaurant overlooking the beach. It was a cloudy day, and the waves were quite impressive!

After lunch, we had a walk along the waterfront and then we entered the Old Town. As you will have noticed, the Anderson love taking pictures of small details in the streets (windows, door knockers, balconies, streetlamps…), and the alleys of Sitges where a paradise for them! We finally arrived to the beach of St. Sebastià and had a coffee in an outdoors café before meeting Ramon, our driver, and heading back to Barcelona where we dropped them in their hotel (as in the morning we had collected them with the luggage at the pier). 

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Training visit: Bacardí house

As I've mentioned other times, low-season is a time to refresh knowledge and learn new things and tools for my tours.

Some weeks ago I joined a special training visit to Casa Bacardí, the newly open showroom in Sitges about the world-wide known rhum company, that was actually founded by a humble man born in Sitges. Now the company wants to honour his origins and has created a museum in collaboration with the local town council that has allowed them to use the old market building.

During the visit we not only learnt about the live of the founder, Facundo Bacardí Massó, and the history of the brand, but we also discovered how rhum is produced and... they thaught us how to make a real mojito!

It's a great way to complement any trip to Sitges. Let me take you on a excursion there!

Corpus Christi in Girona

Today I went to the Dalí Museum of Figueres and Girona with the Parra family from Texas. After lunch, we starting our discovery of Girona and found the Old Town covered in flower carpets. That's how Corpus Christi is celebrated in some Catalan towns!
While in Barcelona we have the famous Dancing Egg (I've already talked about it other years) in the Old Town, Sitges and Girona still keep the old tradition of arranging beautiful flower designs along the streets. I must recognize it was the first time I was out of town for this festivity, so I was very excited to see it!

In this picture you can see the one we saw at the foot of the Barroque staircase leading to the Cathedral.

Thank you letter from the Feltman family

I just wanted to share a thank you letter I received from the Feltman:

Well I have been back at work for a little over a week now but still dreaming of our wonderful vacation! I wish we were still in Barcelona and waiting for you to pick us up for one of the fabulous excursions.

Marta, you are a great tour guide, (I'm sure you know that already) and we will always cherish the memories of our time in Barcelona with you. I'm so glad we have the video so we can live over and over again our wonderful excursions with you. I certainly hope we will be able to return some time in the future.

I arranged for them airport and port transfers, and I gave them a great city tour that included eating wonderful tapas at the Boqueria Food Market and desert at Caelum, appart from visiting the Old Town and the Gaudí sites. On the next day, we took a day trip to Tarragona. They didn't expect to find there so many roman ruins! Plus we hit a flee market that was fun visiting.

And on the way home we stop in Sitges for lunch in a local restaurant (they specially liked a very original desert: crème brûlée with pineapple!) and we also had some time to walk around the place.

Sitges