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Private Tarragona Tour with 2 Guides and Tarragona Cruise Pickup
Private Tarragona Tour with 2 Guides and Tarragona Cruise Pickup
Private Tarragona Tour with 2 Guides and Tarragona Cruise Pickup
Private Tarragona Tour with 2 Guides and Tarragona Cruise Pickup
Private Tarragona Tour with 2 Guides and Tarragona Cruise Pickup

Private Tarragona Tour with 2 Guides and Tarragona Cruise Pickup

By Day Trips Barcelona
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$452 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Tarraco Roman ruins of Tarragona on our signature day tour with 2 expert guides on a captivating journey back in time to Roman Tarraco, the biggest Roman city on the Iberian Peninsula.
This driving and walking tour, choices you up at your Tarragona cruise ship or hotel and visits all the most important Roman ruins, Tarragona's charming medieval old quarter and outside views of the magnificent cathedral. Enjoy also a scenic drive on the Via Augusta Roman coast road and an afternoon visit to the Roman quarry and a walk on the spectacular Roman aqueduct.
The tour ends with a drop-off at your Tarragona cruise ship or hotel.

Activity location

  • Estación Marítima de Cruceros
    • Moll de Llevant
    • Tarragona, Spain

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Estación Marítima de Cruceros
    • Moll de Llevant
    • Tarragona, Spain

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Private Tarragona Tour with 2 Guides and Tarragona Cruise Pickup
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 8:30 am
Price details
AU$452.13 x 2 AdultsAU$904.26

Total
Price is AU$904.26
Until Wed, 4 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedFree bottled water throughout the tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate Tour - Team of two guides/drivers
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport in spacious air-conditioned Renault Traffic minibus
  • What's includedWhat's includedPick-up & Drop-off from Tarragona Cruise Ship terminal or hotel
  • What's includedWhat's includedTickets for Roman Circus and Amphitheatre
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch and snacks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

Estación Marítima de Cruceros
  • 30m
We pick you up at your Tarragona cruise ship or Sitges Hotel and drive to the centre of Tarragona to start your tour.
Mediterranean Balcony
  • 15m
Our first stop is the "Balcony of the Mediterranean" which has magnificent views of Tarragona's El Miracle beach and Costa Dorada coastline. On this part of the tour your expert guide takes you on a walk around the main attractions of Tarragona's Roman city, which in ancient times was named Tarraco.
Circ Roma
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Roman circus chariot racing circuit. Next we experience Tarragona's Roman circus where thrilling chariot races took place cheered on by 30,000 ecstatic spectators. You guide takes you to see both the outside and inside of one of the best-preserved circuses in the Western world. We also visit the Praetorium building to enjoy roof-tops views of the Roman and medieval city area.
Anfiteatro
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Roman amphitheatre. We start by literally walking in the footsteps of Roman gladiators in the arena of the well-preserved Roman amphitheatre. Here your guide brings to life how 14,000 spectators experienced the gory to-the-death battles of gladiator fighting.
Casco Antiguo de Tarragona
  • 30m
Medieval Tarragona. Your guide takes you a short stroll through Tarragona’s charming medieval town where many remnants of Roman history are still evident. Here we might stop for a refreshment break on a lovely plaza with a back-drop of Roman walls.
Catedral Basilica Metropolitana Primada de Tarragona
  • 5m
Tarragona Cathedral. On this walk we pass by Tarragona’s impressive medieval cathedral featuring a gothic portal. The cathedral was built on the remains of the religious site dating back to the Roman Empire.
Murallas de Tarragona
  • 10m
Roman city walls. We finish the walking part of the tour at the Roman city walls, built in the 2nd century - and the oldest Roman construction still conserved outside Italy, the wall originally ran some 3500 metres. Today, around 1100 metres are still intact and border the present day Tarragona medieval quarter.
Portal Del Roser / Rosario
  • 1h
We break for a snack lunch, which guests can choose to have in the medieval quarter - or in a picturesque setting outside the city. Lunch can be adapted to suit the guests’ wishes and weather. (Meals are not included in tour price.)
Scipio's Tower
  • 30m
Scipio's Tower, Roman tomb. After being picked-up by our mini-van driver, we drive outside Tarragona along the Costa Dorada coastline on the route of the old Roman road, Via Augusta. Here we pass by the 1st-century funeral monument, Scipio's Tower, which is the most famous tomb in the Tarragona region.
Roman quarry of El Mèdol
  • 45m
The Roman quarry of El Mèdol. Next we drive to the El Mèdol Roman quarry outside Tarragona to see where many of the huge stone blocks for the structures in Tarragona’s Roman city were quarried over 2000 years ago.
Pont del Diable
  • 1h
Roman Aqueduct. We end our exciting journey through time and Roman history by driving to the soaring arches and arcades of Tarragona’s spectacular Roman aqueduct, the Pont del Diable, (Devil’s Bridge). We can actually walk on the remains and your expert guide explains how the Romans were able to build this amazing structure that brought fresh water into Tarraco’s sewers, baths and fountains.
Estación Marítima de Cruceros
  • 1h
We drive back to your cruise ship for your drop-off.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESEstación Marítima de Cruceros
    • Moll de Llevant
    • Tarragona, Spain

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEEstación Marítima de Cruceros
    • Moll de Llevant
    • Tarragona, Spain

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