Roman Tarragona

You step into Tarragona’s amphitheatre as the sea flashes behind the stone tiers, and the city’s modern streets quietly trace the spine of the ancient circus. Medieval additions bite into Roman seating; quarry marks still score Flavian blocks. From Sitges it’s a 40‑minute run to Tarraco, capital of Hispania Citerior from the 2nd century BCE, where the vanished Augustan temple, massive walls and the colonial grid around the Fòrum square map two millennia of conquest, trade and imperial cult into the present day.

From there the pace is yours: hotel pick‑up in Sitges, a roomy Mercedes on standby, and stops flexed to your curiosity. While your driver handles the wheel, you work through the Praetorium tower, slip into the circus tunnels, then stroll the Balcó del Mediterrani to watch the coastal rails sweep the bay. With a private chauffeur in Catalonia, visits flow into a lunch of romesco and seafood on the Rambla Nova as parking, timed tickets and a quick detour along the old Via Augusta are quietly handled. If daylight lingers, Altafulla and the Els Munts villa fit neatly into the ride back.