Signature experience — Tarragona
Roman Tarraco
Duration
Half day
Price
From €350
Mercedes
Dedicated vehicle & chauffeur
Nearly 2,500 meters of Roman walls still ring parts of Tarragona, once Tarraco, a provincial capital from the 3rd century BC. The Empire is legible in stone: a seafront amphitheatre, a circus hidden under medieval streets, an Augustan praetorium later turned fortress, and the aqueduct Pont del Diable, 4 km away, striding over pine woods. Surviving tiers, chariot-race logistics, and a gravity-fed water line with a barely perceptible gradient reveal Roman engineering—and how the city kept repurposing it into the modern age.
Collected from your hotel in town or along the Costa Daurada, you ride in a Mercedes with your driver on standby throughout. Step out, explore, he waits; then you’re whisked to the next stop while you linger over a coffee on Rambla Nova. Timing stays flexible, with optional detours to the Torre dels Escipions or a stretch of the Via Augusta. The aqueduct is a 10-minute hop on the N-240, and you’re dropped back at your door with no parking headaches or paper tickets to juggle.
Your itinerary
- I
09:00 — Hotel pickup, then a viewpoint stop at the Balcó del Mediterrani to frame Tarraco.
- II
09:30 — Explore the amphitheatre, then the Roman circus beneath Plaça de la Font (45 min).
- III
10:30 — Climb the Praetorium and walk the Passeig Arqueològic along the walls (50 min).
- IV
11:30 — Drive to the Pont del Diable aqueduct, a short walk across the span, return by 13:00.
What’s included
- ✓ Dedicated driver
- ✓ Mercedes on standby
- ✓ Hotel pickup
- ✓ Waiting time included
Your chauffeur’s tip
Start before 9 am to dodge glare on pale stone, and save the aqueduct for last—the pine grove gives shade and a steady late-morning breeze.
Book this experience
Confirmed within 30 minutes · Fixed price quoted in advance