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Domus Apicius

We can enjoy a unique experience around Roman gastronomy. A challenge for the senses that allows you to travel 2000 years ago and discover not only...

El Serrallo

The seafaring quarter of Tarragona, right next to one of the biggest seaports in the Mediterranean. It is a hive of gastronomic, cultural, associative and economic activities which have mainly revolved around fishing and the sea since time immemorial.

El Serrallo

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El romesco de Tarragona

El romesco de Tarragona

Tarragona romesco

Romesco is the most typical Tarragona dish that we can offer in our city’s restaurants, which mainly serve fish and seafood, but also meat and game. Moreover, it as a cold sauce that goes very well with starters, fish, seafood and meats.

Tarragona romesco

© Tarragona turisme

© Tarragona turisme

Chartreuse

Chartreuse, which today is produced by Carthusian monks in Voiron, France, used to be made at their distillery in Tarragona until 1989.

The liqueur was created in 1605 when the monks were given an old manuscript containing the formula of an “elixir for long life”

Chartreuse

The Chartreuse plant

Vine al Mercat Central, un nou espai on comprar, degustar i veure en acció el nou rellotge carilló - © David Oliete - Mercats de Tarragona

Vine al Mercat Central, un nou espai on comprar, degustar i veure en acció el nou rellotge carilló - © David Oliete - Mercats de Tarragona

Markets

It’s said that if you really want to know what a city and the people who live in it are like, you’ll find the clues in its markets.

Markets

The Central Market: the beating heart of Tarragona

Gastronomic calendar
10-26 May

Treat yourself to delicious rice à la marinière

Some of the best restaurants in Tarragona offer you menus with rice à la marinière as the protagonist.

11 and 12 May

Fòrum Vinarium returns to the Plaça del Fòrum in Tarragona

Fòrum Vinarium, a wine tourism proposal to enjoy the best wines from the different Designations of Origin of the territory, craft beers, local cavas (high-quality sparkling wine), local vermouths and a great assortment of tapas (appetizer) from the bars and taverns of the Plaça del Fòrum.

31 May-2 June

An opportunity to taste and get to know DO Tarragona (Designation of Origin) wine

The DO Tarragona is launching a leisure and cultural programme that will connect the city with the inland areas of the region.

11-27 October

Romescvs + Macabevs. 100% DO Tarragona

Special menus in the city's restaurants. Treat yourself to Tarragona's most celebrated dish.

9-10 November

Enjoy The Embutada: come and taste the new wines while enjoying regional gourmet products and cultural attractions!

The Embutada festival aims to uphold the memory and winemaking traditions of the funnel system, which was not only used in Tarragona and the towns of the county of Tarragonès, but also in such iconic winemaking regions as Priorat and Baix Penedès.

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