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Monumental route by Baix Penedès



Calafell
Monumental route by Baix Penedès



 This monumental route focuses on three municipalities of Baix Penedès Santa Oliva, Calafell and El Vendrell. The route follows these three towns to visit its most important monuments. The starting point is Vendrell, the regional capital, where we visited the old town and the church of San Salvador. In the old medieval wall, the only remaining gate of the Prado, at the end of Main Street. You can follow the Wall Street leading to the Plaza Nueva, dedicated to Pablo Casals, the son of the town. People also need to visit the library, designed in 1920 by the architect Puig i Gaiart and used to walk along the Ramblas, which is the connection with the old train station. Finally, you can visit one of the many museums in the county capital, the Casa native of Pau Casals, the Villa Casals Museum (the latter located in San Salvador) Photograph of the House Museum and the Municipal Archaeological Museum, which share placement the same building (which will remain closed throughout 2010 for renovations), Ten Museum and the Museum of Appeals Fenosa. The next waypoint is Santa Oliva. To get there, take the road from El Vendrell TP-2125 heading towards N Domenys of St. James. After about 3 km you reach Santa Oliva, where you can visit the castle or Remedy Olive St. and the church of Sant Julià attached (to do so, should go first to the City Council and ask for the key). Beside the castle is the property Canyelles, from which you can access some underground galleries of over half a km of water piping. The visit to these mines water is interesting, attractive and interesting. The last point is the route visit the castle of Calafell. From Santa Oliva, has returned to El Vendrell and take the C-31 noon (SE) to Calafell. The castle is the viewpoint of the municipality. We should also note the remains of ancient walls and Romanesque chapel of Santa Cruz. We recommend visiting the cemetery for the graves that have been unusual enclave in the same rock. This is the end point of the historic route to the flat part of the county. Counties: Baix Penedès Distance: 20.0 km Signage: Yes Duration: 4 hours Topics: Culture   Criteria of usage of these routes   See restaurants here See hotels here Source: Government of Catalonia. Directorate General of Tourism / Data Update: 15/04/2010



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