trip to Girona

Official name - GIRONA

Location - North of Barcelona, and 30 km. from Costa Brava

Population - Approximately 95.000

Kinds of transports- Barcelona to Girona there 100 km. of distance Train and motorway AP-7

History This city has a interesting Jewish suburb, of the middle ages. It's on the river

Ter and the house beside it are very beautiful.

In May there is a flower exhibition.

In the summer there are many tourist because it is near the beach.

Carmen

Trip to Gava

Official name: Gavà

Location: South of Barcelona

Population: Aproximately 45000

Acces: Freeway C-32 or C-31, and other road C-245 (Castelldefels).

There is a train station RENFE and there are many lines of bus direction Barcelona

History: The people who lived in this territory were invadied by the Romans

The city : In Gavà there is a important site, The Pre historical Mines. The Mines were a very important in the age of neolithic, there were many minerals used to make different accessories for people, and also to make tools for work. In south of Gava there is a beach, that suburb is called Gava Mar. There are four kilometres of coast and 3500 hours of sun in a year, is the main attractive in summer.

Maria

TRIP TO TARRAGONA

TARRAGONA Official name Tarragona
Location South of Barcelona
Population Approximately 135.000
History Antique Roman city Visited by many tourist from everywhere in the world Tarragona has got Roman ruins , beaches, seashore. I
t is an interesting place to visit Tarragona has a beautiful countryside Means of transport / Train , buses and road A P 7. About 45 minutes by car.
Tarragona has got s famous monument the name is Roman Circus
Margarita

TRIP TO BESALU

Official name: Besalu.
Location : North-east Barcelona.On the River Fluvia and Capellades.131,7 km from Barcelona.
Population: 2500 people approximately.
History: Middle ages town and very important in Roman time. Besalu is interesting for the Romanic bridge, streets with historical buildings the bigS quare and the Jewish suburb .The other buildings is the church of (Sant Vicenç , Sant Pere). And the Mikvah the Jewish bath and Synagogue.
Mª Angeles

A trip to SITGES

Official name. : Sitges

Location: It ‘s a small city 40 km south west of Barcelona .

Population: Approximately 25.0000 Inhabitants.

History: It became famous when a Catalan painter, Santiago Ruisiñol, took up residence there during the summer , it is also a “gay” touring town. ”One of the most popular gay holiday spots in Europe”. The beaches are very important it is like “Ibiza” in miniature . The festival and carnival every year, they are very popular .

Going there: In Sitges there are trains from Barcelona every 10-15 minutes, you can arrive from Barcelona in twenty minutes. You can also go by car by C32 ( a toll highway) or C31 which is called Costes del Garraf, a small road by the cliffs. There are also buses. There are many hotels. It’s a small coast city. It belongs to Garraf.

SAGRADA FAMLIA

These are some photos from Sagrada Familia

It's a Modernist building designed by Antoni Gaudi