It was only in the morning sunshine that I realised what a nice spot Tarragona was. Enjoying a large amount of roman remains, it has an envious location overlooking the med. The streets were pleasant with many cafes with tables outside. An nice place that warranted another visit. I headed out of the city towards the resort of Salou. Salou is a popular destination with Irish holiday makers visiting the Port Aventura resort. I have never seen a greater collecion of petrochemical, packaging and nuclear power industries than I have seen strung out along the road between Salou and Tarragona. The air was gettting a bit heavy as I cycled through the smog. Salou was errily quiet with only about one on ten shops open but the nearby resort of cambrills was a bit better with 1 in 5.
I had been informed that the coast between Tarragona and Valencia was a bit boring with few nice beaches or points of interest. I would have to concur but feel that the locals could do a lot more with this strech of med coastline. The river Elbre flows into the med at an ugly town that if in France would have taken advantage of its location. This coastline could be a lot better but seems to suffer from a lack of interest. Plant a few trees and it could start to be a much nicer place.
Peniscola was the location of the film El Cid and it is a striking medievil castle located on an penisula jutting out to the med. It had a very out of season feel as I walked past many IOS style bars and restaraunts that had been closed for the last month or two, The castle is lovely and the modern beach is both as ugly and as useful as any other on this strech of coast.
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