Costa Daurada

The coast of Tarragona follows the western Mediterranean shore of Catalonia, where sandy beaches and river mouths lie between the sea and the hills inland. At its centre stands Tarragona, the ancient Tarraco. Under Rome it became a major administrative and commercial city, its streets descending towards the harbour. Farther south the Ebro reaches the sea through a broad delta, extending the low coastline into the waters opposite the Balearic Islands.