HOTEL - SANT MARTÍN



CASTLE The castle gets up on the former Vila Closa. It belonged to the Marquesses of Tamarit. It is a sober building consisted of several towers and completely crenellated. A great interior court preserves in the one that predominates over the Renaissance style.	SAN MARTÍ'S CHURCH It was constructed at the beginning of s. The XVIIIth in neoclassic style. In the interior the dome stands out octogonal. It is placed next to the castle and surrounded by the walls that were defending the fortress.	PARTIES AND TRADITIONS San Martín, November 11th. "Festa Major" (local big party), September 11th. Day of San Antonio Abbot, on January 17, a traditional pilgrimage is realized to the hermitage of San Antonio.

ALTAFULLA BEACH
It is placed on the banks of the village. It is an attractive beach of thin sand of brown color. It's surge is moderated and always it invites to the bath. It extends up to connecting with Tamarit's beach. Among it's services it relies on parking and several showers.

ROMAN VILLAGE OF "ELS MUNTS"
Interesting remains of a Roman villa that dates back of s. I d. C. In it there are three zones that are distinguished clearly:
- Agricultural zone and of work, with warehouses and industrial zones.
- Residential zone or domus with impluvium, criptopórtico and rooms. - thermal Building placed in the place where in this epoch one was finding the beach

WHAT TO BUY
It is typical to buy in this locality the different types of sausages that exist. We emphasize especially the boiled Catalan sausage and handcrafted "botifarres" elaborated with great care and dedication.

PLACES OF INTEREST
• Diocesan museum.
It is placed in the square of the church. It shelters a collection of liturgical objects as calyxes, medallions and chandeliers.

• Tower of the watchtower.
It was a former tower of alertness. It is located near the coast, in the top of an altiplane

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" Els Munts's " villa in Altafulla
The Roman villages placed in the field, as the call of " Els Munts " in Altafulla, they were basically centers agrarian reproduction, dedicated wing agricultural, cattle or fishing exploitation . Were using as place of residence and leisure for its owner too. The buildings were in the habit of being placed in the central zone of the cultivable lands or of the exploitation in a place where they could control the territory, Were relying on normally two parts reports, the residential sector (in Latin " pars urban ") and the sector dedicated to the agrarian production (" pars rustic ")

The villages of the environment of Tarragona, to the being this city the capital of a Roman province (Hispania Citerior) they were particularly luxurious. Among them it emphasizes it " dels Munts " in Altafulla known from the century XVI. It is placed to approximately 11 km to the northwest of Tarragona, in a really paradisiac place, facing the sea. The fields of culture were staying in the back part. We do not know when it(she) was founded, but it was in functioning in the first half of the century I d. C. It was inhabited among others by Caius Valerius Avitus, born near Loria in the century II d. C.Permanecio in foot for centuries and still(yet) it was populated into the visigothic age (centuries VI or VII d. C.). In its higher part are observed a few impressive cisterns destined to the water storage and other one I deposit that still preserves it divides from its vault, known popularly as the Tartan: As we go down towards the sea we find stays about a corridor porticado in the shape of L, that would give step to a great central opened, surely landscaped space

Remains are recognized of tre joint, thermal, being specially interesting the superires, which form one of the most complete, and best preserved of Catalonia, with its wardrobe, its room of bath annoyed, its moderate room and that of the warm water, its ovens that were allowing to warm water and stays, and a few small lavatories. Also they are other prominent architectural, some recently excavated remains, with fragments, of wall paintings and Mosaic (of soil and of Wall) The best part(report) of the room of the Villa they had pavements of mosaic and identical walls: gods' statues and objects Were found besides. Destined to the daily use. All this encourages to held up visit