Indeed, Sitges is the only town in Spain that has three marinas and, in addition, they have all the services and all three and they have the distinctive Blue Flag.Each port has its personality, its own personality and its particular charm:- Port Gine...
That's right, in Sitges we have our own Fifth Avenue.It is the tiny image street, known to those of us who live in Sitges as Fifth Avenue. A nice irony since it is the smallest street in the municipality. In Sitges we are like that.... ...
No hay nada más emocionante para Sitges que sus festividades, entre ellas la Fiesta Mayor, celebrada el 23 y 24 de agosto en honor a San Bartolomé y, el 22 y 23 de septiembre en honor a Santa Tecla, patrones de Sitges. ¿Quieres c...
We do not know it exactly, but what we know there is a document, found by Eduard Tomàs, that makes reference to this dance dated 1727. This finding places the oldest reference to the "ball de bastons" in Sitges in the regions de Garraf, Baix a...
The old cemetery of Sitges, located in the Sant Sebastià area, is an authentic modernist jewel that allows us to admire a magnificent example of funerary sculpture from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with works by great sculptors such...
There are many stories about pirates and bandits in the area of Sitges, here we tell you one that explains where the name comes from the beach of the Frigate.Around the year 1700, the entire Mediterranean coast was affected by pirate attacks and Sitg...
The Book of Sitges by Ramon Planes picks up the words of Santiago Rusiñol that explain how and why he fell in love with Sitges. A 1892 text that we find fragmented in the sculpture plate that represents the two artists located in the Paseo de ...
The Sitges Carnival is full of curious, funny and interesting anecdotes, for sure, but ... do you know where its fame comes from? The Sitges Carnival began to acquire fame and notoriety at the end of the 19th century, with the birth of the El Retiro ...
Les Botigues de Sitges contains an exciting history full of curiosities. Here we tell you what we have been able to find out, if you are knowledgeable about its history, do not hesitate to contact us to extend this interesting information.Les Botigue...
Surely all the children of Catalonia are looking forward to arrive Christmas Day when Tió will shit their gifts, but this was not always the case ... A lot of years ago, this celebration was very different, it consisted in a ritual to bring ab...
For a long time it has been said that the origin of the word Chiringuito, famous and international, associated with summer, the sun and the beach, comes from Sitges, believing that the first chiringuito in history is the one we find, still in full ac...
It all started in Sitges ...On July 22, 1967 Ricardo Urgell opened the doors of the world's first Pacha, in the Vallpineda urbanization of Sitges. The mythical cherries, mistresses and ladies of the night, who now have a presence in 11 countries were...
Strolling around Sitges, it is inevitable to find ostentatious modernist or neoclassical houses impregnated with the Cuban essence of the eighteenth century. An architectural style that beautifies the streets of Sitges and awakens the curiosity of ma...
Did you know that the first fantastic film festival in the world was held in Sitges?Yes, the famous International Fantàstic Film Festival of Catalonia held in Sitges is the first in the world and now it celebrates 50 years old.Looking back and...
It has been a long time since that October 4, 1986, when Sitges entered the famous Guinness Book of Records with the longest table in the world. Organized by Foment de Turisme de Sitges, the event gathered 6300 diners seated along a spectacular 2400 ...
Yes, yes, as it is, surprising but it is so. A long time ago, in the year 1877, two parallel parties were held in Sitges, one organized by the Casino Prado Suburense and another by the Sociedad Recreacion El Retiro. All this was due to the great ri...
Legend has it that the first sprouts of Malvasia arrived in Sitges from the hand of an almogávar who, in the early 14th century, accompanied Roger de Flor to the eastern Mediterranean to fight against the Turks who besieged the Byzantine Empir...
Did you know that in Sitges we have a bit of the famous white railing of the beach of La Concha de San Sebastián?The Town Hall of this city of San Sebastián gave in Sitges the replica of a small piece of this well-known railing for the ...
One of the legends about Sitges says ...The Masia de Campdàsens belonged formerly to a family whose eldest son, Rafel, lost his sight because of a fight with bandits. His parents, worried about their future after going blind, decided half of t...
Did you know that the Autodromo del Terramar is one of the oldest in Europe that remains intact?The Autodromo de Terramar, inaugurated on November 28, 1923 in the municipality of Sant Pere de Ribes, was part of the City - Garden project that Francisc...
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