Day: February 25, 2024

Tortosa Day 2

Today we explored Tortosa. We started out on the castle walls around the Parador. It was supposed to rain but it only drizzled a bit. The rest of the day turned out to be very pleasant.

The Parador of Tortosa
The walls in front of the Parador
A view of Tortosa from outside the Parador

Then we walked down the hill and visited Els Jardins del Príncep (the Princes Garden). It was originally a spa.

In Els Jardin del Príncep
The garden has 24 statues

Next we went to the Museum of Tortosa.

The museum is in a building that was originally a slaughter house.
In the museum

After the museum we wanted to go to a museum in an anti aircraft shelter from the civil war. Unfortunately it was closed. On the way there we walked along the river and saw the monument to those who died in the battle of the Ebre River during the Spanish Civil War.

War dead memorial
Outside the entrance to the air raid shelter museum
Ernest Hemingway spent time in Tortosa before writing For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Next we visited an exhibit about the Renaissance Fair that happens in Tortosa in July. The exhibit is in the buildings of the Royal Colleges of Tortosa. It looks like a really fun festival. Some of the videos remind me of the fantastic Carnival celebration we enjoyed so much in Cadiz a few years ago.

Part of the Renaissance Fair exhibit

We also went into the sixteenth century school

Outside the school building
Inside the school building

Later in the day after playing card and taking a rest we climbed all over the fortress across from the Castle where the Parador is.

The view from the fortress

When the restaurant opened at 8 we had another great dinner.

Jo Ann’s razor clams
My desert.