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Sitges A seaside resort with great nightlife
54 p387 beach-resort town has the beaches are long and
been a favourite with sandy, the tapas bars
The Drive » From Tarragona upper-class Catalans prolific and the Carnaval
use the N240 to get back onto since the late 19th bacchanalian.
AP7 and head east towards
Barcelona. After 23km take exit century, as well as a key The main beach is
31 onto the C32. Follow this road location for the bur- flanked by the attractive
for 31km, crossing one viaduct geoning Modernisme seafront Passeig Maritim,
and burrowing through two movement which paved dotted with chiringuitos
tunnels, to Sitges. the way for the likes of (beachside bars) and di-
Picasso. A famous gay vided into nine sections
destination, in July and with different names by a
b Sitges August Sitges turns into series of breakwaters.
This lovely fishing- one big beach party with The art highlight is
village-turned-pumping- a nightlife to rival Ibiza; the recently refurbished

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