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| About Sitges |
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Sitges was once a typical Spanish fishing village. Today, Sitges has grown to a population of around 18,000. It is situated barely 20 minutes car ride from Barcelona airport and only 36 km south of Barcelona linked by a frequent 30 minute train ride (4 trains an hour between Sitges and Barcelona) or motorway. Sitges can best be summarised as a smart and chic resort, combining an old colonial look with modern tourism. |
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Sitges is well known internationally not only for its stunning architecture and numerous festivals (e.g. International Film Festival of Catalunya in December or the Carnaval in February/March) but more importantly for its extraordinary microclimate that provides around 300 days of sunshine per year. To accompany this warm weather there is a 4km coastline with over 20 beaches. |
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A cosmopolitan town, Sitges has something to offer everyone from peace and tranquillity to a vibrant nightlife. For the keen tourist, Sitges has museums, countless restaurants and bars, a variety of shops and with its close proximity to Barcelona (Monserrat, Gaudi buildings and shopping) and other places of interest in Catalunya, the perfect central location. Most of the centre of Sitges is still dominated by architecture of centuries past, most prominent of all, the church of "San Bartomeu i sta Tecla" on the sea front. |
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In the late 1800's and early 1900's Sitges was a place where the modernist artists and writers like Salvador Dali, Miguel Utrillo and Santiago Rusinol met. Sitges later became a playground for the wealthy, trendy and famous. For a time, Sitges even became the centre for the Catalan modernist movement.
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