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The city of <\/span>Tarragona<\/span><\/b>, one of the most outstanding cities on <\/span>Costa Dorada<\/span><\/b> and capital of the Catalan province, has been the setting for some of the most famous films that have marked the history of Spanish cinema, as well as that of other countries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The narrow streets of <\/span>the Parte Alta<\/span><\/b>, its Roman heritage as one of the most important settlements in the area, its majestic <\/span>Cathedral of Santa Tecla<\/span><\/b>, in Romanesque and Gothic style, and the entire Ensanche, make this city a perfect place to create a fictitious film set. In this article, we are going to explain all the <\/span>films and TV series<\/span><\/b> that have been filmed in the city of Tarragona.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you want to know the places where great artists of the cinematographic world have been filmed, we recommend you to travel to the capital of the province with <\/span>Shuttle2Sun<\/span><\/a>‘s <\/span>shared transfer services<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>private transfer services<\/span><\/a>, low-cost and sustainable, available from <\/span>Barcelona airport<\/span><\/b>, <\/span>Barcelona port<\/span><\/b>, <\/span>Reus airport<\/span><\/b>, <\/span>Girona<\/span><\/b> airport and Camp de Tarragona AVE train station<\/span><\/b>. Remember that you can book your transfer up to <\/span>24 hours in advance<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||30px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px|60px|30px|60px|false|true” custom_padding_phone=”|40px||40px|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n One of the first film shoots in the city of Tarragona was in September 1938, the year in which the <\/span>film<\/span><\/a> \u2018<\/span>Sierra de Teruel<\/span><\/b>\u2019, in French \u2018Espoir’ (Hope), by the French writer and filmmaker Andr\u00e9 <\/span>Malnaux, was made. <\/span>This feature film, based on the <\/span>novel<\/span><\/b> by the same author, \u2018L’Espoir’, tells the story of Republican aviators who carry out bombing missions against Franco’s forces during the <\/span>Spanish Civil War<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Sierra de Teruel\u2019 starred great Spanish actors of the time, such as <\/span>Andr\u00e9s Mejuto<\/span><\/b>, <\/span>Nicol\u00e1s Rodr\u00edguez<\/span><\/b>, Jos\u00e9 Sempere, <\/span>Julio Pe\u00f1a<\/span><\/b>, Pedro Codina, <\/span>Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Lado<\/span><\/b>, Seraf\u00edn Ferro and Miguel del Castillo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Some of the locations that appear in the film are the exterior staircases of the <\/span>Castell de Pilat<\/span><\/b>, also known as the <\/span>Torre del Pretorio<\/span><\/b> or Castell del Rey, one of the Roman buildings that served as a connection between the lower part of the city and the provincial Forum.<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>Calle Mayor<\/span><\/b>, with <\/span>Tarragona Cathedral<\/span><\/b> in the background; <\/span>Carrer Merceria<\/span><\/b>, a street characterised by the 14th century vaults that maintain the fa\u00e7ade of the whole block; the Roser descent and Passeig de Torroja; as well as the <\/span>Portal del Roser<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Portal de Sant Antoni<\/span><\/a>, two of the main accesses that connect the Ensanche with the old quarter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.shuttle2sun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Lugares-de-Cine-en-Tarragona-1.png” alt=”Cinema venues in Tarragona” title_text=”Cinema venues in Tarragona” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px|||||” custom_padding_tablet=”|60px||60px|false|true” custom_padding_phone=”|40px||40px|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n As a curiosity, it is worth noting that the film was shot during the war itself, suffering, during the filming, a <\/span>bombardment<\/span><\/b> in the area of the port of Tarragona. Even so, the chosen locations were in the Parte Alta, far from the affected area. In addition, the crew stayed at the Hotel Par\u00eds, which no longer exists, located in <\/span>Pla\u00e7a Verdaguer<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Another of the films that chose the city of Tarragona to film some of its scenes was ‘La Gran Familia’, from 1962, by director Fernando Palacios. In one of the most outstanding <\/span>moments<\/span><\/a>, the family parks their van at the end of the <\/span>Rambla Nova<\/span><\/b>, and the children run off, passing by the <\/span>monument to Admiral Roger de Ll\u00faria<\/span><\/b>, until they reach the <\/span>Balc\u00f3 del Mediterrani<\/span><\/a>, one of Tarragona’s favourite spots.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There is also the film ‘<\/span>La Ciudad de los Prodigios<\/span><\/b>‘<\/span>, by director <\/span>Mario Camus<\/span><\/b>, based on the novel by <\/span>Eduardo Mendoza<\/span><\/b>. Although the film is set in Barcelona, the port of Tarragona was chosen because of its similarity to what the <\/span>port of Barcelona<\/span><\/b> used to be like in the past.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Shuttle2Sun<\/span><\/a> offers you its <\/span>shared transfer services<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>private transfer services<\/span><\/a>, low-cost and sustainable, from <\/span>Barcelona airport<\/span><\/b>, <\/span>Barcelona port<\/span><\/b>, <\/span>Reus airport<\/span><\/b>, <\/span>Girona<\/span><\/b> airport and Camp de Tarragona AVE train station<\/span><\/b>, so you can get to the city of Tarragona in a comfortable way.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px|||||” custom_padding_tablet=”|60px||60px|false|true” custom_padding_phone=”|40px||40px|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.shuttle2sun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Lugares-de-Cine-en-Tarragona-2.png” alt=”Carrer Merceria Tarragona Costa Dorada” title_text=”Carrer Merceria Tarragona Costa Dorada” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The Indian film director <\/span>Sai Kishore Macha<\/span><\/b> filmed in Tarragona, in 2015, his work ‘<\/span>James Bond (Telugu)<\/span><\/b>\u2019, which mixes romance, mafia and comedy. Some of the locations that appear are the <\/span>Tarragona Cathedral<\/span><\/b> and its famous stairs; and the <\/span>Carrer del Comte<\/span><\/b>, popularly known as <\/span>Pilon’s Street<\/span><\/a>, because of the original <\/span>painted pylons<\/span><\/b> that give a picturesque air to this small street in the upper part of Tarragona.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>Tabacalera de Tarragona<\/span><\/b>, as its name suggests, a former tobacco <\/span>factory<\/span><\/a>, is a large 20th century industrial building, located very close to the Francol\u00ed river, which is now mostly disused. This space was transformed, in 2021, into the fictitious<\/span> Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de la Fuentecilla psychiatric hospital<\/span><\/b>, on the occasion of the filming of the successful movie ‘<\/span>Los renglones torcidos de Dios<\/span><\/b>‘<\/span>, directed by <\/span>Oriol Paulo <\/span><\/b>and based on the 1979 novel by the Spanish writer and journalist <\/span>Torcuato Luca de Tena<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Another of the places in Tarragona chosen by Spanish film directors is the <\/span>Bank of Spain<\/span><\/b> building<\/span><\/a>, which appears in several Spanish films, such as <\/span>Netflix<\/span><\/b>‘s \u2018<\/span>Un hombre en acci\u00f3n<\/span><\/a>\u2019, starring <\/span>Juanjo Ballesta<\/span><\/b>; ‘<\/span>Secuestro<\/span><\/a>\u2019, directed by Mar Targarona; and ‘<\/span>F\u00e9lix<\/span><\/b>‘<\/span>, by Cesc Gay, in which Tarragona’s <\/span>El Miracle school<\/span><\/b> also appears.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px|||||” custom_padding_tablet=”|60px||60px|false|true” custom_padding_phone=”|40px||40px|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” min_height=”181.8px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”3px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The <\/span>Tarragona Educational Complex<\/span><\/b>, formerly known as the <\/span>Labour University<\/span><\/b>, has also been the setting for several films, such as, for example, ‘<\/span>Los ojos de Julia<\/span><\/b>‘<\/span>Sierra de Teruel, by Andr\u00e9 Malraux, filmed during the Spanish Civil War<\/h2>\n
The Balcony of the Mediterranean and the Tarragona coastline, two favourite locations\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n
The Upper Part of Tarragona, full of history\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n
Other places of interest\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n