Costa Dorada Map

The Costa Dorada is the coast of Tarragona province, and the name is literal — the sand here is finer and paler than on most of the Mediterranean shore, and it shelves gently for a long way out. That single geological fact is why the coast filled with family resorts rather than cliff-top villas. The map below shows what is on it: Roman Tarraco at the northern end, the resort strip through Salou and Cambrils, and the Ebro delta flattening out to the south.

What is plotted on the Costa Dorada map

The map carries 11 places on this coast: 4 historic sites, 3 towns, 1 village, 1 museum, 1 theme park, 1 natural park. They span roughly 81 km in a straight line, from Arc de Berà in the north to Ebro Delta in the south.

The Costa Dorada coast, north to south

Every marker on the map, in the order you would meet it driving south. The distance is a straight line from the place above it.

Place	Type	From previous
Arc de Berà The Arch of Berà honours Emperor Augustus but is named after a completely different man who lived 900 years later	Historic site	—
Roman Villa of Centcelles Centcelles hid the oldest Christian-themed Roman dome mosaic for 1,500 years — and scholars still can’t agree on who it	Historic site	20 km
Altafulla	Village	13 km
Tarragona Cathedral Tarragona Cathedral stands on a hilltop where a Roman temple, Visigothic basilica and Arab mosque all stood before it —	Historic site	10 km
Tarragona	Town	1 km
National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona Catalonia’s oldest archaeological museum has been displaying its treasures in a converted port warehouse since its historic home closed for	Museum	1 km
Tarragona Amphitheatre Three Christians were burned alive in Tarragona’s Roman amphitheatre in 259 AD — centuries later, a church altar was placed	Historic site	0 km
PortAventura World	Theme park	9 km
Salou	Town	2 km
Cambrils	Town	7 km
Ebro Delta	Natural park	48 km

By what you are looking for

Historic site (4): Arc de Berà, Roman Villa of Centcelles, Tarragona Cathedral, Tarragona Amphitheatre

Town (3): Tarragona, Salou, Cambrils

Village (1): Altafulla

Museum (1): National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona

Theme park (1): PortAventura World

Natural park (1): Ebro Delta

How to read the map

Each marker is coloured by place type, so a glance tells you whether a point is a beach, a town or a natural park. Clicking a marker opens its name, type and a link to the full page. The checkbox bar above the map filters by type: untick everything except beaches to see only the coastline, or leave only historic sites to plan a day inland. Markers cluster when zoomed out, so a number in a circle means several places sit close together — zoom in and the cluster splits.

For the coast written up as a single read, see the Costa Dorada guide or the region page.

How to use this map

The map is scoped to this coast: the pins are the destinations on it, not the whole of Spain. The filters above narrow it further — show only beaches, or only coves, viewpoints, castles, museums or natural parks.

Town guides on this coast

For the coast in words, see the full guide, or the region page for its destinations by area. Every Spanish coast is on the main CostaMap map.

Every place we have mapped on the Costa Dorada

26 towns, beaches, coves and landmarks, kept up to date automatically.