Southern Costa Dorada

From Salou the coast road continues to Cambrils, which, like many other places on the Mediterranean coast, has developed from a fishing village into a resort with more pleasure boats than fishing boats in the harbor. The church in the old part of the town has a fortress-like tower. For bathers and sunbathers there is the beach of Cambrils Playa.

Southwest from Cambrils, past Miami Playa and a number of other beaches is Hospitalet del Mar, which owes its name to an old pilgrim hospice situated close to the sea. A short distance away is the Vandellós atomic power station, an accident in which - fortunately without serious consequences - made the headlines in October 1989.

After crossing the Río Francolí the road comes to Salou, a port and popular seaside resort in a bay sheltered by Cabo Salou, with holiday chalets and high-rise hotels and apartment blocks, good beaches and a boating harbor. King Jaime I sailed from Salou in 1229 on his expedition to conquer Majorca.