What more can make your Bargain Holidays to Salou more exciting than the knowledge that you will be visiting the place where conquerors flocked centuries ago? Salou is not only the capital of Costa Dorada but also is most popular destination. Salou, which the Romans used to call Salauris, is filled with history and was in fact well-appreciated by King James 1 who praised its excellent port and even brought his entire fleet in the Salou port. Get your Bargain Holidays to Salou moving the same way that King James 1 made the Port of Salou his jump off point in 1220 when he conquered what is now known as Majorca.
Your Salou Bargain Holidays should lead you to the Port of Salou, also an important port for Alfons III of Aragon, who departed from the port when he conquered the last Muslim territory of the Balearic Islands known as Minorca. Its reputation as a favourite port among conquerors may have reached the pirates who started nesting in Salou. And if you look a little intently during your Salou Bargain Holidays, you might find your very own pirate, someone who could make all your adventures come true.
Check out Torre Vella during your Bargain Holidays to Salou and realize that this was exactly the defence tower ordered erected by the then Archbishop of Tarragona Pere de Cardona in 1530 to keep the pirates at bay and to protect the town. The operation of the railway station in 1865, which you may still see during your Bargain Holidays to Salou, has paved the way for tourism development in Salou.
During your Bargain Holidays to Salou, a visit to the Paseo de Jaume I would show you Salou’s most beautiful landmark. There you will find the Monument Jaume I which was built in 1965 to honour the memory of King James I. The Santa Maria del Mar church is also another Bargain Holidays to Salou destination. The Chapel, which was used by the people of the sea, had a single nave with a simple bell tower and belfry. The present look of the Chapel can be attributed to the improvement and extension it was given between 1930 and 1950.
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