Salou is an energetic city open to all activities, which is why it could never neglect its sports facilities. The capital of the Costa Daurada has an ample system of sport-related infrastructures such as a sports pavilion, a municipal indoor and outdoor pool, a football pitch, a tennis club...

The capital of the Costa Daurada, along with Cambrils and Montroig, have recently inaugurated the Estación Naútica Salou-Cambrils-Montroig (Salou-Cambrils-Montroig Nautical Club).

Being a coastal town, Salou has always offered the chance to engage in water sports, above all during the summer season. With the Estación Naútica, the selection of sports has been widened, and you can enjoy windsurfing, sailing, jet-skiing, boating and scuba diving all year long place to do sport. That's why a sports area has been created on Salou's Playa de Llevant (Llevant Beach) where you can play basketball, football and volleyball, do aerobics, fitness and strength-building exercises, or just keep in shape, as well as engage in beach games (paddleball, badminton, indiaka, korfball).

In addition, Salou is working on the construction of a large sports complex, so as to improve the city's offer and meet the demands of the Central European tourists who visit us in winter. This area will span 20 hectares, and special attention should be called to the construction of a stadium seating 10,000 people that will include sections of covered stands.

Finally, you can also play golf, since the Costa Daurada has four golf clubs for the lovers of this sport, just a few kilometres away from the city centre.

The pleasure of shopping while taking a stroll!

The pleasure of shopping while taking a stroll Salou offers a commercial core of over 130,000 square meters, unmatched on the entire Mediterranean coast. This huge open-air mall is made up of 1,450 establishments and 70 different activities, which together provide the town with a wide commercial offer of diverse and top-quality products. Salou's establishments stand out for the personalised attention given to customers and the owners' interest in satisfying their demands, as well as those of visitors looking to broaden their knowledge of languages and their adaptation to the latest technologies. In Salou, you'll find leading brands of all sorts of products, and the businesses offer a quality and guarantee that always favour the client.

The city's Old Quarter, the most tourist-oriented streets and the promenade are some examples of where the large majority of businesses in the capital of the Costa Daurada are concentrated.

Salou's beaches are, undoubtedly, one of its best attractions: hence the importance of their care and maintenance. Their fine golden sand, their clear shallow waters, and, in short, their beauty continue to captivate the tourists that visit our coasts year after year.

Salou has a total of eight beaches. There are also a few coves of stunning natural beauty that cannot be accessed directly and, therefore, are less known. Many of them are surrounded by pine trees and nature, a fact which transforms them into magical and unforgettable places. The main beaches are:

Llevant
Public services include: showers and foot washers, toilets, access for the disabled, telephones, lifeguards and first aid, restaurants, an entertainment area, cleaning services and night-time illumination. It also has a children's area for games and a nursery school on the beach. In addition, it has a Sports Area offering beaches and water sports.

Ponent
The Playa de Ponent is one of the longest in Salou. It is also a large beach, approximately 1,100 metres long. It is a natural beach of fine sand with a low-grade slope and shallow waters, which afford a high degree of safety to swimmers and children. This is a Blue Flag beach.

Capellans
The Playa dels Capellans is 220 metres long and can be reached taking the street Calle Bruselas. It is a small beach located in the urban centre that is also popular among our visitors. As with the rest of the municipal beaches, it is on a slight incline, which affords it a high degree of safety. This is a Blue Flag beach.

Llarga
The Playa Llarga has the added attraction of being surrounded by pine trees and nature. It is 600 metres long and can be reached taking Calle Replanells, next to the Salou-Tarragona motorway that follows the coast. It is a beach of stunning natural beauty.

Llenguadets
The Playa de Llenguadets is a small cove which can only be reached on foot from the Calle de la Torrassa. Like the cala Penya Tallada (the Penya Tallada cove), it is 125 metres long and, in its natural surroundings, wonderfully beautiful.

Penya tallada
The Playa de la Penya Tallada is a small cove of great natural beauty located next to Penya Tallada's Punta Roja (Red Point). It is 125 metres long and can be reached taking Calle Penya Tallada.

Cala de la Font
The Playa de la Cala de la Font is 70 metres long and 54 metres wide and can be reached taking Calle de las Dunas. The cove has naturally defined boundaries,- and access to it is easy and safe.

Cala Cranc
The Playa de la Cala Crancs is Salou's most eastern-lying beach and one of its most attractive. It is 85 metres long and 50 metres wide and defined by natural boundaries.

Salou and the entire Costa Daurada are not only known for their climate and nature, but also for their delicious cuisine, especially for the excellent quality and variety of the seafood. Salou offers a wide range of restaurants specialised in Mediterranean cuisine with a selection of appetizing and flavourful traditional dishes.

As to the variety of the dishes, apart from the region's fish and shellfish, we must make special mention of the fine-noodle pastas made with fish broth and the baked fish flavoured with sea-salt in the ancient Mediterranean style, dishes you'll love that are made according to the traditional recipes of the area's fishermen.

The wine is another good excuse to travel and discover our city. You'll find five highly differentiated guarantees of origin on the Costa Daurada: D.O. Priorato, D.O. Tierra Alta, D.O. Cuenca de Barberá, D.O. Penedés and D.O. Tarragona.

In PortAventura theme park get ready to embark on a trip through five exciting lands featuring rides, shows and attractions for all the family.

Come and enjoy fun in the sun and wild water adventures at Caribe Aquatic Park water park all year round. With its waterslides, wave pool and much more in its heated, covered area.