Sitges

Sitges is a city about 35 kilometres southwest of Barcelona, in Catalonia, famend global for its Film Festival and Carnival. Located between the Garraf Massif and the sea, it's far recognised for its beaches, nightspots, and historical websites. While the roots of Sitges' creative popularity date again to the overdue 19^th century, when Catalan painter Santiago Rusinol took up residence there at some point of the summer season, the metropolis have become a centre for the 1960s counterculture in mainland Spain, in Francoist Spain, and became called Ibiza in miniature. Today, Sitges' financial system is based on tourism and tradition imparting extra than 4,500 lodge beds, half of of them in 4-big name motels.

Almost 35% of the approximately 26,000 permanent population are from the Netherlands, the UK, France and Scandinavia, whose children attend worldwide colleges inside the area. There are 17 beaches. Sitges become also the web page of the annual Bilderberg convention held in June 2010. Sitges has been referred to as the Saint-Tropez of Spain with property charges drawing close the ones of the most high-priced European towns, the primary purpose for this being the setting by means of the sea and the encircling Parc Natural del Garraf. Proximity to Barcelona-El Prat Airport is also a first-rate gain.