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City guide Tarragona

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• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €2,500 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €150,000) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 were 2,599 euro per square metre in Eixample, not…
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €1,400 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €84,000) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 were 1,079 euro per square metre in Campclar. A 60…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €2,300 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €184,000) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 were 2,599 euro per square metre in Eixample. An 80…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €1,300 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €104,000) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 were 1,079 euro per square metre in Campclar. An 80…
• Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Beckham Law (Flat 24% for 6 years) or Spanish Digital Nomad Visa special tax regime ⁠People who become resident by moving to Spain, including teleworkers, can opt into the…
• Best Area to Stay for Digital Nomads Eixample / Rambla Nova area - Modern amenities and better internet infrastructure ⁠Eixample, the 19th-century grid northwest of the old town, along Rambla Nova.
• Best Area to Stay for Tourists Part Alta (Old Town) - Roman ruins and historic atmosphere ⁠Casc Antic, the medieval quarter around the cathedral, also called Part Alta, for the…
• Best Beach Nearby Platja de l'Arrabassada (Blue Flag, walkable from center) ⁠Platja de la Savinosa is the smaller Blue Flag beach north of the centre. Platja de…
• Best Coworking Space Tarragona Impulsa or Space Up (€15/day, €175/month) ⁠Tarragona Platja Coworking, Josep Pla i Casadevall 3-5, baixos, 43007, lists an open desk…
• Cashless Friendly Yes, cards/contactless accepted almost everywhere ⁠Yes. Cards are widely accepted in Spain.
• Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, Spanish 'Transparencia Fiscal Internacional' rules apply ⁠Yes. A Spanish resident company is taxed on a foreign subsidiary when it owns, alone or…
• Currency & Banking 1 EUR ≈ 1.09 USD. Major banks: CaixaBank, BBVA, Santander ⁠Euro (EUR). On 19 October 2026 the European Central Bank rate was 1 euro = 1.1225 US…
• Dividend Withholding Tax 19% - 26% for residents ⁠Non-residents pay 19% on dividends, and treaties can set a lower rate. Residents pay the…
• Highest Income Tax Bracket 47% (National + Regional Catalonia surcharge) ⁠The 2026 state withholding scale reaches 47% above 300,000 euro. Each autonomous community…
• Historic Buildings Casa Castellarnau (14th-century mansion) ⁠Casa Castellarnau, Carrer de Cavallers 14, is a 15th-century mansion. As of April 2026 it…
• Local Markets Flea Market at Rambla Nova (Sundays) ⁠Bonavista market, about 3 km west, is the large Sunday market (08:00 to 14:00). Mercat…
• Main Train/Transit Hub Tarragona Estació (Regional) and Camp de Tarragona (High-speed AVE) ⁠Tarragona station on Passeig d'Espanya has the regional trains. Camp de Tarragona, the…
• Museums & Art Venues MNACT (National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona) ⁠The Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona (MNAT), on Plaça del Rei, is closed for…
• Population 135,000 ⁠143,260 in 2025, the municipal figure from the Statistical Institute of Catalonia, based…
• Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/F ⁠230 V, 50 Hz, Type C and F (Europlug and Schuko).
• Property Transaction Tax 10% ITP (Transfer Tax) for resale properties in Catalonia ⁠On a resale in Catalonia, transfer tax is 10% up to 600,000 euro. Above that, the average…
• Public Transport Passes T-Mes card (€45/month) or T-10 multi-trip card (€12) ⁠EMT Tarragona in 2026: a single ticket is 1.60 euro on the bus. The T-Tarraco pass is…
• Regional Travel Renfe Rodalies to Barcelona (1 hour, approx. €8.05) ⁠Regional trains from Tarragona station to Barcelona (França, Passeig de Gràcia or Sants)…
• SIM Card Vodafone, Movistar, Orange (Prepaid 20GB approx. €15) ⁠Prepaid SIMs usually need identification. Orange Prepago 10 is 10 euro including VAT, with…

fix pass after the batch check. Corrected Theater Venues (Teatre Metropol is at Rambla Nova 46 on the city council's page, not on Carrer Armanyà) and refreshed the provenance for this pass. Country facts re-checked against the Spain prep and the Barcelona, Girona and Maspalomas sheets; the bus fares, the coworking prices, the house-price index, the population figure and the museum closure were re-opened and unchanged.

City guide Tarifa

• National Parks Nearby Parque Natural del Estrecho (Encompasses the coastline and marine area) ⁠Parque Natural del Estrecho is a natural park, not a national park: 19,177 hectares of…
• Population 18,500 ⁠18,613 inhabitants on 1 January 2025, the municipal register figure the English Wikipedia…
• Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/F sockets ⁠230 V, 50 Hz. Sockets are Type C (Europlug) and Type F (Schuko).
• Property Tax IBI (Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles) annually, approx. 0.4% - 1.1% of cadastral value. ⁠IBI is an annual municipal tax on owning real estate, and the city sets the rate. A…
• Property Transaction Tax ITP (Transfer Tax) in Andalusia is a flat 7%. ⁠In Andalusia, a resale from a private seller pays transfer tax at 7% (since 28 April…
• Regional Travel Comes Bus Service (Estación de Autobuses Tarifa) to Sevilla or Málaga. ⁠The bus station is on Calle Batalla del Salado. Comes buses run to Algeciras (about 45…
• Religious Sites Iglesia de San Mateo (16th-century Gothic church in the center) ⁠Iglesia de San Mateo, Sancho IV el Bravo 8. Built in 1506 in Gothic style on the remains…
• SIM Card Movistar, Vodafone, and Orange (Available at shops on Calle Batalla del Salado; approx… ⁠Buy at an Orange or Movistar shop and bring photo ID for prepaid registration. Orange…
• Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,200 per m² (e.g., 35 m² = €147,000) ⁠About €4,644 per square metre in Tarifa ciudad in October 2026, from Fotocasa asking…
• Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €3,100 per m² (e.g., 35 m² = €108,500) ⁠About €3,153 per square metre in Facinas in the same October 2026 Fotocasa index, the…
• Tap Water Drinkable and safe, though many locals prefer bottled water due to high mineral content. ⁠Generally safe to drink throughout Spain. Southern supplies can have a higher mineral…
• Tax System Worldwide income basis for residents (>183 days) ⁠Residents pay Spanish income tax on worldwide income. Non-residents pay tax on…
• Theater Venues Teatro Municipal Alameda (Calle Alameda) ⁠Teatro Municipal, on Paseo de la Alameda.
• VAT 21% (IVA) ⁠21% standard VAT (IVA). A 10% reduced rate covers some food, new homes and tickets to live…
• Vegan/Vegetarian Options Chilimosa Vegetarian Food (Calle Peso, 6; famous for falafel and curries) ⁠Chilimosa, a vegetarian and vegan cafe at Calle Peso 6, just inside Puerta de Jerez, open…

fix pass after the batch check. Currency and banking, tap water, the SIM card line, the tax system, the top income tax rate and the tax line for digital nomads reworded to the shared Spain wording of this run's cities; the coworking entry now cites only the listing that shows the address, opening hours and prices; the regional travel line drops the Jerez bus service that no opened page lists; provenance now names this pass's model and date (https://workin.space/en/spain/tarifa/la-cocotera, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tarifa, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarifa)