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What to do in Salou: see the total sun eclipse

What to do in Salou: see the total sun eclipse

Salou is one of the 20 Catalan municipalities where on August 12, 2026 you will be able to observe an astronomical phenomenon that cannot be seen in Catalonia for 121 years: a total eclipse of the sun. The last time that could be seen was on August 30, 1905, and for this reason a great expectation has been awakened. We tell you everything you need to know to enjoy this show of the celestial stars.

Salou needs financing for tourist municipalities

Salou reiterates the need for specific funding for tourist municipalities

Salou City Council has once again highlighted the need for Catalonia to promote a specific funding model for tourist municipalities. This was one of the main demands that Mayor Pere Granados conveyed this Thursday, 30 July 2026, to the Government Delegate of the Generalitat of Catalonia in Tarragona, Lucía López Cerdán.

Nits Daurades, the main festival of Salou

Nits Daurades, the biggest festival of the capital of the Costa Dorada

From July 31st to August 15th, 2026, Salou will enjoy the Nits Daurades (Golden Nights), which is the name its Main Festival is known by. In this edition, popular culture, live music, and the municipality's maritime traditions will be highlights of the festive program, alongside the total solar eclipse on August 12th. Check out all the events, as well as the schedules and locations where they take place.

Salou: Cultural Routes of Modernism and History

Salou: Modernism and Historical Memory to Recover the Past and Shape the Future

Salou is consolidating its cultural transformation through two itineraries that showcase a surprisingly rich historical heritage. The aim is to reduce seasonality and offer high-value experiences through the recovery and promotion of local heritage. Beyond positioning Salou as an innovative, high-quality tourist destination, this heritage has also become a source of pride for local residents.

Pla del Maset and Duna Gran Forest route

The Duna Gran Forest and Pla del Maset: A New Natural Route in Salou

Salou adds a new area to the municipality's network of natural spaces: the Duna Gran Forest and the Pla del Maset. Located in Cap Salou, this is a wooded area where nature and landscape blend with traditional agricultural heritage, allowing Salou to reclaim a part of its history, including an experimental plantation of two recovered grape varieties.

What to do? Visit the History Route of Salou

What to do? Visit the History Route

Salou takes one more step in the recovery of its historical heritage with the departure of the new History or Salou Route. The Coastal Path allows you to follow and visit these spaces and recover the historical memory, while enjoying nature and the landscape by the sea. Don't miss it!

Salou and the Generalitat prepare for the total solar eclipse

Salou prepares with the Generalitat the devices for the total eclipse of the sun

The City Council of Salou and the Generalitat de Catalunya are preparing the devices to facilitate and ensure the observation of the total solar eclipse of August 12, 2026 by all people who want to live this astronomical phenomenon, which has not occurred in Catalonia for 121 years. The eclipse also coincides with the summer festival of Salou, the Golden Nights.

The ancient history of Salou, new tourist product

The ancient history of Salou, new tourist product

Very close to Easter, the City of Salou has presented "Salou, the history continues", the new tourist product that affects the millenary history of the capital of the Costa Dorada. The project will soon be completed with the future Neolithic Route, which is already being developed, to point out loud and clear that Salou is much more than a sun and beach destination.

Salou and PortAventura World, together at FITUR 2026

Salou and PortAventura will be promoted jointly at FITUR 2026

The City Council of Salou and PortAventura World have made public the agreement to present jointly at the tourism fair in Madrid, FITUR, a large format event that highlights the Mediterranean identity of Salou and to present the novelties for the next season of PortAventura World. The event “Mediterranean Heritage, unforgettable experiences” will be on January 20, 2026.

Salou thinks in the Festa al Cel 2026

Salou conquers the sky and already thinks of the aerial acrobatics festival of 2026

Neither the weather forecasts of rain and bad weather for Sunday September 21 have been able to spoil the Festa al Cel 2025 in Salou, which has exceeded all expectations with more than 300,000 spectators coming from all over the world to continue, facing the sea, surprising aerial acrobatics. Salou has conquered the sky, and that is why it already thinks of the festival of 2026.

Aerial acrobatics festival from 19 to 21 September 2025

Festa al Cel: more than 20 aerial exhibitions and show with 300 drones and pyrotechnics

The weekend from 19 to 21 September 2025 is expected intense in Salou with the Festa al Cel, a unique and free proposal, with 20 aerial exhibitions and a great show with more than 300 drones, illuminated flights, aerial choreographies, music and synchronized pyrotechnics.

11M€ investment from the Next Generation to live better in Salou

Next Generation to live well in Salou all year round and during the holidays

In Salou you live well but you will still live better because the City of Salou has received 11 million euros, from the Next Generation Funds, to make a more sustainable and resilient municipality from the environmental, economic and social point of view. The projects for 2021 are already executed in 90% and those for 2023, in 45%.

When, how and where will be the Festa al Cel of Salou

It arrives Festa al Cel: the biggest show ever seen on the Costa Dorada

Salou is preparing to host the most important large-format show on the Costa Dorada: the Festa al Cel, which will take place on the weekend of 19, 20 and 21 September 2025. The participation of 20 civil and military air teams and formations is confirmed, and the attendance of more than 200,000 people is expected, who will be able to enjoy, free of charge, a unique air show in Spain with acrobatic patrols, combat aircraft, helicopters and historical aircraft from all over Europe.

Nits Daurades highlights the model and successful tourism of Salou

The proclamation of Nits Daurades highlights the model and successful tourism of Salou

"Salou has a model tourism, capable of adapting to new demands." With these words the preacher of the Nits Daurades de Salou 2025, the Minister of Business and Labor of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Miquel Sàmper, has highlighted the leadership of the municipality in the main economic sector of the country.

Art and culture define the renovated Torre Vella and Salou

Art and culture define the renovated Torre Vella and Salou

After the rehabilitation works, the reopening of the Torre Vella could not be more brilliant or could better define the new Salou that is promoted, where art and culture are tools for transformation and projection. A Salou that has, in the words of Mayor, Pere Granados, "the most important historical heritage of Catalonia and the Mediterranean peninsula".

What to do: Antonio Bonet Castellana Architecture in Cala Vinya

Salou, permanent center of the Antonio Bonet Castellana Architecture Classroom

In 1962, in full development of tourism in Salou, the renowned Barcelona architect Antonio Bonet Castellana built the hotel Cala Vinya, in Cap Salou. In 2025, and after 20 years closed, the SunClub company has recovered it and installed an architecture classroom open to the public to disseminate the figure and work of one of the most influential architects of the 20th century.

Between gastronomy to prestige and attract tourism

Between gastronomy to prestige and attract tourism

The general director of Tourism of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Cristina Lagé, has opened the Sabor Salou gastronomic fair praising Salou's commitment to gastronomy, since it is a "success as a way of prestige and tourist attraction". Along the same lines, the mayor of Salou, Pere Granados, stressed that "gastronomic is a strategic asset for the deseasonalization".

The General Director of Tourism of the Generalitat opens Sabor Salou

The General Director of Tourism of the Generalitat inaugurates Sabor Salou

Cristina Lagé, general director of Tourism of the Generalitat de Catalunya, is in charge of inaugurating this Friday, May 23rd, the 13th edition of the Sabor Salou gastronomic fair. The opening ceremony will take place at 7.30 p.m. at the beginning of Passeig Jaume I, where the event is located, which opens its doors at 12 noon.

"Salou, a Sea of Culture", wins the souvenir contest.

"Salou, a Sea of Culture", winning proposal of the SouvenirArt contest

A small book titled Salou, a Sea of Culture has been the winning proposal of the SouvenirArt contest, organized for the first time by the Salou-Costa Daurada Tourism Innovation and Research Chair, with the collaboration of the Tarragona Provincial Council and the Salou Town Council. The author of the new souvenir is Muntsa Sucarrats, from Olesa de Montserrat, a graphic designer and art director.

Hotel Blaumar, Salou's first Queer Destination establishment

Hotel Blaumar, Salou's first Queer Destinations Committed LGBT establishment

Hotel Blaumar in Salou is the first establishment in the capital of the Costa Daurada to be certified as a Queer Destination. In order to facilitate the achievement of this certification, the hotel has offered training to all its staff so that they can provide quality care to its customers from this group.

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