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What’s going on around the Terres de l’Ebre – in English

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Fira de Nadal, Tortosa

3 years ago
Fira Nadal Tortosa

Tortosa’s Fira de Nadal (Christmas fair) takes place in the streets of the old town and it features stalls selling decorations, food and artisan products. Star Wars characters will also be available for a photocall on Saturday between 12 noon and 2pm.

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Protests across Catalunya as independence leaders jailed

3 years ago Featured, News
Poster for Jordi Sanchez Jordi Cuixart

The leaders of two Catalan independence organisations were jailed on Monday evening by a Spanish high court judge. Jordi Sanchez, chairman of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and Jordi Cuixart, chairman of Omnium Cultural, are being investigated for sedition. They are said to be the leaders of protests on 20 and 21 September which aimed…

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Festes de la Cinta, Tortosa

3 years ago

Tortosa celebrates the Festes de la Cinta between 31 August and 4 September 2017. Events include correfocs, fireworks, parades, live music and human towers. Note that Monday 4 September is a public holiday in Tortosa. More information here.

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EbreMusik, free concert, Tortosa

3 years ago
Tortosa EbreMusik poster

EbreMusik is free concert in Tortosa featuring local bands and DJs. It starts at 6pm and ends at 6am and takes place in the Placa Ajuntament.

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Renaissance festival, Tortosa

4 years ago
Tortosa renaixement

Tortosa’s famous Festa del Renaixement sees the town celebrate the Renaissance, when Tortosa was one of the main cities of the Kingdom of Aragon with its key position near to both the River Ebro and the Mediterranean.

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Read the Ebre Connect summer magazine 2017 online

4 years ago News

Read the Ebre Connect summer magazine 2017 online here: Desktops: Mobiles & tablets: We are distributing the magazine throughout the Terres de l’Ebre during the summer. Here’s a list of the places where you can pick up a copy.

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El Perelló’s handball team qualify for final promotion stage

4 years ago Sport

El Perelló’s senior handball team are within touching distance of promotion, and the younger girls had a splendid win. Richard Pope reports on these – plus the latest football action. El Perelló’s senior handball team won 22-17 in Igualada on Sunday to qualify for phase 3, the final leg, in their quest for promotion. The victory, their…

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Steve and Lidia’s Camino update: Tortosa to Logroño

4 years ago News
Camino fontcalda

Steve Bradish and Lidia Gazola are cycling the Camino de Santiago, covering 1,000km in about 15 days. We follow their progress from Tortosa to Logroño as they tackle mountainous hairpin bends, driving rain and traffic.  Day 1: Tortosa to Calpe, 98km Steve writes: “First we followed the Via Verde for 30 easy km to Fontcalda….

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Two Perellonencs cycle the Camino de Santiago

4 years ago News
Camino tortosa

Two residents of El Perelló, Steve Bradish and Lidia Gazola, are cycling the Camino de Santiago. Over around 15 days they will cover 1,000 km from Tortosa to the famous destination of pilgrims from all over the world, Santiago de Compostela. They set off on Wednesday 26 April. Steve, who has run 21 marathons, told Ebre Connect that he’s…

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Tortosa English Festival

4 years ago

Now in its fifth year, the Tortosa English Festival aims to promote the English language throughout Terres de l’Ebre with a variety of activities for English-learners and English-speakers. Events include inter-school debates, Irish tapas, Celtic music, a classic car parade, a pub quiz, bingo, karaoke and a car boot sale. See this link for programme http://tortosaenglishfestival.es/activities-2017.

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TortosAntic, antiques fair

4 years ago

Annual antiques fair featuring sellers from all over the country Friday 10 Feb 5pm-9pm Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 Feb 11am-9pm Pavelló Firal, Tortosa

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TortosAntic, antiques fair

4 years ago

Annual antiques fair featuring sellers from all over the country Friday 10 Feb 5pm-9pm Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 Feb 11am-9pm Pavelló Firal, Tortosa

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TortosAntic, antiques fair

4 years ago

Annual antiques fair featuring sellers from all over the country Friday 10 Feb 5pm-9pm Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 Feb 11am-9pm Pavelló Firal, Tortosa

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Local markets around Terres de l’Ebre

4 years ago Markets
Perello market

Here’s a quick guide to some of the regular outdoor markets in and around the Terres de l’Ebre. El Perelló • General market every Saturday morning around the main square. There are stalls from local artisans in the summer and at Christmas. Every month there is the Freesia Group English-language bookstall in the Placa Co-operativa (outside…

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Ready for this year’s fiestas? 2017 calendar online now

4 years ago News

The Ebre Connect 2017 calendar is online and updated now, here. It includes all the Catalan public holidays, plus local holidays for El Perelló, L’Ametlla de Mar, L’Ampolla and Tortosa. We’ve also listed many of the key events taking place around the Terres de l’Ebre. We’ll update it with other events that we think you…

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Perelló alevins victorious against league leaders

4 years ago Sport
Perello alevins

Richard Pope reports on an exciting football match between the young players from Perelló and Tortosa. Local football returned last weekend for all but the veterans and the very young footballers who extend their festive break until next weekend, as do the handball leagues. On Saturday I saw, for me, the most exciting match of…

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Get your skates on! Christmas ice rinks 2016

4 years ago News
Reus ice rink

Many towns around the Terres de l’Ebre have temporary ice rinks over the Christmas period. Here’s a list of ice rinks nearby. All of the ice rinks below are open until 8 January. Please check the links for times and prices. Cambrils An ‘ecological’ plastic ice rink, details here. Reus Details here. Tarragona Details here. Tortosa…

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Linden and Tim: A few of our favourite things

5 years ago Our readers' recommendations

Linden and Tim are two Australians who have lived in Tortosa for about 18 months. Here are their top three discoveries so far. 1. Wise worship A church with a bar – what more can you ask for? Mig Cami, or halfway in Catalan, is, funnily enough, halfway up the hill from Tortosa towards Coll d’Alba. It is…

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Coming up: Tortosa English Festival

5 years ago News

The fourth Tortosa English Festival will take place on 15, 16 and 17 April with lots of activities for those who are learning English as well as native English speakers. Organiser Paul O’Riordain said: ‘The festival is a platform to attract Catalan English students to practise their English through English-based fun events. English doesn’t have to…

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Looking for what’s on near you?
Check out the Ebre Connect Events Calendar for festas, firas and fireworks!
And see our markets section for listings of street markets, English-language book stalls and festive events.

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