Day 2 in Sitges and I started it with another run, albeit a bit less than yesterday (just 8k) mainly due to the fact that I slept much longer and thus it was noticeable warmer already - but hey, its a vacation after all, so sleeping in is kind of the purpose here 😉
Breakfast was as nice as always, yet much fuller. The hotel is close to 100% capacity right
now and it shows. After breakfast it was just off to the pool for some sun and a good book.
In the afternoon, I felt like a long walk through Sitges can‘t hurt, so let me take you along.
Sitges Train station - frequent trains run to
Barcelona Sants in about 30-35 mins, its a nice and easy commute from here.
The Old Town of Sitges is made up of many small streets, mostly car-free and many of these are filled with nice shops, little bars and cafes and a lot of crafts stores.
In many of these small streets, you can find beautiful old houses with almost mystical little gardens. And many of them are still home to local residents (and luckily not AirBnB‘s).
Sitges is also known for its tradition of tiles and you can not just find them as decoration on houses but also as i.e. street signs.
The beaches are never far away from the Old Town streets, so thats where I headed to next.
On the beach side, the Old Town is kind of separated into an Eastern and a Western side through a hill, on top of which you can find the Church of Sant Bartomeu, which also offers beautiful views across the bay.
The beaches continue on the other side of the hill, with a beach boulevard of approx 2.5 kms (this is i.e. part of my daily running track…)
Sitges is also know for a lot of art that can be found everywhere around town.
The next order of the day was to fuel up on coffee and maybe a cake… Cafe Montroig is always a good choice for that, offering nice seating in a historic atrium as well as a lush garden.
Since I did not have lunch, some carrot cake seems like the right thing to order right now…
From here on, it was just back to the hotel and down to the pool… it‘s a vacation, after all 😎