This December, Tarragona Cathedral celebrates Christmas with two organ concerts performed by Jordi Vergés, acclaimed organist and professor at the Professional Conservatory of Tarragona. The performances will take place on 19 and 20 December at 8 p.m., offering a musical journey inspired by Christmas tradition and spirit.
The programme features works by Charpentier, Clérambault, Bach and Daquin, along with adaptations of traditional carols that highlight the expressive richness and unique sound of the Cathedral’s organ.
With a distinguished career in major concert halls across Europe and the United States, Jordi Vergés has received numerous international awards and is regarded as one of Catalonia’s leading organists. His performances combine precision, warmth and an exceptional ability to engage with audiences.
Restored and renewed with a new mechanism in 2013, the Tarragona Cathedral organ is one of the great artistic and musical treasures of the temple. The Christmas concerts offer a unique opportunity to experience its full splendour in a festive and inspiring setting.
Duration: 1 hour
Dates: 19 & 20 December · Time: 8 p.m.
Entrance via Pla de la Seu · Doors open 30 minutes before the concert
Book tickets HERE
Now that summer is over, the tour known as "The Path of Light" has also come to an end, to great public acclaim. More than 100 sessions of this immersive experience have been held inside Tarragona Cathedral, attended by locals, visitors from the Costa Daurada and Barcelona and also foreign tourists.
This popular success has firmly established "The Path of Light" as a new cultural attraction in the city, combining heritage, light and sound in a unique setting. The show has become a unique immersive experience in which light, sound and storytelling come together to bring the history, symbolism and spirit of the Cathedral to life. The experience has been rated very highly by visitors, particularly its visual impact and the emotions created by the route and its music.
Thanks to such a positive result, the Cathedral has reaffirmed its commitment to design new ways to connect the monument and the public, investing in innovative projects that highlight its many assets, in both architectural and spiritual terms.
Once again, Tarragona is getting ready to celebrate its patron, Saint Thecla, with its biggest festival of the year. And Tarragona Cathedral will be joining in with the city's most iconic festival by holding a special tour. Entitled “A Procession of Stone. Discovering the epicentre of Saint Thecla”, this new guided tour reveals the famous Saint Thecla Procession's artistic origins located within the Cathedral. Visitors will be able to see, up close, the dragons, eagles, devils and other figures that have long inspired Catalonia's festivals and continue to bring the celebrations to life today.
This new special tour will take place on 12, 13, 17 and 20 September at 5.30 pm. Places are limited and tickets are available HERE.
What's more, by entering the code SANTATECLA, you can enjoy a 20% discount on tickets for this special tour.
Coinciding with the Saint Thecla festivities, the Cathedral shop now has new exclusive Saint Thecla merchandise, with items ranging from tote bags to notebooks, designed to provide visitors with a unique souvenir of the festival and help them celebrate the festive atmosphere of Tarragona in their own special way.
For the first time this summer, visitors to Tarragona Cathedral have been able to enjoy a previously inaccessible site: the Gardens of the church known as Santa Tecla la Vella (Saint Thecla, the Old). Located in the old medieval cemetery, these restored gardens offer a unique perspective of the Cathedral complex, with wonderful views of the bell tower and the exterior of the Chapel of Santa Tecla la Vella.
This site, which contains archaeological remains and was used as a cemetery from the Visigoth period until the 19th century, extends the Cathedral's cultural tour and connects its architectural heritage with its natural setting. The 13th-century Romanesque chapel, now a museum, houses notable funerary elements such as the tomb of Archbishop Bernat d'Olivella and the Renaissance ensemble of the Holy Sepulchre.
What's more, from the garden you can see the exterior of the apse, which resembles a fortress, and the Gothic bell tower, built between the 13th and 14th century, with its emblematic rooms and famous Capona bell.
Tarragona Cathedral now offers a new self-guided tour option with an audioguide via smartphone, allowing visitors to explore at their own pace one of the city’s most emblematic monuments. Built atop the former Roman temple of Augustus, the Cathedral is a key site for understanding the historical and architectural evolution of Tarragona, from antiquity to the medieval period.
The new audioguide system, available in Catalan, Spanish, English, and French and included in the ticket price, works via a web app accessed through visitors’ own smartphones by scanning a QR code at the start of the tour.
All points along the route are clearly marked with new panels, helping visitors to identify each space and understand its historical period. The new audioguide offers detailed explanations and images for each stop, highlighting the must-see areas and also includes short audiovisual clips.
This summer, Tarragona Cathedral presents “The Path of Light”, a new cultural offering that invites the public to experience the monument from a unique and captivating perspective. This immersive and sensory experience transforms the interior of the Cathedral into a stage of projections, music, and emotion.
The visual and auditory journey begins at the rose window, flows through the organ, and culminates at the high altarpiece, combining symbolism, architecture, and a carefully curated musical selection to heighten the emotional impact of each space. The route is designed to immerse visitors in a dialogue between heritage, light, and sound within a truly unique setting.
The visit concludes with a glass of cava in the cloister, accompanied by an evocative light show, the perfect finale to a cultural offering created to inspire, surprise, and leave a lasting impression.
Lasting approximately 60 minutes, “The Path of Light” is suitable for all audiences and can be enjoyed alone, as a couple, with friends, or with the family.
An ideal summer plan in Tarragona that blends heritage, innovation, and emotion inside one of Catalonia’s most iconic monuments.
The experience runs from 24 July to 7 September, Thursday to Sunday. There will be four sessions per evening: 9 pm, 9.30 pm, 10 pm, and 10.30 pm. Spaces are limited and tickets are already available
With the arrival of summer, Tarragona Cathedral has expanded its offer of guided tours in multiple languages (Catalan, Spanish, English, and French), tailored to suit all types of visitors. The route offers insight into the architectural, historical, and symbolic significance of this monumental temple that crowns the city. Built on the site of an ancient Roman temple dedicated to Augustus, Tarragona Cathedral stands today as one of the most important landmarks of Catalonia’s heritage. A visit is a journey through the city’s history, from imperial Tarraco to the splendour of its preserved medieval legacy.
Moreover, throughout the summer months, visitors can also enjoy family-friendly activities held at weekends, inviting both children and adults to learn, play, and explore the cathedral complex in an interactive and engaging way.
A landmark cultural experience in Tarragona, ideal for anyone wishing to delve deeper into the heritage of a city with over two thousand years of history.
Enjoy the magic of the night with a unique experience inside the Cathedral, with a special organ audition and a visit to the cloister with a wine tasting from the D.O. Tarragona.
You will be able to discover in a different way this unique monument that bears witness to 2,000 years of history. Wrapped in the dim light of the candles and the sunset sun tinted by the stained glass windows, you will be able to hear the music of the exceptional organ of the Cathedral, an imposing instrument from the 16th century and with a height of 20 meters that is one of the jewels of the monument.
Afterwards, you can walk through the central nave and the medieval Cloister, one of the most special spaces in the Cathedral. There you can enjoy the space with a glass of local wine, to end the evening with a special touch.
Includes:
Hours: 9 p.m.
Dates: August 2, 3, 8, 9, 23, 24, 30 and 31
Price: €18
