Tarragona Roman Circus & Praetorium Combined Entry Tickets

Your Experience

Explore the Roman Circus and Praetorium in Tarragona with general entry and an English audioguide at your own pace.

Getting started

Enter the Roman heritage site using your general entry ticket and proceed directly to the access point for the Roman Circus and Praetorium. Once inside, collect or activate your English audioguide as directed and set it up with your own headphones. From here, you can follow the suggested route between both monuments in any order.

What to expect

Roman Circus of Tarraco

The Roman Circus of Tarraco was the arena where thousands of spectators once gathered to watch chariot races almost 2,000 years ago. Today, you move through its surviving structures, tracing the outline of the racecourse and the spaces that supported it beneath the city.

Features

• With your entry to the Roman Circus and Praetorium, you can include the circus in your visit, spending as much time as you like exploring this part of Roman Tarraco.

• Walk through the remains of the Circus of Tarraco, where you can picture the roar of the crowd as horses and chariots raced around the arena.

• Access to grandstands and circulation corridors allows you to see where spectators sat and moved, and how the different tiers of the circus connected during events.

• Use the English audioguide to hear context and explanations as you pass monumental stonework, learning how each surviving section fit into the original chariot-racing complex.

Praetorium of Tarraco

The Praetorium is a monumental tower that once connected the Roman Circus with the provincial forum. As you explore, you move from the surface level down into the underground system that helped support the ancient city.

Features

• Entry to the Roman Circus and Praetorium on a single ticket lets you continue your visit seamlessly from the circus into this historic tower and its lower levels.

• Access to Roman vaults and passages gives you the chance to descend into the impressive underground network beneath Tarragona.

• As you walk through these Roman vaults and passages, you see firsthand how Roman engineers created a huge architectural system beneath the city of Tarraco.

• The English audioguide accompanies you through this part of the site as well, adding detail about the Praetorium’s link to the provincial forum and the structures above.