A Weekend in Sitges

Sitges is referred to as the Saint-Tropez of Spain, famous for its film festival, carnival, and nightlife. It is also home to 17 different beautiful beaches, a super cute old town, and countless unique shops and restaurants. The entire town is colored in white and brilliant cobalt blue, and is the kind of place that you fall in love with and never want to leave. The kind of place you dream of returning to year after year.

TRAVEL

Sitges is only 20 minutes from the Barcelona airport, and there are inexpensive, direct flights to Barcelona from just about anywhere in Europe. We will fly into Barcelona next time we come, but this time we drove up the coast from Valencia, and it was a beautiful and easy drive. Just be ready with a lot of change for the tolls!

EAT

Beachburg  |  There is nothing better than a juicy burger and some hot fries after a morning at the beach. If you feel the same, you will love this laid-back little burger joint right off of San Sebastian beach. Just remember to ask for your burger well done or it might still be mooing.

Akelarre  |  Our first morning in town we saw a sign saying ‘desayunos’ in front of this little tapas bar between our apartment and the beach. We sat down at one of the wine barrel tables in the street and had a delicious breakfast with a view of the ocean. Then we repeated this every morning that we were in Sitges. Great food, great prices, great view.

Fontanals Xarcuteria  |  Like in Valencia, we had some trouble with the hours of the restaurants in Spain. Most nights our girls couldn’t make it until 8:30 or 9pm when the restaurants started serving dinner. So we started picking up a fresh baguette from one of the bakeries and getting some jamon iberico from this charcuterie and making sandwiches. You can’t find better jamon in all of Spain, I am certain! The ham is so unbelievable I wanted to fill my suitcase with it to bring back to Vienna!

SLEEP

Situr Home  |  When we planned our trip to Spain, I looked into Sitges, but couldn’t find a place to stay that was available and looked good. So we had planned a different destination, and I was hoping to just do a day trip to Sitges. Luckily, I kept looking and at the last minute found perhaps the very cutest place in the best location in all of Sitges. So we changed plans in the middle of our road trip and couldn’t have been happier with that decision. I can’t say enough about this little apartment. It is perfect. After one night, we were already planning our trip back for next summer.

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Read more about our stay at Situr Home.

SEE & DO

Beaches  |  There are 17 beaches in Sitges, so no matter who you are and what you are looking for, there is a beach for you! We love San Sebastian beach (Platja de Sant Sebastiá), just east of the church. It is a charming sandy beach, with shallow water and few waves, and doesn’t feel as crowded as the other beaches. It is also filled with babies, toddlers and small children, so we felt right at home.

Walk  |  You can lose yourself walking through all the winding narrow streets. The closer you get to the old town, the more quaint it is. And the Passeig Maritim is a great place to run, walk, scooter, or just hang out, anytime of the day. But in the evenings it is definitely the place to be in Sitges.

Shop  |  There are so many cute boutiques in Sitges, selling anything from handmade goods to fashionable clothes to original art. We window shopped as we walked through town, but were too busy at the beach to spend much time actually going into the shops.

Museums & Art Galleries  |  For such a tiny town, there is a surprising number of museums and art galleries. My favorites are the Museo de Maricel and the Palau de Maricel, right on the ocean in the old town.

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