See the best of it on a four-day tour from Barcelona to northern and southern Catalonia's most popular destinations.

On your third day, you'll journey into southern Catalonia to coastal Sitges.

The Republican defeat in the Battle of the Ebro in southern Catalonia in summer 1938 left Barcelona undefended.

The snow fell heavily in some places of Spain including Prades (Tarragona, southern Catalonia) which received 120 cm of snow after a storm lasting over 30 hours.

And then, in the rugged mountains west of Tarragona in southern Catalonia, there is Priorato, the most exciting new source of fine wines on the Iberian peninsula.

The marshal cooperated by advancing into southern Catalonia with a large force.

When the Ebre Delta is used its northern coast is within southern Catalonia.

Escape Barcelona on a two-day tour to southern Catalonia's most famous destinations: Sitges, Tarragona and Santes Creus.

Rice is grown in the Delta de l'Ebre area in southern Catalonia and put to a variety of good uses.

We had arrived at the airport before noon on a Saturday with a few hours to kill after a week's birdwatching in the Ebro Delta area in southern Catalonia.