Activities
Things to do
The surrounding area is great for hiking and biking with lots of little roads winding through the olive groves. The national hiking trail (Grande Recorrido) GR-192 runs by just below the entrance to the finca.
Multiple beaches can be reached by car within 10-30 minutes. These range from small coves to town beaches to long stretches of sand. Most have services like showers, lifeguards, sports equipment rentals and cafés or snack bars. Some are just sand and water.
The nearby village of El Perello has shops, bars and restaurants and a Sunday morning market. A large supermarket is on the main road to the town of L’Amettla (8km), which has plenty more shops and restaurants. More shopping is available in Tarragona where you will find a huge Carrefour, MediaMarkt, Decathalon, Bauhaus and a bowling alley right off the autoroute.
Portaventura
Portaventura is a very fun amusment park about 40 minutes away from L'Ametlla by car, it has a great park with many awesome rides like the Furius Baco, going from 0 to 135 km/h in just 3 seconds being on of the most intence of the park, but if your more into highsets the China district of the park is more suited for you with the Shambhala Measuring 76 metres tall, this roller coaster boasts the longest drop and is the highest in Europe. or the Dragon Khan An icon for all roller coasters: 8 loops and more than 110 km/h of speed will make it a sure temptation as soon as you lay eyes on it. and if you are truly brave the Hurakan Condor With a 100-metre long free fall shale be a piece of cake.
Of course this a perfectly suitable place for small children as well with the SESAMO section of the park themed completely from the hit children's show Sesame Street or the FAR WEST sections with bumper cars, two water boat slides and a few smaller but still enjoyable roller coasters such as the Tomahawk.
This park is also perfect for the summer as it has a conjoined water park with tons of slides pools like Barracudas which spines you around its intertwined neighbours, or take on the King Khajuna with a free fall from a height of 31 metres with a dizzying 55-degree descent. For the smaller ones of the group their is the El Galeón Pirata, a pirate ship with a bunch of slides with a relaxing warm pool right next door for the any parents wants to relax whilst watching over their kids.
