My REUS

Reus is a town in Spain I used to call home.

Reus is the capital of the comarca of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
Reus is the main comercial centre of the Costa Dorada, popular spanish tourism area. The main comercical streets are carrer Monterols y carrer Llovera.


Recently Reus Airport has started to receive low cost flights from Ryanair and Flybe who fly to Reus from five different European locations. From Reus Airport you can easily reach both the resort town of Salou and one of Europe's biggest theme parks at Port Aventura.

Reus is a town of modernism and is famous for to be a birthplace of such people like painter Marià Fortuny and architect Antoni Gaudí.

The main square of Reus with the monument of the general Joan Prim.


©Aitor Escauriaza

The main cathedral of Reus Prioral de Sant Pere (San Pedro)








View from Raval Sant Pere


Raval Sant Pere , street in the town of Reus with mandarin trees




Plaza Mercadal - the square of the townhouse of Reus (the building with the clock) where I got married :) Here take places all the fiestas of Reus.

Human tower - A castell- traditionally built during festivals in many places in Catalonia, Spain. At these festivals, several colles castelleres (teams) meet and try to build the most impressive towers they can.


Casa Navàs


Plaça del Mercadal, 5 1901-1907 Lluís Domènech i Montaner

This and the Institut Pere Mata are the finest pieces of architecture in the town. The house was commissioned by the Reus merchant Joaquim Navàs. The different decorative and architectural elements of the fine façade are inspired by gothic and plateresque styles. This interior of the house still preserves all its ornamental richness, with the cabinet work of Gaspar Homar being particularly outstanding. The shop on the ground floor is highly interesting, as it has been preserved almost intact since it was built.


Another modernist building in Reus - CASA RULL

Carrer de Sant Joan, 27
1900
Lluís Domènech i Montaner

The angle formed by the two façades is the most important feature, visually, of the house. On the first floor, of note is the elegant balcony with balustrades in a floral design which continue towards the side façade.

On the upper floor, the ornamental work is of interest, with windows of gothic inspiration, the crest of the owner Pere Rull (PR) and the embattlements which crown the building. It is currently the premises of the municipal cultural action institute (IMAC).


CASA MUNNÉ
Raval de Martí Folguera, 2
1904 Pere Caselles

Its characteristic feature is the bay window on the corner, polygonal in plan and with a glass and iron structure which rises out of a column with a floral capital, as well as the interesting decorative work on the top, which combines geometric and floral elements.

01 - Casa Gasull 02 - Casa Rull 03 - D. Antituberculós 04 - Casa Grau 05 - Casa Tarrats 06 - Casa Sagarra 07 - Casa Munné 08 - Casa Iglésias 09 - Casa Navàs 10 - Casa Piñol 11 - Casa Laguna 12 - Casa Serra 13 - Casa Marco 14 - Casa Bartolí 15 - Casa Querol 16 - Casa Tomàs Jordi 17 - Casa Punyed 18 - Casa Sardà 19 - Escoles Prat de la Riba 20 - Estació Enològica 21 - Escorxador 22 - Casa Homdedéu 23 - Xalet Serra 24 - Institut Pere Mata

Plaça Catalunya
Casa al Raval Santa Ana


Casa Gasull



Streets of Reus


Carrer de Monterois



Shoppers, me and my friend Valentina



Court-house of Reus on Plaza Fortuny



Balconies

Casa Anguera, del arquitecto Pere CAselles i Tarrats

My favorite cozy little square in the centre of Reus.


During Christmas time a lot of people come to see Reus decorative street lights

My street