Mataro

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Mataró is a city in Catalonia, Spain.

Contents 1 Get in 2 Get around 3 See 4 Do 5 Buy 6 Eat 7 Drink 8 Sleep 9 Get out 10 External links

Get in

Take a train from Barcelona airport; travelling time is 1 hour. One-way tickets are €2.25, and a T-10 Zone 3 ticket is €16.60 for 10 trips in either direction. All trains leaving the airport pass through Mataró; they depart half-hourly between 6am and 11pm.

Taxis from the train station to hotels in the center of Mataró are approximately €3.

Get around

See

Do

• Hire a boat at the marina.
• Run or swim at the beach.
• Rock climb on the artificial wall in one of Mataró's parks.

Buy

Eat

• Pizzeria Lluis Baixada Escaletes 10. 93 796 29 68. Great food, friendly staff and quite cheap -- pasta dishes for €5-6. They only have menus in Catalan, though, so you may need to ask the staff for advice.

• Nou Mundial Camí Ral, 548. 93 789 15 97. This bar and restaurant serves a variety of good food, including pizza (€8-€9), paella (€10-€15), seafood and tapas. They cope surprisingly well with large groups of foreigners with no reservations. http://www.restaurantemundial.com/

• La botigueta del Malambo Camí Ral 540. 93 798 80 59. Food to take away and products from Argentina. Weekend menu 11.95€.

• Cavall D'Or Camí Ral, 624. 93 757 87 10. Cheap and tasty Chinese food, such as Sizzling Chicken Plate for €6.45.

Drink

Sleep

• NH Ciutat de Mataró [1], Camí Ral, 648. tel 937 575 522. email nhciutatdemataro@nh-hotels.com. Room rates from €57 to €125.
• Hotel Castell de Mata [2], State highway II, Km. 649. tel 937 901 044 or 937 901 045. fax 937 551 117. email info@hotelcastelldemata.com. Room rates €72.
• Alberg Can Soleret [3], Rda. Països Catalans. tel 937 575 707 or 933 026 162. fax 937 579 015. email cansoleret@accac.es. This youth hostel is some distance from the city center. Beds from €16.

Get out

External links

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