The Baix Camp county
Geography
With 695 km ² and 28 municipalities, is the capital city of Reus. It is the county's largest and most western of the Camp de Tarragona. To the N with the range and the pre-S with Tarragonès and High Camp. The towns are small, there is only one that exceeds 70 km ² and 13 do not reach the 20 km ². The mountains of Prades, N, and the mountains of the Argentera of Pratdip and Llaberia known as the mountain ranges of the West are most important relief groups. No rivers, streams only modest, the dam of the irrigation Riudecanyes claims of land in this region.
Economy
Cambrils, Mont-roig, Riudoms, Selva and Vandellòs populations are most concentrated activity with annual fairs, but the economic asset of Bass Camp focuses mainly Reus. Over 80% of workers in the trade and industry are a regional Reus. Trade fairs such as express Reus and others are held throughout the year, as well as the traditional market of Monday, are a thermometer of the commercial activity of the Lower Field and other nearby counties. The tourist centers of the region are: Cambrils, Hospitalet de l'Infant and Mont-red, all well communicated with the AP7 motorway (Barcelona-Valencia) il'aeroport Reus. The Port of Cambrils is famous for fishing and the quality of restaurants. Farming is the cultivation of hazelnuts characteristic (OJ Avellana de Reus), olives (OJ Siurana) and potato Prades (IGD, Protected Geographical Indication).
Tourist Resources
Reus has rich architectural strength: the priory church of St. Peter, the sixteenth century, and modernist buildings by the architect Domènech i Montaner: Casa Rull, Institut Pere Mata and Casa Navàs, real jewel of Catalan Modernism.
In addition, the Baix Camp offers other attractions for tourists: Samà Park, colonial style building with an exotic garden, the castle-monastery of Escornalbou, a former convent Romanesque castle, the port and Paseo de Cambrils il'ermita de la Virgen del Camino, Mont-Roig del Camp, made two stays on the painter Joan Miró, il'ermita of Our Lady of the Rock; Prades, appreciated by site climate and water, their main square, the Renaissance fountain and the Virgin of the Abellera; The White Borges, where you can visit the modernist chapel of the Virgin de la Riera. Prades Mountains are also an excellent view over the Campo de Tarragona interesting routes and offer hikers, as well as being a valued point of escalation on the international level, especially in the city of trees. About the food, eating out white Reus, Moscatel Montbrió Camp. To find Prades potatoes, chestnuts and honey, and enjoy Cambrils exquisitesa of their dishes, especially the quality of its products based on the best of the sea. They are also known throughout the Low Country recapte cakes with the sauce and nuts.
