Sightseeing begins at the shelter Patacada

Reus. Costa Dorada. The shelter of Patacada reopens to the public starting this Friday, 11 March 2011 with tours from 5:00 to 9:00pm on Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 to 1:00pm from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. The tours begin each hour and are priced from $ 2 per person, 1, 5 for groups over 10. These guided tours for groups of up to 15 people and lasting 45 minutes. To arrange a visit should be at the Tourist Office of Reus, the Gaudi Centre building located in Plaza Mercadal. Guided tours are available every weekend in the schedule above. The visit is a journey through the underground galleries of the shelter of the Pataca, the third largest in Reus that was built during the Spanish Civil War. Also visit the space of interpretation "Reus under the bombs," with extensive information and graphical information about the bombings carried out by the Italian air force in the service of General Franco, the serious human and material losses suffered by the city and effort to build huge shelters that were citizens of Reus. Patacada refuge was built between 1937 and 1938, had almost five hundred feet of galleries, with five inputs and capacity for 1,200 people.

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