When Carnival rolled around in March, I was told that Sitges was the best place to go in Catalonia. I decided to make the 30 minute train ride and I was not disappointed.
The train ride down the coast was one of the most beautiful places I have seen in Catalonia and because it was such a beautiful day, it was even better. I was presently surprised by the town itself as it was actually what I had imagined Spain to be before I came over here. White houses and buildings on mountains overlooking the beautiful coast were a beautiful sight to see and walking along the beach, I really felt like I was in paradise.
By the time we arrived in Sitges, there was already a parade going on directed towards the kids and the streets were already packed. Individuals and families were in matching costumes and confetti was everywhere, which made it an even more festive atmosphere. As the sun went down, the coast reminded me of a tropical island in the Caribbean, which I didn't think was even possible.
When the night came around and the real parade started I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Some of the costumes I saw would have been highly inappropriate in the United States, but no one blinked an eye. The amount of people in the streets was unbelievable and it was hard to move even five feet, which was fun, but after a while it got very annoying. We couldn't even make it into the deep center of town, which was a bit disappointing, but the experience was more than enough.
I had never experienced any type of Carnival before anywhere in the world before Sitges and I think in retrospect that it was a great place to start. The wildness of the night was all I had heard it would be and the costumes lived up to the hype as well. I saw Santa's, black faces, all sorts of animals, and a random assortment of genitalia, which were hysterical, and the amount of drunkenness was unrivaled by anything I have seen before. It was like an oversized college costume party taken to the next level and for me it was an experience that will be hard to top.
The train ride down the coast was one of the most beautiful places I have seen in Catalonia and because it was such a beautiful day, it was even better. I was presently surprised by the town itself as it was actually what I had imagined Spain to be before I came over here. White houses and buildings on mountains overlooking the beautiful coast were a beautiful sight to see and walking along the beach, I really felt like I was in paradise. 
By the time we arrived in Sitges, there was already a parade going on directed towards the kids and the streets were already packed. Individuals and families were in matching costumes and confetti was everywhere, which made it an even more festive atmosphere. As the sun went down, the coast reminded me of a tropical island in the Caribbean, which I didn't think was even possible.
When the night came around and the real parade started I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Some of the costumes I saw would have been highly inappropriate in the United States, but no one blinked an eye. The amount of people in the streets was unbelievable and it was hard to move even five feet, which was fun, but after a while it got very annoying. We couldn't even make it into the deep center of town, which was a bit disappointing, but the experience was more than enough.
I had never experienced any type of Carnival before anywhere in the world before Sitges and I think in retrospect that it was a great place to start. The wildness of the night was all I had heard it would be and the costumes lived up to the hype as well. I saw Santa's, black faces, all sorts of animals, and a random assortment of genitalia, which were hysterical, and the amount of drunkenness was unrivaled by anything I have seen before. It was like an oversized college costume party taken to the next level and for me it was an experience that will be hard to top.
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