Sitges Rally 2018 programme
The weekend is finally here, and we can’t be more excited! The Sitges-Barcelona Rally is about to start and we can already see how this wonderful seaside town begins to fill up with eager tourists who come especially to watch the outstanding vintage cars and motorcycles drive through the streets of Sitges.
This is the programme for the weekend:
Saturday, 03rd of March 2018
Barcelona:
- 10 a.m.: Arrival of the participants of the Sitges 2018 Barcelona Rally to the L’illa Diagonal shopping centre in Barcelona. Exhibition of the cars and motorcycles until 5:00 p.m.
The closed park will be installed on Avenida Diagonal, in front of the shopping centre, where the technical verifications of the participating cars will be made, in full view of the public, from 10:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
Sitges:
- Starting at 11 a.m., Plaça de la Fragata will host a concentration of models T1 and T3 of the Volkswagen brand, organized in collaboration with the Club Escarabats de Catalunya (Beetles Club of Catalonia), which will remain until about 5 p.m.
Sunday, 04th March 2018
- 8.30 to 9:30 a.m.: Registered participants dressed in period clothes gather in Plaza Sant Jaume, Barcelona. Breakfast.
- 10:30 a.m.: Rally commences. The start will be given by Barcelona mayor Ada Colau, Sitges mayor Miquel Forns, the President of the Foment del Turisme de Sitges Mrs Maria Marin, the “Pubilla de Sitges” and the “Hereu de Sitges”
Route of Rally Barcelona Sitges 2017
The rally itinerary runs along the following streets and through the following towns.
From Barcelona (Pl. Sant Jaume – Ferran – Rambles – Pl. Catalunya – Ronda Universitat – Ronda Sant Antoni – Sepúlveda – Paral·lel – Pl. Espanya – Gran Via – Badal – Constitució), to L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Santa Eulàlia-Enric Prat de la Riba – Barcelona) – Cornellà de Llobregat (Carretera de l’Hospitalet – Av. de la Fama – Tirso de Molina – Av. Baix Llobregat – Link to C-245), Sant Boi de Llobregat, Viladecans, Gavà, Castelldefels, link to C-246, Costes del Garraf and arrival to Port de Sitges-Aiguadolç.
- 12 a.m. Arrival of the rally at the Port d’Aiguadolç of Sitges. Reception for participants in the Port d’Aiguadolç.
- 12:30 a.m. On Plaza de la Fragata, performance of the swing group Apocadixie 4.
In addition, the square will host, next to the closed park, a village with several tents in which various activities will be carried out, such as tasting of Moritz products to the ones taking a selfie in their photocall, or draw of wine tastings and visits to their cavas in the area of Caves Pere Ventura.
- 1 p.m. Departure of the rally from the Port d’Aiguadolç of Sitges and cavalcade through the streets of Sitges:
Avenida Port d’Aiguadolç, Emerencià Roig i Raventós, Avenida Balmins, Port Alegre, Rafael Llopart, Jesús, Plaza Cap de la Vila, Parellades, Marquès de Montroig, Plaça Indústria, 1r de Maig, Paseo de la Ribera hasta Calipolis, Paseo de la Ribera (parte tierra), La Fragata
- 1 p.m. Arrival of the rally at La Fragata of Sitges and Elegance Contest.
- 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Approximately 65 vintage cars will be on display at the Paseo de la Ribera.
- 7 p.m. Departure vehicles
(Source: www.visitsitges.com)
The following gallery is a selection of some of the 60 beautifully designed and famed rally posters, you can find the whole collection here.
