Barcelona Sitges Rally 2019

Vintage car rally

Event date: Sunday 17th March 2019
Event time: 11:00
Event start: Plaça de Sant Jaume in gothic area
Event finish: Marina Port d'Aiguadolç in Sitges

Rally Sitges 2019. Vintage car rally from Barcelona to Sitges. The full name of this vintage car rallye is 'El Rallye Internacional de Coches de Época Barcelona-Sitges'.  This is the 61st edition of Sitges Barcelona Vintage Car Rally.

Around 70 classic cars, all manufactured before 1928, "race" the 45km windy and scenic stretch on the Garraf seaside corniche road from Barcelona to finish at Port Aiguadolc in the coastal resort of Sitges just south of Barcelona.

The oldest car in the Sitges Rally is a Darracq from 1905.

The Barcelona city council owns its own vintage car nicknamed 'La Genoveva' which is a Renault 11HP from 1908 which also takes part in the Sitges Rally along with many other beautifully preserved and much loved vintage cars.

To complete the fun and make the day festive for all,  the drivers and their companions dress up in period costumes to compete for the 'Elegance Grand Prix' award.

The Barcelona-Sitges rally is a lovely event for participants and spectators alike. 



The rally starts at 11:00 from Plaça de Sant Jaume in the gothic quarter of Barcelona.

On their way out of Barcelona the cars follow a route that starts from Plaça de Sant Jaume, then down the street Carrer de.Ferran, then right turn up Las Ramblas to Plaza Catalunya, then down Ronda de la Universitat where they turndown Ronda Sant Antoni, then along Carrer Sepúlveda to Avinguda del Paral·lel and a right turn up to Plaza España and finally out of Barcelona on Gran Vía and on to Sitges passing through L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Cornella de Llobregat, Viladecans, Sant Boi de Llobregat and Gavà on the C-245.

From Castelldefells along the coast on the C-246 sea road. The Sitges Rally cars make their first stop in Port d'Aiguadolç marina just before Sitges village and then drive through the streets of Sitges to end on display on la Plaza de la Fragata in Sitges in front of the church Sant Bartomeu i Santa Tecla, where the prizes are awarded for best costumes.
 
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