PENEDES. DAY TRIP FROM BARCELONA

HIGHLIGHTS: Two or three winery visits with wine tasting, traditional lunch with wine, transport to and from Barcelona. (From 9.30 am to 6.30 pm, approximate duration 9 h)

Price: Depends on the size of the group.

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This tour is the perfect complement for you Barcelona vacation. The Penedes region is only forty five minutes away from Barcelona but there is a dramatic contrast between them, from the big city to the rural area. The landscape is spectacular, sea and mountains, with small towns on top of the rolling hills, farms, beautiful vineyards at this time of the year, and the great amount of bodegas - wineries. On top of that, people are very kind and hospitable and food is fabulous. You can find the modern and innovative gastronomy that is giving Cataluña world recognition, side by side with traditional dishes. And of course we have the wineries, some of them real architectural jewels, where sparkling wine called cava here and still wines, both white and red, are produced. Although the Penedes region is well known in Spain because of the cava production, very good wine is produced here as well and a lot of wineries successfully elaborate both still and sparkling wine. One shouldn’t forget that this is the home of Torres winery one or the largest Spanish wine producers. We could visit Torres, as well as some of the other big ones, like Codorniu or Freixenet. We will also visit some small family wineries like Pares Balta or Can Feixes, both producers of wine and cava, or modern ones like Jean Leon.

We will leave Barcelona in the morning around 9.30 am towards Penedés admiring the scenery of this beautiful rural region along the way. In the morning we will visit two wineries with wine tasting included. We will always try to combine two different style wineries, modern with traditional or small family-owned with larger producers. We will probably visit at least one with old cellars and one surrounded by vineyards. We will be given a comprehensive tour of one of the wineries, visiting the facilities and being guided through the process and secrets of wine making, from the grape to the bottle. This will be both an educational and fun experience.

After the visits we will enjoy a well deserved lunch in one of the best restaurants of Penedés accompanied by Penedés wine. Lunch will be a three course meal with wine and coffee.

Aftre lunch we could visit a third winery or go back to Barcelona. We could also arrange it so we can stop to visit astonishing Montserrat Abby located at the top of a rocky mountain.

The wineries we visit will depend on the day of the tour and will be confirmed when reservations are made. Not all of them are available everyday. You can suggest any other winery you may want to visit and we will try to accommodate your suggestions.