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Valls (calçotada) ★ 4.7

Valls in Tarragona province is the Catalan calçot capital: the Festa del Calçot runs late January, and the Masies country-bistros serve calcotada lunches January to March.

Sitges (xato) ★ 4.5

Sitges is a 40-minute train ride south of Barcelona on the Garraf coast: the xato salad with romesco-style sauce is the canonical winter Sitges lunch from January to March.

Penedes wine region ★ 4.5

The Penedes wine region 50 minutes by train from Barcelona is the Catalan cava heartland: Codorniu, Freixenet and Recaredo all run cellar tours and tastings.

Priorat ★ 4.6

Priorat in Tarragona's interior is the second of Spain's two DOQ wine appellations: schist-soil garnacha and carinyena reds, with cellar tastings at Mas Doix and Clos Mogador.

Cadaques (Costa Brava) ★ 4.5

Cadaques on the Costa Brava is the white-washed fishing village where Salvador Dali lived: the seaside restaurants serve Catalan suquet, sea-urchins and the gambes of Roses.

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