Priorat ★ 4.5
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.
Penedes wine region is a food day trips in Barcelona.
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.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
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.
Cadaques on the Costa Brava is the white-washed fishing village where Salvador Dali lived: the seaside restaurants serve Catalan suquet, sea-urchins.
Girona is a 40-minute AVE ride north of Barcelona: the Roca brothers' three-star El Celler de Can Roca runs the country fine-dining benchmark in a converted.
Valls in Tarragona province is the Catalan calçot capital: the Festa del Calçot runs late January, and the Masies country-bistros serve calcotada lunches.
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.