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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Girona (El Celler de Can Roca) ★ 4.8
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 family house.
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.