Valls and the calçotada is a food day trips in Salou.
Editorially verified October 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The 2026 festa sold a €15 tasting lot of 12 IGP calçots with sauce, bread and wine; the online lots sold out, so buy early.
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Tarragona's Mercat Central, a short trip from Salou, is a modernist market hall from 1915, restored in 2017 and open Monday to Saturday from 08:30.
TipThe market keeps long hours, 08:30 to 21:00 Monday to Saturday, and closes on public holidays, so it also works as an evening stop.
The Priorat, inland from Salou, is Catalonia's only DOQ wine area on steep slate terraces, while the modernist cooperative at Falset pours DO Montsant.
TipThe Falset Marçà cooperative runs booked 90-minute guided visits of its modernist cellar for €14; the Cornudella cooperative opens its own on Saturdays.
Cambrils, the next town west of Salou, calls itself the gastronomic capital of the Costa Daurada, with a fishing port, two Michelin stars and 150 restaurants.
TipLunch at Can Bosch or Rincón de Diego needs booking; the fish auction at the llotja runs twice a day, blue fish in the morning and white fish in the afternoon.
Reus, inland from Salou, had more than 30 cellars and 50 vermouth brands in the late 19th century, and its Museu del Vermut serves lunch among the bottles.
TipThe Museu del Vermut is a restaurant and bar as well as a collection of bottles, so make it your vermouth hour before lunch in the centre of Reus.