Gastronomy and wine tourism

From grazing cows, sheep and goats to the table in the form of cheese and dairy desserts. There are no secrets in the Lluçanès area; head there whenever it takes your fancy to discover the journey of milk from pasture fields, farms and processing plants to restaurants.

There are so many things to do in the five wine and cava designations of origin in the Barcelona region: learn to distinguish between a young wine and an aged wine, participate in the daily tasks of a winery, discover the different grape varieties, spend a night on a wine estate, etc. And if you like walking, you can also follow any of the many signposted itineraries that take you among vineyards. Can you think of a better way to spend a weekend?

Cava is a world-famous sparkling wine that no important meal or celebration can be without. It’s part of our everyday life, a fixture of the dining table. As children we wonder whether those bubbles we aren’t allowed to taste will tickle our mouths. But have you ever wondered how and why cava began to be produced in the Penedès area? The story takes us to Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, covering dramatic events of the 19^th-century history when phylloxera wiped out 90% of Europe’s vineyards...

Would you like to see how the delicious strawberries of the Maresme area are grown? Are you keen to find out how malvasia wine from Sitges is made? Do you fancy seeing a cold cuts production facility in action or having a beekeeper show you their hives? We’ve prepared a gastronomic route for you in the regions of Barcelona on which you’ll discover where everything you eat comes from.

The Bages region has been home to vineyards since the 16^th century. However, in recent years, the wines produced there have obtained the DO (Designation of Origin) Pla de Bages quality seal. The local grape variety of the region is picapoll, which produces a fruity white wine with a fresh bouquet and a wonderful texture and personality, as you will discover on the DO Pla de Bages Wine Route.

Hi ha viatges que es fan amb els peus i d’altres, amb el cor. I després hi ha els que es fan amb el paladar. Quan un tast et transporta al passat, quan un aroma et desperta un record que creies que havies oblidat, saps que has trobat aquell racó del món que parla el teu llenguatge. Les rutes gastronòmiques del Lluçanès, el Garraf, el Penedès i Montserrat són així: un viatge per les arrels i pels sabors autèntics que ens connecten amb la terra, amb la gent i amb les tradicions que perduren. En aquest camí, el pa, la tòfona, el mató o la coca no són només aliments, sinó històries explicades amb cada mos. Prepara't per viure una aventura deliciosa, on el temps s’atura i la gana creix. A punt per fer un viatge deliciós?