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Download the mobile application Inventrip to tailor your visit and prepare your trip before you leave home with the website: www.inventrip.com/vilafranca.

How much time

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do you have? A WHOLE DAY

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THREE DAYS u Have a go at one of the Enorunning circuits and beat your own record running through the vines. u Book a food-wine pairing session at one of the wineries with a catering service. u Feel like a quiet afternoon? Visit the cloister of the Sant Francesc Church or enjoy a wine therapy treatment. u Have dinner at a restaurant in Vilafranca, with a menu of fish caught u Drive along the wine route and stop off at one of the 12 wineries to take a tour and go wine tasting. u Travel to Sitges and take a dip before eating in one of the town’s restaurants. u Back in Vilafranca, watch a training session of one of the three colles de castellers (human tower groups) www.turismevilafranca.com/en/the-world-of- human-towers u Check the programme to enjoy the cultural proposals that the city has to offer. u Sleep in Vilafranca. u Follow one of the 3 routes offered by the Penedès 360º programme, on foot or by bicycle. u Visit one of the city’s wine shops to choose the wines that you’ll be taking home with you. on the coast nearby. u Sleep in Vilafranca.

u Enjoy a dramatised tour of Modernist Vilafranca. u Follow Vilafranca’s nature trail to the Font del Cuscó. u Try some lunch in Vilafranca with regional wine. u Visit the Vinseum and its tavern. u Relax while you watch the sunset in the bell tower of the Basilica of Santa Maria. TWO DAYS u Visit the Neogothic and Modernist monuments in the patrimonial cemetery. u Have an aperitif on a terrace, with vermouth made in the Penedès. u Eat in a restaurant which offers the traditional xató . u Check the schedule: the Most Festival’s programme runs throughout the year. u Enjoy a breakfast-lunch-picnic between the vines. u Sleep at a winery, in the heart of nature. u Go for a ride in a 4x4 around the Penedès landscape. u Make a reservation at a restaurant with the “Vilafranca ve de gust!” seal, which promotes local ingredients and wines. u Go on a trip to the Mountain of Sant Pau, the highest point which boasts the best views of the city.

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u Buy Penedès cheese and cold meats and have lunch in the countryside surrounded by vines. Don’t forget catànies and fruit for dessert. u Before leaving the area, stop off at one of the vantage points on Vía Miravinya (search with the App) to take magnificent photos. To discover the city in more detail u Visit Calle Comerç, which grew alongside the railway, with historic wine-making buildings. u If your visit coincides with the first few days of July, enjoy the activities of the Vijazz Festival. u Does your interest in wine go beyond simply drinking a glass? You’ll find workshops for harvesting, pruning, disgorging cava and so much more at www. turismevilafranca.com/en.

Vilafranca del Penedès

Distance from Vilafranca del Penedès to Barcelona 60 km

Girona 136 km Lleida 119 km Tarragona 55 km Sant Sadurní d’Anoia 22 km Sitges 22 km How to get there By public transport: R4 Renfe Suburban line www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/cercanias Hispano Igualadina Bus www.igualadina.com/index.

php?idioma=eng Empresa Plana www.empresaplana.cat By road: https://google.com/maps Parking: Car park in the centre, with over 900 spaces.

1. The Penedès rooster, PGI product, raised on grape seeds. 2. Penedès vineyards.

3. “Castellers” (human tower participants) in Vilafranca.

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