Barcelona Excursions

Phylloxera Festival in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia: Surviving the 19th Century Wine Plague

Phylloxera Festival in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia

The Festa de la Fil·loxera, or Phylloxera Festival, is an annual celebration held in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia (Catalonia). This distinctive event commemorates a critical juncture in the region’s viticultural history: the phylloxera plague that devastated European vineyards in the late 19th century. Initiated in 1982, the festival serves as both …

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Barcelona Wine Tours: Taste the Cava Wines of Penedès

Penedès Vineyard

Tucked away between the coastal hills to the south-west of Barcelona is the Penedès wine making region which is one of Europe’s oldest wine-producing regions. The Catalan Wine Cultures Museum in Vilafranca del Penedès exhibits evidence of vines being cultivated in the region as far back as the 6th century …

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How to Get from Barcelona to the Dalí Museum in Figueres

Day Trips from Barcelona to the Dalí Museum in Figueres

Spanish surrealist painter, Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali y Domenech made a dramatic impact on the world with his often bizarre, always striking and beautiful artistic images. Art enthusiasts visiting Spain can easily travel from Barcelona to the Dalí Museum by public transport or on organised tours Perhaps best known …

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From Barcelona to Montserrat: Discover the Best 3 Ways to Get There

Close up View of Montserrat

The sacred Catalan monastery of Montserrat is located on top of a range of craggy mountains some 60km north-west of Barcelona. It is one of Spain’s most important pilgrimage sites where more than two million annual visitors come to visit ‘La Moreneta’. This is a small statue of the Virgin …

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