From €792

Taste Anoia

Code: 037

THE TRIP

An experience to remember

You will live 7 days and 6 nights touring mainly the south of Anoia, a region where the paper and wine industry have been for centuries the great economic engines.

You will visit a family farm with more than 800 years of history and its cava room, and Joan and Jaume will welcome you in their ecological exploitation to show you their sheep and the rural tools museum of their ancestors. At the Molí Paperer Museum in Capellades you will do a handmade paper workshop, which will end with a tasting of organic wines and a picnic of Km0 products among the vineyards.

Dani will take you to La Llacuna to discover its cheeses, sausages and wines; Josep Maria will show you his apiary and the elaboration of honey, and Joan will guide you in a tasting to understand how cava evolves over the years. You will also discover Vallbona d’Anoia, with its blue glass craftsmen and their musts, and Mireia and Roger will open the first craft brewery in Anoia.

You enjoy admirable gastronomy, delve into the traditions and taste Anoia!

STEP BY STEP

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Igualada

Arrival and check-in at the accommodation. Available from 16h.

DAY 2: Òdena

In the morning, a visit that combines the process of producing cava through all its stages, visiting the barrel room and the winery, with the history of the family and the farm. Lunch at Cal Samuntà restaurant. In the afternoon, guided tour to a family farm of sheep, lambs and the museum of agricultural machinery.

Day 3: The Tower of Claramunt

The paper industry and the vineyard were two of the economic engines of the region for centuries. You will visit the Molí Paperer Museum in Capellades, one of the most important in the world in the production of handmade paper and one of the few still in operation. It includes organic wine tasting activity and picnic of Km0 products in a family winery.

DAY 4: La Llacuna and Santa Margarida de Montbui

In the morning, guided visit to the Castle of Vilademàger. Then, guided tour through the streets of Raval and the centre of La Llacuna. It includes tasting of local products from La Llacuna. In the afternoon, visit a bee apiary with a local beekeeper. Observation of bees in the wild and tasting of the different honeys produced there.

DAY 5: Sant Jaume de Sesoliveres and Vallbona d’Anoia

In the morning, guided tour with a winemaker from the family winery, travellers will discover, through a tasting, how cava evolves over the years. They will understand the value of cavas and experience which ones are alive and how they die. In the afternoon, guided tour of the centre of Vallbona d’Anoia and visit with a tasting of three locally produced musts.

DAY 6: Vilanova del Camí

Visit to the first craft brewery in Anoia with tasting of various varieties. Visit the facility and explain the brewing process, answer questions from travellers and test local seasonal products.