Priorat, Wines & History - Small group and hotel pick up from Barcelona

Overview

We start the day in Gratallops, we will see the most spectacular vineyard fields in Catalonia. It is the region of origin of Priorat wine. The visit to one of the local wine cellars is essential. We will go to La Figuera, the best viewpoint of the Priorat, and from which to see the Pyrenees, the Sierra dels Ports, the Segre River, the Maestrazgo de Castellón and the lands of Aragon. We will visit Cabacés, an ideal place for oelotourism. There are 8 olive oil mills that can be visited. We deviate a little to enter Poboleda, where we will visit the Priorat Cathedral or Church of San Pedro. On the route we will find the Cartuja de Escaladei, the first Carthusian monastery that was installed in the Iberian Peninsula, and where we can visit its archaeological remains. Finally we will visit Siurana, to know this spectacular location on a rocky hill, two must-see: the remains of an Arab fortification built in the ninth century and the Church of Santa Maria.