November 11 is the
European Day of Wine Tourism and that makes
Penedès offer even more events for the weekend
November 9-11 than we usually see during the most intensive weeks of the summer. Focused around
Alt Penedès there will
open house visits at numerous
wineries and
cava producers, the
International Cava and Wine Film Festival Most in
Vilafranca del Penedès,
guided tours related to grapes, vineyards and wine in
Vilafranca, Sant Sadurní d’Anoia and
Gelida plus a
wine harvest festival in
La Ràpita (Santa Margarida i els Monjos).
However, at the same time
Vilanova i la Geltrú (Garraf) celebrates its biggest autumn event:
Fira de Novembre – an annual
trade fair which comes with a Saturday
Shoppping Night plus, as always, several
cultural activities. This year the program is especially rich for tourists interested in
Catalan culture: on top of a
xató salad festival (
xatonada popular – the best
xató comes from Vilanova!) and
sardana dancing, the town will host the last major
human tower (castells) exhibition of the season 2012. The local team
Bordegassos de Vilanova celebrate their 40th anniversary and have invited all teams older than themselves to take part. This means that the Catalan top teams
Castellers de Vilafranca and
Colla Vella dels Xiquets de Valls will both be present, but also
Nens del Vendrell and
Minyons de l’Arboç.
Human towers can also be seen in
Sant Martí de Tous, which as far as I can see will be the last exhibition in Anoia this year. Those who prefer more modern cultural expressions will have a
contemporary dance performance in
Igualada (Anoia) and a
jazz concert in
Vilafranca del Penedès.
Tourist interested in
sports, finally, might want to check out the organized
bicycle tour Barcelona-Sitges (Garraf), the
mountain duathlon in
El Vendrell (Baix Penedès) or a
taekwondo competition in
Sitges.
Full
Penedès event calendars in English can be found
here. As you will see, Penedès is cava and wine but also a lot more!
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