# Cerca de Barcelona

From Barcelona you head out between the sea and the mountains. To the south, the Garraf coast and the Penedès vineyards; to the west, Montserrat; to the north, the Montseny, Vic and the Pyrenees of the Cerdanya, and to the north-east, the Empordà and the volcanic Garrotxa.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/barcelona/getaways

## Planes de un día
- [A ring made by you, grill and Park Güell](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/barcelona/itineraries/bronze-ring-and-park-guell.md) (0 min en coche): Two and a half hours carving a ring in wax at a jeweller's workshop in Gràcia, grill lunch at El Glop and the monumental zone of Park Güell with a booked time.
- [Cookie workshop and tablao with children](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/barcelona/itineraries/chocolate-cookies-and-flamenco.md) (0 min en coche): Tapas in the Born, an hour and a half of cookies and chocolate at the museum, a stroll through the Gòtic and the early dinner at the Tablao Cordobés with flamenco at 19:15.
- [Escape room, six beers and vermouth](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/barcelona/itineraries/escape-room-beer-and-vermouth.md) (0 min en coche): An escape room with a beer at the end, the Fàbrica Moritz microbrewery with six beers and Morro Fi's vermouth, in Sant Antoni.
- [Photos at the Nativity façade and blue hour on Montjuïc](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/barcelona/itineraries/nativity-facade-palau-and-magic-fountain.md) (0 min en coche): A photographer session in front of the Sagrada Família first thing, the basilica and the Palau from the inside, lunch in the Born, a chocolate workshop and a night photography tour at blue hour.
- [Palau de la Música, tapas and chocolate](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/barcelona/itineraries/palau-tapas-and-chocolate.md) (0 min en coche): The guided visit to the Palau de la Música in the morning, tapas at Bar del Pla at midday and the chocolate bar workshop at the Museu de la Xocolata in the afternoon.
- [Sunset sail and rice at Can Solé](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/barcelona/itineraries/sunset-sail-and-rice-dinner-barcelona.md) (0 min en coche): A shared sailing boat trip at sunset, a walk back along the seafront and a rice dinner at Can Solé in Barceloneta.
- [Garraf: coves and rice by the sea](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/garraf-coves/itineraries/garraf-coves-and-rice.md) (33 min en coche): A tiny village at the foot of the cliffs, the beach of the huts, a path above the sea and a rice dish to finish. Half an hour from Barcelona by train.
- [Caldes de Montbui: Roman baths and a thermal soak](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/caldes-de-montbui/itineraries/roman-baths-and-el-safareig-soak.md) (35 min en coche): The fountain that spouts water at 74 °C, the Roman baths with a guided visit, Catalan food at Robert de Nola and an hour of thermal bathing for €8. Half an hour from Barcelona.
- [Photos on an empty Punta, museums and xató](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/sitges/itineraries/carrer-den-bosch-sant-sebastia-sitges.md) (38 min en coche): By train from Barcelona: a photo session through the old town and along the shore while nobody is around, the Americano mansions, Cau Ferrat, a guided visit to the Palau de Maricel and xató opposite the Punta.
- [Sitges: seafront promenade and rice](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/sitges/itineraries/sitges-promenade-and-rice.md) (38 min en coche): The seafront promenade from end to end, the old town of the Punta and the Cau Ferrat, and a rice dish facing the sea. By train from Barcelona, without thinking about parking.
- [Codorníu: cellars by train and lunch in the tower](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/penedes/itineraries/codorniu-cava-cellars-by-train-sant-sadurni.md) (42 min en coche): Puig i Cadafalch's Modernista cellars toured by underground train, the village cava centre and lunch in the estate's tower. 45 minutes from Barcelona, by train too.
- [Penedès: cava and a table among the vines](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/penedes/itineraries/penedes-cava-and-vineyard-lunch.md) (42 min en coche): A morning in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia to understand cava, a winery visit with a tasting and a long lunch with the vines in front of you. Best by train: that way nobody drives.
- [Penedès: a walk through the vines and an aperitif at the winery](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/penedes/itineraries/penedes-wine-walk-and-aperitif-from-barcelona.md) (42 min en coche): The Camí del Vi in Vilafranca, flat between the vines, then wine and tapas at aperitif time on the terrace of a family-run winery in Sant Sadurní. Home by mid-afternoon.
- [Montserrat: horse, table and rack railway](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/montserrat/itineraries/horse-riding-lunch-and-rack-railway.md) (49 min en coche): A horse ride in western style at the foot of Montserrat, Catalan lunch in Marganell and an afternoon at the sanctuary, going up on the rack railway from Monistrol Vila.
- [Montserrat: cable car and Sant Jeroni](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/montserrat/itineraries/montserrat-cable-car-and-sant-jeroni-from-manresa.md) (59 min en coche): The 1930 cable car up to the monastery, the Sant Joan funicular and a two-and-a-half-hour circuit to the roof of Montserrat, with a buffet and the basilica afterwards. Half an hour from Manresa.
- [Montserrat: flat path and mató](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/montserrat/itineraries/montserrat-flat-path-and-mato.md) (59 min en coche): Go up by rack railway, walk early to the Sant Miquel viewpoint, hear the Escolania and buy mató with honey at the farmers' market.
- [Montseny: beech forest, summit and chestnuts](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/montseny/itineraries/autumn-les-agudes-and-chestnuts-in-viladrau.md) (1 h 7 en coche): The classic climb to the roof of the Montseny, from the golden Santa Fe beech forest to the ridge of les Agudes and the Turó de l'Home, and a chestnut lunch in Viladrau. An hour from Girona.
- [Montseny: guided mushrooms and the inn](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/montseny/itineraries/guided-mushroom-sunday-in-the-montseny-and-inn-lunch.md) (1 h 7 en coche): Four hours in the forest learning to recognise mushrooms with the park's guides and a grilled lunch at the inn in Montseny village. Only certain autumn Sundays.
- [Montseny: easy beech forest and grill](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/montseny/itineraries/montseny-beech-forest-and-grill.md) (1 h 7 en coche): A flat walk round the Santa Fe reservoir, among beeches that turn copper in autumn, and a grill lunch in the mountains. By car, or by train and Bus Parc.
- [Montseny: Gothic castle and chestnuts](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/montseny/itineraries/montsoriu-castle-and-chestnut-lunch-from-girona.md) (1 h 7 en coche): A climb through the forest to the Gothic castle of the Viscounts of Cabrera, a free guided visit and a lunch with Viladrau chestnuts all over the menu. An hour from Girona.
- [Vic: square, cured meats and inn](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/vic/itineraries/vic-square-and-inn.md) (1 h 7 en coche): A morning on foot through Vic's Plaça Major and old town, the medieval museum, lunch of Osona cooking and the cathedral painted by Sert before heading back.
- [Berga: viewpoints and a mountain table](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/berga/itineraries/berga-easy-walk-and-lunch.md) (1 h 18 en coche): A morning of effortless viewpoints beside the Queralt sanctuary, a long lunch of Berguedà cooking and coffee in the old town. You are home before dinner.
- [Berguedà by motorbike: Coll de la Creueta and a mountain table](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/berga/itineraries/bergueda-motorbike-route.md) (1 h 18 en coche): A hundred kilometres of bends between Berga and a pass at almost 1,900 metres, with stops at La Pobla de Lillet and Castellar de n'Hug, and an inn lunch on the way back.
- [Ripoll: two monasteries and a greenway](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/ripoll/itineraries/ripoll-monasteries-and-greenway-from-manresa.md) (1 h 34 en coche): The 1251 Descent from the Cross in Sant Joan de les Abadesses, the portal and cloister at Ripoll, lunch with Ripollès produce and a flat stroll along the old mining railway. An hour from Manresa.
- [La Molina: a day on the slopes and a grill at Pista Llarga](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/cerdanya/itineraries/skiing-la-molina-and-pista-llarga.md) (1 h 40 en coche): A day on the slopes at La Molina, from the greens of Pista Llarga to the reds of the Tosa d'Alp, with lunch at the foot of the slope at El Tirol. An hour and a half from Barcelona through the Cadí tunnel, or on the R3 train.
- [Cerdanya: the Tosa by gondola and the Puigcerdà lake](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/cerdanya/itineraries/snow-without-skis-and-gondola.md) (1 h 40 en coche): For those who do not ski: the La Molina gondola goes up to the summit of the Tosa d'Alp, at 2,537 metres, you eat at the refuge at the top and the afternoon is for the Puigcerdà lake. An hour and a half from Barcelona.
- [Besalú: bridge, Jewish quarter and basalt](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/besalu/itineraries/besalu-bridge-jewish-quarter-and-castellfollit.md) (1 h 41 en coche): The fortified bridge, the Jewish quarter and Sant Pere in the morning, lunch facing the Fluvià and, in the afternoon, the village hanging from the basalt. 40 minutes from Girona.
- [Mining train and Cement Train](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/berga/itineraries/cement-gaudi-gardens-and-mine.md) (1 h 41 en coche): In the morning, the mining train that goes 450 m into the Sant Romà mine; at midday, home cooking in La Pobla de Lillet; in the afternoon, the Cement Train to Gaudí's garden and the museum.
- [Fageda d'en Jordà: beech forest and farm](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/besalu/itineraries/fageda-den-jorda-in-autumn.md) (1 h 41 en coche): A morning in medieval Besalú, a Catalan buffet lunch and, in the afternoon, a guided walk through the beech forest on lava with a farm visit and tasting. 40 minutes from Girona.
- [Pals: rice fields, Gothic quarter and beach](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/pals/itineraries/pals-rice-fields-gothic-quarter-and-beach.md) (1 h 42 en coche): A little train through the rice fields to the mill, the Gothic quarter and its viewpoint over the Montgrí, lunch in a 16th-century farmhouse and a walk along the beach. 50 minutes from Girona.
- [Empalomar, Cercs mine and Queralt](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/berga/itineraries/empalomar-via-ferrata-pedraforca-bergueda.md) (1 h 46 en coche): The Roques de l'Empalomar ferrata with a Pedratour guide, the train that goes 450 metres into the Sant Romà mine, Berguedà food at La Cabana and the afternoon at the Queralt viewpoints.
- [Peralada: Dalí, winery and mill](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/peralada/itineraries/peralada-dali-museum-and-winery-from-girona.md) (1 h 47 en coche): The Teatre-Museu Dalí first thing, the Perelada winery with a three-wine tasting and a long lunch in an 18th-century mill between Figueres and Peralada. 45 minutes from Girona.
- [Núria: rack railway and snowshoes](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/ripoll/itineraries/rack-railway-and-snowshoes-nuria-sanctuary.md) (1 h 47 en coche): You ride up to Núria on the Cremallera rack railway from Ribes de Freser, snowshoe for two hours with an Oxineu guide and eat Catalan food at El Racó de la Vall, with the cable car included in your ticket.
- [Peratallada and the Iberian city of Ullastret](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/peratallada/itineraries/peratallada-and-ullastret-iberian-city-from-girona.md) (1 h 50 en coche): The largest Iberian city in Catalonia on top of a hill, the old town of Peratallada inside its rock moat and lunch in a courtyard among walnut trees. 50 minutes from Girona.
- [Rupit: waterfall and inn](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/rupit/itineraries/rupit-sallent-waterfall-and-suspension-bridge.md) (1 h 52 en coche): An easy walk along the stream to a 115-metre waterfall, the stone village with its suspension bridge, the bell tower and lunch at a 1930 inn. An hour and twenty from Manresa.
- [Prades: red town and Roca Foradada](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/prades/itineraries/prades-red-village-and-roca-foradada-from-tarragona.md) (1 h 57 en coche): A hermitage tucked into a cave, an old town of red stone with its globe-shaped fountain, an inn lunch and a short walk to a natural arch. An hour from Tarragona and from Lleida.
- [Devinssi, Buil & Giné and Cal Llop](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/priorat/itineraries/two-wineries-and-a-night-in-gratallops.md) (2 h en coche): You head out to the vineyard with Devinssi, taste five wines and walk the Buil & Giné estate, have lunch at its restaurant, finish at a Priorat-only wine bar and sleep in Gratallops. Not on Wednesdays.
- [Priorat: autumn vineyards by 4x4](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/siurana/itineraries/vineyards-by-4x4-and-autumn-tasting.md) (2 h 3 en coche): A guided off-road route among vines that turn yellow and red in autumn, with a cheese and wine tasting at a Garnacha estate, and Siurana at midday. An hour from Tarragona.
- [Àger collegiate church and a night at the Parc Astronòmic](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/montsec-and-ager/itineraries/collegiate-church-telescopes-and-masia-dinner.md) (2 h 26 en coche): You leave Lleida after lunch, climb to the Àger collegiate church in the last light, spend two hours under the dome and among the telescopes of the Astronomical Park and dine at a Starlight masia.
- [Ordino in summer: three lakes in the morning, a mine in the afternoon](https://www.geocalia.com/en/andorra/ordino/itineraries/tristaina-lakes-and-iron-mine.md) (3 h en coche): The three-hour loop round the three Tristaina lakes, above Ordino Arcalís, a lunch of chargrilled meat and local veal in El Serrat and, in the afternoon, the Llorts iron mine and the Ruta del Ferro, among sculptures.
- [Lower Aran: rafting in the morning, caviar in the afternoon](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/aran-valley/itineraries/rafting-caviar-and-signature-cooking.md) (4 h 15 en coche): In the morning, ten kilometres of rafting on the Garonne to the border; at midday, the Er Occitan menu in Bossòst; in the afternoon, the Caviar Nacarii sturgeon farm, in Les, with a tasting.
- [Beret without skis: dog and horse sledges](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/aran-valley/itineraries/huskies-grill-and-romanesque.md) (4 h 25 en coche): A husky sledge through the Dossau forest and a horse-drawn sleigh at the Pla de Beret, a grill lunch at La Borda Lobató, in Baqueira 1500, and in the afternoon the church of Sant Andrèu de Salardú, with its 12th-century Christ.

## The sea closes off the east side

Departures fan out, because the sea closes off the east side. To the south, the C-32 follows the coast to [Garraf](/en/spain/catalonia/garraf-coves) and [Sitges](/en/spain/catalonia/sitges), and the AP-7 leads to the [Penedès](/en/spain/catalonia/penedes), with its own exit at Sant Sadurní. To the west, the A-2 and the C-55 climb to [Montserrat](/en/spain/catalonia/montserrat) in an hour. To the north there are two axes: the C-17 to [Vic](/en/spain/catalonia/vic) and the [Ripollès](/en/spain/catalonia/ripoll), and the C-16, with the Cadí tunnel, to [Berga](/en/spain/catalonia/berga) and the [Cerdanya](/en/spain/catalonia/cerdanya). The AP-7 towards Girona gives access to the [Montseny](/en/spain/catalonia/montseny) via Sant Celoni and, further up, to the Empordà and the Garrotxa. The C-59 takes you to [Caldes de Montbui](/en/spain/catalonia/caldes-de-montbui).

Barcelona is one of the Spanish cities where it is easiest to travel without a car. The Rodalies R2 Sud, from Sants or Passeig de Gràcia, stops at Garraf and Sitges; the R4, at Sant Sadurní; the R3, at Vic, Ripoll and La Molina station. From Plaça d'Espanya, the Ferrocarrils R5 connects with the Aeri and the Montserrat rack railway. The Montseny is reached by train to Sant Celoni and Bus Parc to Santa Fe, and Caldes by the Sagalés e9 bus.

## Garraf, Caldes, Sitges and Sant Sadurní have a direct train or bus

**Under an hour away** fit the half-day plans: Garraf at 33 minutes, the Caldes hot springs at 35, Sitges at 38 and the Sant Sadurní cava cellars at 42. All have a direct train or bus, so nobody has to drive after lunch.

**Between one hour and an hour and a half** is the nearby mountain: Montserrat at 59 minutes, the Montseny and Vic at 67 and Berga at 78. This is the band for walking-and-inn-lunch Sundays.

Further on, **between an hour and a half and two hours**, the day gets longer, and many destinations already call for a night: the [Ripollès with the Núria rack railway](/en/spain/catalonia/ripoll/itineraries/ripolles-romanesque-monasteries-and-nuria), 94 minutes; Besalú and [the Garrotxa by balloon](/en/spain/catalonia/besalu/itineraries/besalu-garrotxa-one-night-balloon), 101; Pals, Peralada and [the medieval Empordà from Peratallada](/en/spain/catalonia/peratallada/itineraries/medieval-weekend-peratallada-emporda), between 102 and 110; [Rupit and the cliffs of the Collsacabra](/en/spain/catalonia/rupit/itineraries/rupit-collsacabra-cliffs-one-night), 112, and [Prades and its stars](/en/spain/catalonia/prades/itineraries/prades-night-of-stars-from-tarragona), 117.

Beyond **two hours**, it is a weekend trip: [Siurana and the Priorat](/en/spain/catalonia/siurana/itineraries/siurana-priorat-weekend-vineyards-reservoir), two hours; [the Matarraña](/en/spain/aragon/valderrobres-and-matarrana/itineraries/matarranya-valderrobres-beceite-weekend), two and a half hours; [Grandvalira](/en/andorra/grandvalira/itineraries/grandvalira-ski-weekend-from-lleida), three; [Alquézar and its canyons](/en/spain/aragon/alquezar/itineraries/alquezar-canyoning-walkways-somontano-wine), three and a quarter, and [Carcassonne](/en/france/occitanie/carcassonne/itineraries/weekend-cite-from-girona), a little over three hours twenty on the French motorway.

## The nearest snow, in the Cerdanya

In winter, the nearest snow is in the Cerdanya, an hour and a half away: a [ski Sunday at La Molina](/en/spain/catalonia/cerdanya/itineraries/skiing-la-molina-and-pista-llarga), also by train with the Skitren package, or [the cable car up to La Tosa for non-skiers](/en/spain/catalonia/cerdanya/itineraries/snow-without-skis-and-gondola). With two nights, the [weekend in Puigcerdà](/en/spain/catalonia/cerdanya/itineraries/cerdanya-ski-weekend-from-barcelona) adds Masella and its night piste. Further off are the [Pallars](/en/spain/catalonia/pallars-sobira/itineraries/snow-weekend-pallars-from-manresa), the [Vall de Boí](/en/spain/catalonia/boi-valley/itineraries/ski-romanesque-spa-weekend-vall-de-boi) and [Baqueira](/en/spain/catalonia/aran-valley/itineraries/baqueira-ski-weekend-from-lleida), from almost four hours. For cold days, [a thermal night in Caldes](/en/spain/catalonia/caldes-de-montbui/itineraries/thermal-night-caldes-de-montbui).

In spring the long routes return: [Sant Jeroni, the roof of Montserrat](/en/spain/catalonia/montserrat/itineraries/montserrat-cable-car-and-sant-jeroni-from-manresa), and [Pals, among rice fields and a Gothic old town](/en/spain/catalonia/pals/itineraries/pals-rice-fields-gothic-quarter-and-beach), with a stroll on the beach at the end. In good weather, the [motorbike route to the Coll de la Creueta](/en/spain/catalonia/berga/itineraries/bergueda-motorbike-route) is open from April to October.

In summer, the nearby coast fills up and Garraf and Sitges are less recommended in July and August. Better to go up to the Ripollès and Núria, at almost 2,000 metres, or spend the day in [Vic, between the square and Sert's cathedral](/en/spain/catalonia/vic/itineraries/vic-square-and-inn).

Autumn is the Montseny season: the [Santa Fe beech wood with a chargrill lunch](/en/spain/catalonia/montseny/itineraries/montseny-beech-forest-and-grill), the [climb to Les Agudes](/en/spain/catalonia/montseny/itineraries/autumn-les-agudes-and-chestnuts-in-viladrau) and some Sundays of [mushroom outings with the park guides](/en/spain/catalonia/montseny/itineraries/guided-mushroom-sunday-in-the-montseny-and-inn-lunch). In October and November the [Fageda d'en Jordà](/en/spain/catalonia/besalu/itineraries/fageda-den-jorda-in-autumn) and the [Priorat vineyards](/en/spain/catalonia/siurana/itineraries/vineyards-by-4x4-and-autumn-tasting) also turn yellow.

## The Codorníu cellars on the R4

- **Without a car, in a day:** [Sant Sadurní and the Codorníu cellars](/en/spain/catalonia/penedes/itineraries/codorniu-cava-cellars-by-train-sant-sadurni). The R4 to the village, the Puig i Cadafalch Modernista cellars toured by underground train and lunch in the estate's tower.
- **With one night:** [the Montseny in autumn](/en/spain/catalonia/montseny/itineraries/montseny-autumn-mushrooms-beech-forest). A little over an hour away, to see the golden beech wood, climb to Montsoriu castle and go out for mushrooms on Sunday.
- **With two nights:** [the medieval Empordà](/en/spain/catalonia/peratallada/itineraries/medieval-weekend-peratallada-emporda). Under two hours along the AP-7, two nights inside Peratallada, a balloon flight at dawn and the Iberian city of Ullastret.