# Sunday in the Penedès: a cava cellar visit and a table among the vines 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. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/penedes/itineraries/penedes-cava-and-vineyard-lunch · Revisado: 2026-11-11 ## El día - 10:00 · Salida: 45 min by car (R4 train from Barcelona or AP-7, exit Sant Sadurní) - 11:00 · The Sant Sadurní Cava Centre and a Cava Cellar Visit (Cava Centre at 11:00 and a tour with tasting at a cava house · booking required) - 3 min by car, 2,2 km - 14:00 · Castelo de Pedregosa (Lunch at the winery's Umbra restaurant · booking required) · Castelo de Pedregosa, €€ - 16:30 · Vuelta (Home around 17:30) Sant Sadurní d'Anoia is the cava town: in and around the town there are dozens of cavas, the underground cellars where the wine undergoes its second fermentation in the bottle. This plan is to understand it and taste it unhurried. You start at the town's interpretation centre, go down to a cava to see the riddling racks and bottles in rima, taste, and finish with a long lunch looking at the vines. If you go by train, nobody has to give up a glass. ## The day, hour by hour 10:00 · Departure. The Rodalies R4 train reaches Sant Sadurní in about 50 minutes; by car it is as long again on the AP-7. The station is in the centre, a few minutes' walk from everything. 11:00 · Cava Centre. It is in the Fassina de Can Guineu, a former distillery on Carrer de l'Hospital. The visit is guided and audiovisual: where the bubbles come from, why the stopper is cork, how the town came out of the phylloxera plague, and a final tasting to tell types and ageing apart. On Sundays there are sessions at 11:00 and 12:30, capacity is limited and it is wise to book. It costs €6 per person and on the first Sunday of each month it is free, although that day it does not include the tasting. 12:15 · Cava visit with tasting. The town council offers combined visits from the Cava Centre to several of the town's wineries, among them Blancher, Canals i Munné, Freixenet, Jaume Giró i Giró, Joan Segura Pascual, Montesquius and Vilarnau. Choose one that opens on Sunday at that time and book in advance: almost all work by appointment. The visit usually lasts between an hour and an hour and a half: the vineyard or the production room, the descent into the cellar, the rima of bottles in half-light and the tasting. 14:00 · Lunch among the vines. Castelo de Pedregosa is on the outskirts of the town, at kilometre 10.5 of the BP-2151 road, a few minutes by car or taxi from the centre. It is a family winery built 26 metres underground, excavated in the stone, with the vines of the Ribalta estate around it. Its restaurant, Umbra, cooks seasonal, local produce: the fish arrives every day from the Vilanova fish market, the meat is organic and the bread comes from the town bakery. It has a menu and set menus, and you book online from the winery's website. 16:30 · Return. Taxi or car to the station or the motorway. Home around half past five. ## What to order In a winery with a table the logical thing is to drink what is made there: ask about the house sparkling wines, made with xarel·lo and macabeu from its own vines, and let them advise which glass goes with each dish. If you prefer something lighter than a full lunch, the terrace of La Carmeta, in the same winery, serves tapas and small plates. Order grape juice for the children and for the driver. Before leaving, call in at the winery shop and take home whatever you liked best in the tasting. ## How to organise the bookings Book three things, in this order: lunch, the cava visit and the Cava Centre session. On harvest and spring Sundays the wineries with tables fill up: book days ahead. If you only manage a visit at the end of the morning, skip the Cava Centre and come back another Sunday: the cava is what you cannot miss. ## With children and with a dog With children it works if you let them look: the Cava Centre is audiovisual and participatory, and under-16s go in with an adult. In the cavas you go down into cool galleries, so bring a jacket. Dogs are not allowed in the Cava Centre, except assistance dogs, nor in most cavas. ## Cómo llegar ### Without a car It is the recommended way. Rodalies R4 train to Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, about 50 minutes from Barcelona. The Cava Centre and several cavas are within walking distance of the station; for those on the outskirts and for Castelo de Pedregosa, ask for a taxi and agree the return time. ### By car About 50 minutes on the AP-7, exit Sant Sadurní. The driver does not drink: at tastings you can spit, and at the table, order grape juice or water. ## Consejos ### Book everything before Friday The Cava Centre has limited capacity and the cavas work by appointment. A Sunday without bookings ends on a bar terrace. ### First Sunday of the month, Cava Centre free Entry costs nothing, but that day it does not include the tasting. ### Bring a jacket even if it is hot The cavas are underground galleries and keep a cool temperature all year. ### Buy at the end, not the beginning That way you do not carry bottles during the visit and you try what you take home first. ## Un consejo más ### If it rains It is a plan almost entirely under cover: the Cava Centre and the cava are indoors. Only the walk among the vines changes, for a coffee in the centre. ## Cuándo no ir The weekend of the Escumostra, Sant Sadurní's sparkling-wine fair, if you are looking for a quiet Sunday. In 2027 it will be from 8 to 10 October. If you like fairs, that is your Sunday. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How long does it take from Barcelona? About 50 minutes on the Rodalies R4 train or on the AP-7 by car. ### How much does the Cava Centre cost? €6 per person, with discounts for pensioners, children, students and large families. The first Sunday of each month is free, without a tasting. ### What time are the visits on Sunday? At the Cava Centre, at 11:00 and 12:30. At the cavas, it depends on each winery: ask when booking. ### Do I need to book? Yes, all three things: lunch, the cava and the Cava Centre. ### Can children go to a cava? Yes, accompanied by an adult. Ask when booking whether they have grape juice or juice for them at the tasting. ### Is there a market in Sant Sadurní? Yes, on Thursdays and Saturdays. Not on Sunday.