Codorníu Cellars Visit by Train

Codorníu is the oldest cava winery in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia and boasts of being the oldest family business in Spain: its history begins in the 16th century and in 2026 it celebrates 475 years. The visit helps you understand what cava is and, above all, to see two things you will not find at other wineries: the modernista buildings by Josep Puig i Cadafalch and the underground galleries, which you tour on a small train.

A monument above a labyrinth

In 1872 Josep Raventós Fatjó made Spain's first cava here by the traditional method, with three Penedès grapes: macabeo, xarel·lo and parellada. Two decades later, in 1895, Manuel Raventós commissioned Puig i Cadafalch, a contemporary of Gaudí, to extend the winery. Those brick halls and arches have been a Historic-Artistic Monument since 1976. Beneath them, at a constant temperature, lies the maze of cellars where the bottles undergo their second fermentation and ageing.

The 75 minutes of the Heritage Tour

It is the basic visit and the one that goes well with children:

1. The history of the family and the winery.
2. The train ride through the underground cellars.
3. A walk through the gardens and the museum.
4. The tasting of two of the house's cavas.

It costs €25 per adult. Over-65s, students, large or single-parent families and people with disabilities pay €20; children aged 8 to 17 pay €18.75, and under-8s nothing. For your own group there is a private version at €28 per person.

Longer ones, or with a meal

• The Iconic Tour, 105 minutes and €30: the same route with a tasting of three cavas and three chocolates.
• Ars Collecta Tour, 105 minutes and €54: includes the Celler Jaume and the tasting of three cavas and one from a classified single-vineyard site, with an appetiser.
• La Memoria de la Burbuja ("The Memory of the Bubble"), 105 minutes and €38: a tour through the history of the house from the 16th to the 20th century with costumed characters, through buildings, gardens and cellars, and a tasting at the end.
• With a menu: the Heritage Tour with the La Torre menu costs €71, and the Iconic Tour with the Ars Collecta menu, €86, at the restaurant La Torre de Codorníu, inside the same estate.

All are booked on the Codorníu website, where you choose the day and time.

Getting there without driving after the tasting

Codorníu is on Avinguda Jaume Codorniu, on the outskirts of Sant Sadurní. If you come by train, the Rodalies R4 stops at Sant Sadurní and you walk from the station. By car, take the AP-7 and exit at Sant Sadurní. With a tasting included in every visit, the train is the relaxed option: it is what the plan Sant Sadurní by train with the Codorníu cellars proposes.

In the same town you can carry on to the Cava Centre or the Freixenet visit, next to the station.