# A weekend in Siurana and the Priorat: cliff, reservoir and vineyards A village on a crag, the Trona ledge, the reservoir by kayak and the Priorat vineyards by 4x4 with a tasting. Under an hour from Tarragona. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/siurana/itineraries/siurana-priorat-weekend-vineyards-reservoir · Revisado: 2026-11-12 Dónde: Siurana Siurana has barely thirty residents and can be seen in an hour's stroll. It sits on top of a crag in the Priorat, above a green-watered reservoir, between the Montsant range and the Muntanyes de Prades. It was the last Andalusi stronghold in what is now Catalonia. By day it fills with visitors and climbers; at dusk, when the cars leave, the stone turns red and the village is small again. This weekend splits three things: the ledge carved beneath the village, the reservoir seen from the water and the Garnacha vineyards by off-road vehicle. You are 56 minutes from Tarragona and an hour and twenty from Lleida. ## What do you need to book? Three activities hold the trip together. Two are paid and one is free, but it asks for legs and a cool head. ActivityHow longWhat it costsBear in mind Camí de la Trona5 km circular, 2 h 30, 200 m of ascentFreeExposed ledge: not for anyone with vertigo Kayak on the reservoir, with Canoa Kayak SiuranaBy the hour, unguided€16 an hour per person; €24 for two hours; children up to 7, half priceSpring and autumn weekends, daily in summer Entre vinyes by 4x4, with Montsant Natura1 h 30 to 2 h from Cornudella€90 for two, €110 for four, €130 for sixEnds with a cheese and wine tasting at a Garnacha estate Before you set out, check the kayak season, which changes every year, and book the 4x4 route: it is one vehicle per departure. ## Where to sleep? Inside the village there is little and it runs out soon. The Hotel La Siuranella has six rooms with breakfast included, dinner at its restaurant Els Tallers and a terrace facing the Montsant, and accepts dogs. Can Font is a 19th-century house on Carrer Major that is rented whole for six to eight people, with a terrace and barbecue. Down in Cornudella, LoRefugi is a hostel in a traditional family house with rooms for 2 to 10 from €18 a bed, homemade dinner and a bike store; it doesn't admit pets. Càmping Siurana, on the road up, has pitches, bungalows and a pool. Sleeping up top has a clear advantage: you don't depend on the paid car parks, which on Sundays fill before ten. ## If you prefer to cycle Montsant Natura rents mountain bikes in Cornudella from €30 a day and electric ones from €70, with a €100 deposit per bike. With an electric bike, the 8.6 km climb to Siurana is painless and you can swap the 4x4 route for a ride along the reservoir tracks. If you want to walk up, the old path from Cornudella is 4.8 km and an hour fifty, going round the reservoir. ## With children and with a dog Kayaking works with children: there are canoes for two adults with one or two small children, and ages 0 to 7 pay half. The Camí de la Trona is not for small children because of the ledge; with them, do the village and go down to the reservoir. With a dog, La Siuranella and the campsite accept them; LoRefugi does not. ## El plan ### Friday · 19:00 · Arrival and sunset at the Salt de la Reina Mora Leave the car at P1, P2 or P3, €3 all year, and go in on foot. Look over the edge of the crag where, according to legend, Queen Abdelazia jumped with her horse. The reservoir is below. ### Friday · 20:30 · Dinner at Els Tallers The restaurant of La Siuranella, from the home of chef Rafel Muria. It serves dinner every night from 20:00 to 21:30 with the Siuranella menu, which changes daily. Book. ### Saturday · 09:30 · The Camí de la Trona It starts beside the castle ruins. The ledge cut into the wall opens the route, drops to the track towards the reservoir, goes round the Punta de Siurana and returns by the cobbled medieval path. Two and a half hours, early and in walking boots. ### Saturday · 12:30 · The village, the castle and Santa Maria What remains of the Andalusi hisn, demolished in 1651, and the Romanesque church, intact, with the crucifixion tympanum on the north portal. ### Saturday · 14:00 · Lunch at Restaurant Siurana Local Catalan cooking on Carrer Major. It only serves lunch and closes Tuesday and Wednesday. Book on their website or by phone. ### Saturday · 17:00 · Kayak on the reservoir Drive down to the shore, on the Cornudella road. An hour and a half of paddling under the crag: from the middle of the reservoir you can make out the church high above. ### Saturday · 20:30 · Dinner at LoRefugi Gastrobar, in Cornudella In the former wine cellar of the traditional house, market cooking and wines from the Priorat and the Montsant. Open Thursday to Tuesday from 17:00; booking by phone only. ### Sunday · 10:00 · Entre vinyes by 4x4 You leave Cornudella with a local guide who drives along the tracks of the northern Priorat, among vineyards of the DOQ Priorat and the DO Montsant, and finish with a tasting at a Garnacha estate. ### Sunday · 13:30 · Lunch at Fonda el Recó The inn on Plaça de la Vila in Cornudella, dating from 1794. A homestyle menu, grilled meats and the sweet and spicy snails of the area. Call to confirm opening hours. ## Un consejo más Arrive early on Saturday even if you sleep up top: the car parks are the only ones in the village and they fill on spring weekends. Motorhomes can't go up; they stay at the campsite or at the Cornudella football field. ## Cuándo no ir July and August weekends at midday: the Trona has no shade and the rock burns. And spring Sundays without a table booked: the village fills up and Restaurant Siurana is the only one serving lunch inside. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How long does it take from Tarragona? About 56 minutes by car to Siurana, with the last 8.6 km of bends from Cornudella. From Lleida, an hour and twenty; from Barcelona, two hours. ### Is the Camí de la Trona dangerous? It is of medium difficulty because of the exposure of the ledge, not the effort. In good weather and walking boots it is a classic path; with vertigo or in the rain, no. ### How much does the 4x4 among the vineyards cost? It is paid per vehicle: €90 for two, €110 for four and €130 for six, with a cheese and wine tasting included. ### Can I bring a dog? Yes. La Siuranella and Càmping Siurana accept dogs, and they can go round the village on a lead. LoRefugi does not accept them. ### Do I have to pay to enter the village? No. The village is free; you pay for the car parks, €3 all year. ## Dónde dormir if you're driving - **Hotel La Siuranella**: A small hotel inside the village La Siuranella is a small six-room hotel on carrer dels Rentadors, inside Siurana: the stone village on the cliff top, with cobbled streets and old houses. You sleep up here once the cars have gone. It belongs to the household of the chef Rafel Muria, who runs the Michelin-starred restaurant Quatre Molins in Cornudella; the hotel can also book you a table there, at the Antiga Serradora or at Brichs, in Falset. The rooms Each has its own character, somewhere between an old Priorat village house and modern comfort. Three overlook the quiet village streets and three look onto the Montsant range. All have a bathroom with a shower, bathrobe and slippers, high-quality mattresses, several types of pillow, television and wifi. Some can be adapted for children, with an extra bed depending on age: say so when booking. Pets are allowed, on a lead in the common areas and not to be left alone in the room. Breakfast and dinner A full Mediterranean breakfast is included. For dinner, the house restaurant, Els Tallers, serves a menu that changes daily every night from 20:00 to 21:30, made with local, seasonal produce, with starters to share and a choice of first courses, main courses and desserts. At lunchtime, from March to October and weather permitting, the Terrassa Montsant opens, with a menu and views of the range; from July to October dinners also move to the terrace. Getting there You drive up the Cornudella road to the entrance to the village, where the P1, P2 and P3 car parks are, paid; from there you walk in. It is about 55 minutes from Tarragona. Check-in is from 16:00 and check-out until 11:00; before arriving you complete the online registration, which gives you the lock code. What to do nearby Everything is on foot: the village, the castle and the church of Santa Maria, the Camí de la Trona beneath the cliff and the guided visit of legends and geology. Down below, kayaking on the reservoir and a swim at the Toll de la Palla. - **Càmping Siurana**, desde 12 € / bed: A campsite at the foot of the village On the Cornudella road, at km 7, at the entrance to the village: camping at €12 per person per night (ages 3 to 13, €6), bungalows from €55 for two and mobile homes for up to five people. It is also where motorhomes are left, as they cannot go up to the village. The medieval village is a short walk away and the climbing walls are all around. The accommodation In the camping area, pitches include a shower, the pool and use of the barbecues; children under 3 stay free. There are two kinds of bungalow: the basic one, for two, with a kitchen and fridge but no washbasin, and the one with a washbasin and air conditioning, for two to four people. The mobile homes, for two to five, have a kitchen, fridge, washbasin, shower and air conditioning, and the premium one adds a 48 m² terrace. Bed linen is included in all of them, towels are not, but can be hired; the pellet stove is loaded on arrival. Dogs are allowed, with different rules on pitches and in bungalows. Eating The campsite bar-restaurant serves breakfasts and mountain dishes, and the pool is for guests. For a dinner with tablecloths, there is Els Tallers inside the village and Fonda el Recó in Cornudella. Getting there and booking From Cornudella de Montsant you drive up the Siurana road to km 7, at the entrance to the village. It is about 55 minutes from Tarragona. Book by email; one-night stays carry a surcharge. Reception is open from 9:00 to 20:30 every day, on 636 052 736. What to do nearby On foot, the village, the castle and the church of Santa Maria and the Camí de la Trona. Down below, kayaking and canoeing on the reservoir, a swim at the Toll de la Palla or an e-bike from Cornudella. - **LoRefugi**, desde 18 € / bed: A casa pairal for sleeping in a group A four-storey casa pairal in the centre of Cornudella, with rooms for groups, home-cooked dinner at €15, a bike store and advice on climbing and routes. From €18 per person. It is the former home of a local family, on calle Major, which because of its size keeps much of the original structure. It is the base for anyone coming to climb at Siurana and in the Montsant, to walk or to cycle, and it was the first accommodation in the Montsant natural park with Starlight dark-sky certification. The rooms Almost all are named after a place in the area: Siuranella, Albarca and Obaga, for two; Siurana, for a couple; Gritella, for four; Mussara, for eight, and Montsant, for ten. Bathrooms and showers are shared. There is hot water and heating throughout the house, free wifi and charging points. Breakfast and dinner Dinner is home-cooked, traditional local cooking with the occasional more modern dish, and is a set menu of first course, main course and dessert; it adapts to vegetarians, coeliacs and allergies. There is no dinner on Wednesdays. Groups choose between à la carte or buffet breakfast. In the dining room there is a small self-catering area with a sink and fridge, and in the old wine cellar, the house gastrobar. Getting there and house rules Cornudella is roughly an hour from Tarragona, Reus, Lleida and Barcelona. Reception opens at 17:00 from October to March and at 18:00 from April to September, and closes at 23:00; on Wednesdays you must agree your arrival before 16:00. Rooms are vacated by 10:00. Quiet hours from 23:00. Animals are not allowed. For bikes there is a locked bike store, a washing area and a small workshop. What to do nearby From the door, the old path to Siurana, bike hire and the 4x4 route through the vineyards with a tasting. Up above, the village and castle of Siurana; down below, kayaking on the reservoir. - **Habitatge Turístic Can Font**: A whole house inside the village A whole house to rent inside the village, so you can have it to yourself at night. It is a 19th-century house on carrer Major, Siurana's main street, with views of the Romanesque church of Santa Maria and the Montsant range. It used to be called Ca la Clemència; in 1936 it was bought by Pepe Font Bodro, who loved Siurana, and it became Can Font. In 2013 it was fully restored, respecting the original architecture. What the house is like It has three floors and sleeps six to eight people. Downstairs, a rustic sitting room, dining room and kitchen, a bathroom and a patio with a barbecue. On the first floor, three bedrooms, one with a double bed, one with two beds and one single, and a bathroom. Upstairs, the attic: a sitting room with two sofa beds, television and music, opening onto the terrace. The kitchen is fully equipped: ceramic hob, oven, dishwasher, fridge, microwave, washing machine and tumble dryer, with kitchenware and cleaning products. Duvets, sheets and towels are included, as is the heating, pellet and electric, and there is wifi. There are cots for small children and, on long stays, a weekly change of linen. It is not adapted for people with reduced mobility. Getting there You drive up the Cornudella road to the entrance to the village, where the P1, P2 and P3 car parks are, paid all year round; from there you walk in along the cobbled streets. It is about 55 minutes from Tarragona. Check-in is until 18:00 in winter and until 20:00 in summer, and check-out is by 12:00. Book on 601 096 368 or by email. What to do nearby From the door, the village, the castle and the church of Santa Maria, the Camí de la Trona and the guided village visit. Down below, kayaking on the reservoir and a swim at the Toll de la Palla.