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Priorat: autumn vineyards by 4x4
In November the Priorat and Montsant vines are at their strongest red, after the harvest, and the off-road vehicle tours them from the inside with a cheese and wine tasting. It is à la carte and with a single vehicle: book days ahead.
Two nights at Terra Dominicata, the winery hotel beside the Escaladei charterhouse, with tastings across the Priorat
With the olive harvest, the La Bisbal de Falset cooperative shows its oil mill Monday to Saturday in the morning, with an arbequina tasting. The Escaladei charterhouse is closed on non-holiday Mondays: if the 1st falls on a Monday, it opens.
Àlex · CC BY 3.0An autumn weekend in the Montseny: guided mushroom picking and beech forests, an hour from Barcelona
The Santa Fe beech wood is golden from mid-October to mid-November, and the park guides run mushroom outings on some autumn Sundays. See whether any falls on your long weekend and sign up beforehand.
A thermal night in Caldes de Montbui, half an hour from Barcelona
With November's cold the good season for hot water begins, from October to April. Arrive on Saturday morning, when the washhouses are open and the Spanish-language visit coincides, and book the baths before leaving.
Montserrat: horse, table and rack railway
November is a good season for the horse ride at the foot of Montserrat, with the autumn woods. On November weekends the rack railway runs down from the monastery until 19:15; midweek, the last one leaves much earlier.
Berga: viewpoints and a mountain table
In autumn the Queralt viewpoints are seen in clear air and Berguedà kitchens bring out mushrooms and mountain stews. The walk is an hour and easy, from age four; book lunch, which on the long weekend fills.
Garraf: coves and rice by the sea
Out of season Garraf has almost nobody, and in November the path above the sea is done in soft light. Half an hour from Sitges and by train: the rice facing the beach, booked, because fewer houses open.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Where can you see autumn near Tarragona?
In the Priorat and Montsant vineyards, an hour away, and in the Montseny beech wood, two.
When is the new oil made in the Priorat?
With the olive harvest, in autumn and winter. The La Bisbal de Falset mill is visited in the mornings in season.