# November long weekend from Tarragona: getaways for All Saints Three getaways with a night away and four day trips from Tarragona for 1 November, All Saints: the Priorat in colour with the oil mill at work, the Montseny beech wood, thermal water in Caldes, Montserrat on horseback, a mountain table in Berga and Garraf with nobody there. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/tarragona/getaways/november-long-weekend · Revisado: 2026-11-13 Origen: Tarragona - [Priorat: autumn vineyards by 4x4](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/siurana/itineraries/vineyards-by-4x4-and-autumn-tasting.md) (Day itinerary, Siurana): 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](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/priorat/itineraries/two-nights-between-charterhouse-and-vineyards-priorat.md) (2 nights, 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. - [An autumn weekend in the Montseny: guided mushroom picking and beech forests, an hour from Barcelona](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/montseny/itineraries/montseny-autumn-mushrooms-beech-forest.md) (1 night, Montseny): 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](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/caldes-de-montbui/itineraries/thermal-night-caldes-de-montbui.md) (1 night, Caldes de Montbui): 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](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/montserrat/itineraries/horse-riding-lunch-and-rack-railway.md) (Day itinerary, Montserrat): 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](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/berga/itineraries/berga-easy-walk-and-lunch.md) (Day itinerary, Berga): 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](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/garraf-coves/itineraries/garraf-coves-and-rice.md) (Day itinerary, Garraf Coves): 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. ## Two harvests in the same long weekend All Saints, 1 November, falls in the Priorat between two harvests. The grape one is already in the wineries, and the vines on the terraces turn red and yellow before losing their leaves. The olive one is beginning: in La Bisbal de Falset, an hour from Tarragona, the cooperative opens its oil mill in the mornings and the new arbequina oil is tasted. It is the autumn long weekend that suits the Camp de Tarragona best, and you do not need to go far. When 1 November falls on a Friday or Monday, it is three days. In Catalonia it is not moved to Monday when it falls on a Sunday, so some years there is no long weekend; then, Saturday is enough for the Priorat by 4x4. ## Escaladei smelling of oil The two-night getaway in Escaladei, with the winery hotel next to the charterhouse, combines the two autumns: that of the vineyard, on foot among the vines, and that of the olive, with the La Bisbal mill and the freshly made arbequina. The hotel is for adults only and has a spa among olive trees, which in November is welcome as the afternoon draws in. ## The beech wood, two hours away The Santa Fe beech wood, in the Montseny, is two hours from Tarragona, and in early November it is usually in colour. With a night in a farmhouse you enter the forest before ten, when the Barcelona crowd has not yet arrived. On autumn weekends and holidays access to Santa Fe is regulated: if there is no room up there, you go up on the Bus Parc from Fogars de Montclús. ## Mushrooms and chestnuts, with care November is mushroom month in the Montseny and the Muntanyes de Prades. If you do not know them, go with a guide: the Montseny park runs outings on some autumn Sundays. The eve of the holiday is the castanyada, with roast chestnuts and panellets in every square. ## Montserrat and the Berguedà, to the north To the north, an hour and a half away, autumn is a mountain affair. At the foot of Montserrat, the horse ride crosses holm and oak woods with the conglomerate wall ahead, and the afternoon ends at the sanctuary, going up by rack railway from Monistrol. A little higher up, in Berga, the Queralt sanctuary looks to the Pyrenees from a rock balcony, and Berguedà inns have their mushroom menu in November. ## Cold at dusk On the Tarragona coast, in early November you still eat in the sun. In the Montseny and at Montserrat it can freeze in the morning, and it gets dark before six. Bring layers and something waterproof. For the cold afternoon, the 74 °C water at Caldes de Montbui. ## Ponies at Montserrat and a balcony at Queralt The walk at Queralt, in Berga, is easy from age four. The Montserrat horse ride has ponies for the little ones. The loop around the Santa Fe reservoir is flat. The Caldes baths, on the other hand, have a minimum age: check the one for the bath you book. ## What is better not to do Do not go up the Montseny at midday on a holiday without a plan B. Do not count on the Guara canyons: in November many companies stop. And on the coast, outside Sitges and Garraf, many restaurants close for the season: call first. Bear in mind the last Montserrat rack railway midweek, which in November leaves early. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### 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.