Description
Travel through the land’s flavors. A 5 days and 4 nights gastronomical experience where you will discover the secrets of one of the best olive oils in the world. All this paired with the wine certification “Costers del Segre”.
You will start this trip visiting the wine cellar of “Mas Blanch i Jové” in La Pobla de Cèrvoles. An environmentaly friendly wine cellar. Both inside and out you will find displayed amazing contemporary art masterpieces from Gregorio Iglesias, Esteve Casanoves or Josep Guinovart. It is an artistic itinerary named “The artist’s vineyard”.
A few kilometers from the wine cellar, we find Les Cometes’ factory, a Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil brand made of 100% Arbequina olives cold pressed and with no chemical additives. They are the only producers in Catalonia that have the DEMETER certification of biodynamical agriculture.
You will finish the journey with an easy bike ride through the olive groves and vineyards of Fulleda.
DAY 1: LES BORGES BLANQUES – EL VILOSELL
- Degustation menu at Hostal Benet Restaurant in Les Borges Blanques.
- Arrival at El Vilosell and Check-in at Vilosell Wine Hotel.
- Dinner on your own.
DAY 2: LA POBLA DE CÈRVOLES
- Breakfast, guided tour and 2 wines tasting in the wine cellar “Mas Blanch i Jové” in La Pobla de Cèrvoles. Stroll through “The artist’s vineyard”.
- Lunch at Mon’s Restaurant.
- Walk around La Pobla de Cèrvoles and/or El Vilosell villages.
- Dinner on your own.
DAY 3: CERVIÀ DE LES GARRIGUES
- Breakfast, guided tour and oil tasting in “Les Cometes” factory, the only oil with DEMETER Certification in Catalonia.
- Lunch in Els Fogons de la Carme Restaurant.
- Walk through the “Camí dels 7 sentits” by the artist Marta Pruna. You will discover Marta’s sculptures all along the route.
- Dinner on your own.
DAY 4 : FULLEDA – L’ALBI
- Breakfast on your own.
- Easy cycling or hiking route through the landscapes of Fulleda.
- Lunch at Ca la Margarida’s Restaurant.
- Walk around L’Albi village.
- Dinner on your own.
Vilosell Wine Hotel
By staying in the Vilosell Wine Hotel, you will be living a rural and enological experience. To enjoy a unique space in a rock building dated on 1931, in the middle of the beautiful town of El Vilosell in the region of Les Garrigues, next to the Tomàs Cusiné cellar (DO Costers del Segre) and in a natural setting of vineyards and field huts, next to tourist attractions.
Casa Llobera
Casa Llobera is a stately house that has its main door on the main street of La Pobla de Cèrvoles, a small village surrounded by vineyards.
An exclusive hotel in a house with historical origins dating back to the end of the 18th century.
Mas Blanch i Jové Cellar
Guided visit to Mas Blanch i Jové Cellar. Walk through the “Vinya dels Artistes” (Artists’ Vineyard) where sculptures and artistic installations live together between the vineyards. In the cellar you can see sculptures suspended with dances of lights and shadows, while they explain the elaboration process of the wine. This visit ends with a wine tasting.
Les Cometes factory
Les Cometes factory philosophy is based on obtaining a product of the highest quality with total respect for the environment. They have opted for biodynamic agriculture, since it is the one that uses less chemicals and where human intervention is the most respectful with the environment and the one that follows more the rhythms and cycles of nature.
Boira Experience
They offer an all-terrain bicycle rental service (MTB, eMTB) as well as path bikes so you can come and enjoy the variety of routes on offer on their website without having to worry about bringing your own. Between fields, vineyards and hills, explore Les Garrigues on this way.