This is your day to take in a little history as well as a little "cava" without having to drive much farther than 45 minutes. Cava is the Spanish equivalent of French champagne and the most famous cava region, the Anoia and the Penedès also happens to be in Barcelona's backyard. Lucky for you because the cava is a very high quality and reasonably priced.

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This trip will take you way off the beaten track into the foothills and into the heart of Cataluña. This day trip is definitely not in any guidebook. In fact, we only found out about these places because we were taken to them by a Catalan couple. The wife could barely speak Spanish much less English… this is how authentic this day trip is!

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