El Pla Del Penedès: Wine Landscape and Cultural Heritage

El Pla Del Penedès combines winegrowing with a range of historic buildings and local traditions. This gives you different ways to plan your trip: routes through the vineyards, a recurring celebration, and architectural history spanning the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Wine Landscape and Routes

Vineyards cover 63 percent of the municipality. El Pla Del Penedès is the starting point and destination for numerous walking, cycling and horse-riding routes that pass through the vineyards; these include routes along the Via Augusta. The different ways of travelling offer a range of options for making the landscape the focus of a trip. The Bonavista route is 12.3 kilometres long.

Wine Tradition and Local Celebration

The history of winegrowing is also tangible in the town. The Antic sindicat was built in 1919 by several agricultural landowners from El Pla del Penedès. Until the 1930s, it was used to produce, store and sell wine. Together with the large proportion of vineyards, this former use highlights the connection between the landscape and local economic history.

The Festa de les Torrades takes place on Carnival Sunday and is a recurring local tradition. If you would like to plan your trip around the celebration, check the specific event date.

Churches and Historic Buildings

The Església de Santa Magdalena is the parish church and is protected as a cultural asset of local interest. It has Romanesque origins and has been documented since 1080. The bell tower dates from the 16th to 17th century, rests on the walls of the old crossing, and is 22.5 metres high. The church therefore brings together Romanesque origins and a tower dating from considerably later.

The Capella de Sant Jaume de Can Cerdà de Palou is also considered a cultural asset of local interest. It was built in the 17th century; the year 1623 is inscribed on its lintel. The present building was constructed after a rebuilding. It has a single nave, a gabled roof and a bell gable.

The Creu de Terme has been documented since the 16th century. It stands at the crossroads of the paths from the town to Cal Fontanals and La Sala, about 180 metres south of the town exit, at the end of Carrer de la Creu. The cross is surrounded by a triangular space called Plaça de la Creu. The historical date and the specific routes are connected here: the location can be identified by the named paths and street.

Masias and Architectural History

Ca l’Orpí is a detached medieval masia dating from the 12th century. It is accessed via the historic path leading from Pujolet to the masia. If you plan to take this path, check the conditions on site. L’Aguilera illustrates a different aspect of rural architectural history: the medieval masia is surrounded by a defensive wall and has a square, crenellated tower from the 19th century. On the ground floor of the tower is a chapel dedicated to Mare de Déu del Roser.

The Centre Agrícola-Unió d’Agricultors is a Noucentisme building and is protected as a cultural asset of local interest. It also continues to host leisure and cultural activities. Its rooms and facilities include a bar, a theatre or multipurpose hall, and two smaller activity rooms. This building is therefore notable both for its architectural classification and its current use for leisure and culture.

Water Sites and Community Spaces

L’espai de la Bassa comprises a spring, a fountain, public washhouses, a former wastewater collector and surrounding garden land. The washhouses were built at the end of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century. The area was restored in 2022 and furnished with an explanatory panel and a collection of current and historical photographs. Older facilities and later information about the area’s history thus come together at this site.

At La Font de l’Esteve, a picnic area is located above the spring. The shaded leisure area is equipped with benches, waste bins and underground lights. The spring was formerly used to irrigate the surrounding gardens and later remained a meeting place for residents of the municipality. In addition to its facilities, this former use gives the site a place in local social history.

Discover more destinations: Borredá, Sant Pere De Vilamajor, Santa Maria De Palautordera, Sant Andreu De La Barca, Vilada, Olost, Vallgorguina, Pacs Del Penedès.

For the overview of the wider region: Barcelona.