Biking Penedes, the
Pilgrim route
This is just one section of the pilgrim route through
Penedes to the Cistercian abbeys of Santes Creus and Poblet
in la Conca de Barbera. This scenic route offers a relaxing
ride along quiet country lanes. Surfaces will be asphalt
and gravel with some rolling country and short climbs.
There are lots of wineries along the route and plenty of
restaurants in Sant Marti Sarroca and Torrelles de Foix,
Return route from Torrelles and Sant Marti to Vilafranca
follows another trail of similar characteristics.
.................
km............Vilafranca del
Penedès – Pacs del Penedès – Sant Marti Sarroca 15
km
0...............Start
at Vilafranca del Penedès train station
..................exit
past Restaurant Casa Juana, plaza del Estació
+200mts.. Trafic
lights, Barcelona / Tarragona road
..................turn
left
+100mts 2nd traffic lightsJunction, (Rambles Nostra
Senyora, straight ahead,)
..................Caixa
Penedes offices on right
..................turn
right (after Bang & Olfsen shop)
..................enter
pedestrian street C/Parellada (important white wine
variety)
1................Plaça
Constitució
..................Plaça
del Vall del Castell
..................Pass
Italian pasta shop, casal del Festa Major, on right
..................Take
next right turn, just before Plaça Oli, C/ de Sant Pau
..................Straight down,
pass Cycles Monjos bike shop on left
..................Go
straight on into country,
2................X
roads at park and after farmhouse
..................turn
left, aim for gap in mountain
..................climb
500 mts
3................X top
of hill, bear left/straight
..................descend, pass
Pastorman dog shelter
4................X
roads (left Torres, right Les Cabanyes, la Granada)
..................go
straight
..................pass
romanic church Sant Genis
..................cross
bridge
..................Pacs
del Penedès
..................X
roads (right, La Xarmada & Loxarel wineries, Vilobi,
left Serra de Dalt, Torres)
..................Cross/left &
right Cami Salinar
+ 50 mt... ..x roads
(right into Pacs old centre, El Raco del Pacs, Rural Acc.)
..................go
straight
5................Cavas
Colet winery
6................Pares
Balta winery, go around and left, olive tree avenue,
..................X
main Vila / Sant Marti road
..................go
straight/cross dir. Can Lleo
..................climb
500 mts
7................X Can
Lleo, big house and church, (left Tennis club, Torres)
..................turn
right for Sant Marti Sarroca
..................go
down hill
8................T
junction (right for Vilobi)
..................turn
left
..................cross
bridge
9................x
roads (right for short route and 1 km climb to Sant Marti)
..................go
straight (best scenic route)
..................pass
old masia and almond orchard on right
9+..............x
roads, fenced-in new house on right
..................turn
right sign for Sant Marti
10..............1st
curve / x roads, blue container and bin
..................turn
left on gravel lane
11..............river
crossing / ford
..................turn
left into woods
11+........... x roads,
end of wood
..................turn
right on asfalt road
12...... ......pass
warehouses on right, Torres brandy leaves mould on walls
..................pass
Mas Rabell, Torres private restaurant and experimental
vineyards
12+...... .....x roads
(straight on for old gravel Roman road to Sant Marti)
..................turn
right & cross bridge, (straight on up hill for Romagosa
Torne Cava)
..................turn
left, alongside river Pontons
..................views
of church and castle of Sant Marti Sarroca
13.............pass
masia l’Hostal
13+...........pass
cementary on right, cypress trees
..................pass
olive mill on left
..................Sant
Marti Sarroca, 6 restaurants, 2 wineries
..................x (
right for Balma Cava)
14.............Rambles
Sant Marti Sarroca, water gyser, Ca la Roser café
..................straight on
through town to C/ Castell (right for El Centre at end of
Rambles)
14+...........C/
Castell, turn left for Castle (straight on for school and
swimming pool
..................x at
first bridge, C/Cases Noves, (+ 20 mts Restaurant Cal
Diari)
..................climb
1 km for Romanesque church and castle, views of Penedes and
Montserrat
15.............Castle,
for visit call guide, Josep, 10.00 – 13.00h, 93 899 16 69
Km............Sant Marti
Sarroca – Torrelles de Foix, 4 km
0................Start
at Castle Sant Marti Sarroca
..................descend hill
1................x
roads in 2nd last curve, L’Artiga, Cami a Torrelles de Foix
..................turn
left (then right and left)
..................pass
l’Artiga, gorge and well behind castle
..................climb
1 km
2................Romanesque church,
Ermita de Sant Joan de Lledó
..................x
roads, (left for climb to Can Grau and Castellvi de la
Marca tower)
..................go
straight on
..................pass
garages on left
..................Farmhouse/ Can
Cruset (right to main road)
..................keep
left at fork
3............... 2
Masias/Crane depot
..................x
roads
..................turn
left on old track behind brick factory
+ 100mts . x roads
..................turn
right
..................x
roads / Recycle centre
..................straight on
+50mts.. ...fork, (left
for mountain bike track to Torrelles, Heliport, Pla de
Manlleu)
..................go
straight/bear right C/Bassons
..................x
roads / C/Raval, main street Torrelles
..................turn
left
..................pass
church / view of el Molí on left, restaurant under plaza on
left
4................Torrelles de Foix,
main square, 4 restaurants/bars, supermarket Montse
..................el
Moli Bike Centre, C/baix, turn left, 93 897 22 07, 687 508
510
..................path
between town/La Fassina bar -Les Dous, barbecue picnics,
swimmingpool 2 km
Return route
km............Torrelles de
Foix – Sant Marti Sarroca 5 km
0................Start
at Caixa Penedes, on main road, Torrelles de Foix
..................cross
main road
..................leave
Torrelles by the old road to Guardiola de Font Rubi,
0.5............pass the
cementary,
1................views
of Sant Marti Sarroca and castle
2................La
Berna/ large farmhouse, horses, sheep
..................continue 100 mts
2+............. x roads
/ Masia Frances (left Mas Aixola, straight on Guardiola)
..................turn
right
3................go
direction of Castle of Sant Marti
..................cross
La Llacuna road at bridge, stay on lanes
4................enter
Sant Marti Sarroca on main road
..................take
first right, road to castle, C/del Castell
+ 100mts...turn left at
first bridge, C/Cases Noves,
+ 20 mts....Restaurant
Cal Diari, Nati, Juan, Sara, just around the corner, bricks
& corks
5................Municipal offices /
square, rambles on other side of offices.
Km............Sant Marti
Sarroca – Vilafranca del Penedès 14km
0................Start
at Rambles Sant Marti Sarroca
..................pass
ajuntament
1................pass
cementary
..................x
roads/bridge, (left for Romagosa Torne Cava)
..................(short route
straight on via Can Lleo (turn rt), Tennis club, Bodegas
Torres)
..................turn
right, cross bridge and bear left
2................pass
Mas Rabell
..................follow road along
mountains on right
..................x
roads (turn right for long legs + 7 km, follow road along
the line of the mountain to
..................Castellvi de la
Marca, return via La Munia, La Ratera, La Bleda,
Vilafranca)
3................turn
left into woods
+200 mts...turn right
at fork, follow gravel track to T junction
4................T
junction, gravel – tarmac, La Torre
................. turn
left
+ 100 mts...x roads
..................go
straight on towards La Bleda water tower
+300 mts...pass
Rovellats Caves & bear left/straight on
5................curve/x roads green
sign
..................turn
left, rocky lane
6................cross
river ford
..................pass
La Bleda water tower
7................x
roads (Els Monjos - Pacs)
..................turn
left
+100 mts...BodegasTorres winery and visitor
centre on left
+200 mts...x roads,
Sant Marti - Vilafranca main road/gravel lane
8................turn
right onto gravel lane
10..............Vilafranca swimming
pools and sports area,
..................Mas
Tinnel winery on far side of main road
..................Follow footpaths
into old quarter of Vilafranca
12..............Enter
Plaça Oli, Plaça Sant Maria, Vinseum (wine museum)
..................pass
cathederal on left, follow C/Santa Maria
..................enter
Plaça de la Vila / Plaça més Casteller, Tourist office
..................continue along
C/Sant Joan
13..............x roads
Barcelona / Tarragona road
..................cross
and go straight on
..................(
first left for Catania sweets factory shop )
..................Mascaro winery,
C/Casal 9
..................x
C/Amalia Soler (barrel workshop Torner on right)
..................turn
left for Vilafranca train station.
14........... .Train
Station Plaça del Estació.
..................Va de
Vins wine shop for Penedès wines and snacks
..................Bodegas Pinord
winery, just behind train station, C/ Doctor Pasteur, 6
Vilafranca del Penedès, the capital of wine.
Local points of interest include: Saturday farmers market,
medieval & modernist historic centre, wine barrel
maker, classic merry-go-round, pedestrianised shopping
streets, monthly antique markets, human towers/castells
champions, Vinseum (wine museum), cathederal of Sant Maria
tower and organ, festa major last weekend of August,
poultry fair before Christmas, good range of restaurants,
Pacs del Penedès, 3 kms west of Vilafranca.
Points of interest: Typewriter museum and 6 wineries,
Bodegas Torres, La Xarmada, Loxarel, Colet, Parés Baltà,
Romanesque church and historic centre
One of the restored XV century houses, El Raco, now
provides accommodation.
The Roman name suggests Peace,
Sant Marti Sarroca 12 km west of Vilafranca, provides us
with the spectacular views across Penedès to Montserrat.
The castle guarded the pilgrim road from Vilafranca to
Santes Creus and Poblet. Points of interest: Castle and
Romanesque Church, wineries Balma and Romagosa Torne, 6
restaurants, Cal Diari, Can Lluis, Masia Aran (wild
mushrooms),
Cal Agusti (views), Sant Jordi, El Rebost economic
Torrelles de Foix. Points of interest: El Molí former paper
mill and olive oil mill, historic part of town, the
watering trough/washing area, wild mountain herbs, walk to
fountain La Umeda, el Moli bike centre, Restaurant/bars, La
Cantonada, La Fassina, Torrens,
Vilafranca del Penedes to Torrelles return via Pacs - Sant
Martí Sarroca
Note:
Hot days, bring sun screen and cap.
There are excellent public swimming-pools in Vilafranca,
Sant Marti Sarroca and Torrelles de Foix
Wineries: visits take between 30 – 90 mins, some charge for
tour and tastings
Bodegas Pinord, Vilafranca www.pinord.com 93 890 30 66
Mascaro, Vilafranca www.mascaro.es 93 890 16 28
Mas Tinnel, Vilafranca www.mastinell.com 938 170 586
Bodegas Torres, Pacs www.torres.es/eng/ 93 817 74 87
La Xarmada, Pacs www.laxarmada.com 93 817 12 37
Caves Colet, Pacs www.coletcava.com 93 817 08 09
Parés Baltà, Pacs www.paresbalta.com 93 890 13 99
Loxarel, Pacs www.loxarel.com 93 897 80 01
Romagosa Torne, St Marti www.romagosatorne.com 93 899 13 53
Rovellats, la Bleda www.cavasrovellats.com
Balma, St Marti www.masbertranviticultors.com 616 40 95
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Restaurants:
Cal Ton, Vilafranca 93 890 37 41
Casa Juana, Vilafranca 93 890 31 71
La Fabrica, Vilafranca 93 817 15 38
La Trebbia, Vilafranca 93 817 13 99
Restaurants Vilafranca, www.turismevilafranca.com/es/index.asp?web=gastronomia
Cal Diari, Sant Marti, eclectic 93 899 13 58
Cal Lluis, Sant Marti 93 899 10 01
Bar Luisos, Sant Marti
Masia Aran, Sant Marti traditional gastronomy 93 899 01 50
Cal Agusti, Sant Marti, traditional, views 93 899 12 03
El Centre, Sant Marti,
Ca la Katy, Sant Marti 93 899 13 26
El Rebost Sant Marti economic 93 899 10 75
Cal Recolons, Sant Marti 93 899 10 20
Torrens, Torrelles church
Accommodation:
Masies del Penedès www.masiesdelpenedes.com
El Racó, Pacs,
http://perso.wanadoo.es/elraco_pacs/
Maria 93 817 34 78
Mas Aixola, Torrelles
www.masaixola.com Albert 659514160
Arianel.la Torrelles www.arianella.com, Ariane 93 897 15 79
El Castell de Torrelles www.elcastell.com.es Montse 664 564 362
Ca la Laia, Torrelles www.calalaia.com Francesca 93 897 12 97,
646 455 455,
Casa Japet Farré, Torrelles, www.calxullat.com Marcel-la 93 897 21 34,
678 96 98 65,
Cal Ruget, Biohotel, Rovira Roja
,www.calrugetbiohotel.com Florian 93 897
93 42
Cal Peret Parera, Torrelavit,
www.calperetparera.com Maria 93 897 92 93
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