Calçot de Valls Festival and Authentic Calçotada at the Masía del Pla
This January 25, sign up for the Calçot de Valls Festival!
Every January, Valls celebrates the Great Calçot Festival, one of Catalonia's most authentic and popular traditions. The town comes alive with music, parades, giants, calçot competitions, and demonstrations of how to prepare the famous sauce. We'll have free time to soak up the festive atmosphere, explore the stalls, and see firsthand how the calçots are grilled over charcoal. Afterward, we'll head to the renowned restaurant La Masia del Pla, where a complete and authentic calçotada awaits us, complete with calçots, grilled meat, and traditional desserts. A perfect day to savor tradition and a vibrant atmosphere.
Departure from Barcelona towards the Alt Camp region. Stop en route for breakfast (not included) and continuation of the journey to the town of Valls, where the Great Calçot Festival is traditionally celebrated on this day. Declared a Festival of National Tourist Interest, it is one of Catalonia's most deeply rooted traditions. On this day, the streets and squares of Valls will be filled with a wide variety of events: the Calçotada parade, marching bands, giants, entertainment groups, period costumes, carts and horses, and all the elements necessary for preparing the Calçotada. A lively and festive atmosphere will fill the entire town. There will be demonstrations of cooking calçots, a calçot growers' competition, and a calçot sauce competition with demonstrations of how to make this typical sauce.
To fully enjoy the festivities, at 3:00 pm we will travel to the renowned restaurant LA MASIA DEL PLA where we will have an authentic calçotada lunch and, after a pleasant after-dinner conversation, we will return to Barcelona.
The price includes:
- Coach trip.
- Tour guide.
- Special Calçotada lunch.
Menu:
- Calçots from Valls cooked with vine shoot flames and accompanied by their salve.
- Lamb from the Alt Camp.
- Black sausage and Valls sausage, all grilled with potatoes cooked in embers, grilled artichoke and beans.
- Crema Catalana.
- Bread, water, house wine.
- Cava Brut Nature.
- Coffee or herbal teas.
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