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The Palau Baltà is a Gothic-style manor house dating from the 14th century. It was built by Francesc Babau after 1308 on the site of the Vilafranca castle. It was renovated and expanded in 1522. It is also known as "Palau del Fraret" or "Can Babau". It has three exterior facades: the one that faces the Plaza de Sant Jaume and the one on the streets of Torre and Escudellers. It consists of a ground floor, main floor and attic covered with Arabic tiles. On the main façade, which faces the Plaza de Sant Jaume, there are two elevated side towers and a portal with an off-centre semicircular arch, as well as a central gallery with colonnaded windows. Inside there is a patio with stairs, a Gothic window and a high gallery with pointed arches. Currently the ground floor houses several exhibition rooms and an auditorium (Fòrum Baltà).

Path that crosses the Riera de Foix between vineyard fields and riparian forest area. River near Vilafranca.

This stream is a few meters from the urban center of Vilafranca del Penedès, but entering this narrow path, surrounded by vegetation, which runs parallel to the Riera de Llitrà, it seems that we are very far from civilization. Suitable for mountain bikes, gravel or hiking.

The narrow path that comes from Les Cabanyes lets us guess Vilafranca del Penedès in this spectacular view.

Located in the center of the medieval nucleus of the town, the basilica of Santa Maria de Vilafranca, built in the 13th century, is a church with a single nave, covered with a vault with five ribbed sections and five lateral chapels per side between wide buttresses. . The apse is polygonal and also has a crypt covered with a ribbed vault. It has two entrances, the old one has a round arch and the second and current one is neo-Gothic in style, with a large door with a pointed arch and a sculptural group on the tympanum that represents the coronation of the Virgin.

One of the many historic buildings in Vilafranca del Penedès

The visit is very informative and interesting, they will give you an audio guide with information about the wine and grape production. You need 1.5-2 hours to hear and see everything. At the end there is a tasting.