Garnatxa Wine and Brunyol Fair in Garriguella
Food & DrinkGarriguellaRoad Trip
Where
Garriguella, Garriguella
Getting there
1h 30m drive from Barcelona
Ages
All ages
Setting
Outdoors
What you need to know
- Brunyols fried on the spot, an Empordà Easter treat kids can watch being made and eat warm
- Hands-on kids' activities, with workshops and a batucada so little ones aren't just watching grown-ups taste wine
- Sardana dancing and live music, a proper Catalan village-fair atmosphere to wander through
About
Every year on the Saturday before Easter, the little northern-Catalan town of Garriguella throws open its streets for the Fira de la Garnatxa i del Brunyol. Two Empordà specialties take centre stage: brunyols, the region's lightly sweet, doughnut-like fritters fried fresh on the spot, and garnatxa, the local sweet wine poured straight from the barrel. Around the food, an artisan market fills the village with regional products, and there are workshops, hands-on children's activities, a craft market, wine tasting, sardana dancing, batucada drumming and live music. It's a relaxed, wander-at-your-own-pace day out in the Alt Empordà, about 90 minutes north of Barcelona and an easy pairing with a visit to Figueres or the Costa Brava.
Where it is
Garriguella
Garriguella, 17780