Is there enough for kids, or is it mostly about the wine?

There's plenty for them. The fair runs children's workshops and hands-on activities, and the batucada and sardana dancing pull little ones in. The garnatxa tasting is just one part of a broader village fair.

What exactly is a brunyol?

It's an Empordà fritter, doughnut-like and lightly sweet, traditionally eaten around Easter. They're fried fresh at the fair, so it's the best possible place to try one warm.

Can we turn it into a full day trip from Barcelona?

Easily. Garriguella sits in the Alt Empordà near Figueres, so you can pair the fair with the Dalí Theatre-Museum or head on to a Costa Brava beach.

Garnatxa Wine and Brunyol Fair in Garriguella

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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 center 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.

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Where it is

Garriguella

Garriguella, 17780

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