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Whatever your level as a walker you'll find the route you're looking for in a county with a varied range of well-marked footpaths: wine trails, drystone trails, olive oil trails, hikes in the Montsant Nature Park or the Llaberia mountains and lots more. > Routes.
The DOQ Priorat mainly consists of the territories which formed part of the area formerly under the control of the monastery of Scala Dei. These lands form a geographic unit that is characterised by its rugged topography and by the slate in the soil (known as llicorella), and by extremes of climate.
Explore the whole of the Priorat and you'll discover a unique area, where the vineyards of the DOQ Priorat and the DO Montsant, the terraces of olive trees and charming little villages blend into the landscape.
The Priorat is home to "heroic wine-growing", with vineyards clinging to impossible-seeming slopes. As well as great wines and stunning landscapes, the area boasts a wide range of wineries to visit on the DOQ Priorat Wine Trail.
The monastery of Escaladei, the castle in Falset (housing the county museum) and the old mines in Bellmunt del Priorat are some of the monuments and museums you'll find in the Priorat. These and other places offer you a tour of the history and culture that have shaped the Priorat over the centuries.
The range of wineries to visit in the Priorat area, as well as the variety of experiences they offer, from walking through the vineyards or joining the grape harvest to guided wine tasting, are options to delight the most demanding wine lover.
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You will visit: Castle, the Old Town Square, the Church Square, the Palace of the Counts of Azara, the Quartera Square and the Palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli. Finally, time allowing, you will visit the cooperative winery, a Modernist building designed in 1919 by architect Cesar Martinell, a disciple of Gaudí.
These walks in the Priorat offer you the chance to discover paths surrounded by olive groves, all under the imposing bulk of the Montsant massif. They underline the importance of olive oil to the Priorat; alongside wine, oil is a symbol of the area.
Clos de l'Obac (Costers del Siurana) was founded in 1987, one of the wineries that were part of the so-called “rebirth" of Priorat wine. Its first wines came out in 1989, Miserere in 1990 and Dulce del Obac in 1991.