Vilafranca del Penedès
Barcelona · Cataluña
Vilafranca del Penedès, or simply Vilafranca, is the capital of Alt Penedès county in Penedès, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the Penedès Depression on the left bank of the Foix River, and on the main axis of communication from Barcelona to Tarragona and Valencia, served by a Rodalies Barcelona line 4 and by the AP-7 autopista as well as by the C-243 towards Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, and C-15 (formerly called C-244) roads to Vilanova i la Geltrú and Igualada respectively.
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Origins
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History
The town was founded in the middle of the 12th century as a result of the decline of Olèrdola, which had been until then the main local centre. It was established as the seat of a vegueria in 1304. The Corts were held in the town in 1218 under King James I of Aragon, and again in 1358–59 and in 1367. King Peter III of Aragon died while staying at the royal palace in Vilafranca in 1285. Vilafranca is the birthplace of Raymond of Penyafort, O.P., a Catalonian Dominican (O.P.) friar born around 1175. St. Raymond compiled the Decretals of Gregory IX, a collection of canon law that remained the major corpus of canon law in the Roman Catholic Church until the 1917 and 1983 Codes of Canon Law. He was also instrumental in the founding of the Mercedarian Friars.
Monuments
•Castell de la Granada
•Cabana de pedra seca 108
•Cabana de pedra seca 8341
•Capella del Sant Sepulcre
•Creu de Terme
•Creu de la Pelegrina
•Castell de la Barquera
•Monument Torras i Bages
•Monument als Castellers
•Monument a Milà i Fontanals
•Monument als Falcons
•barraca de pedra seca 100
What to visit
•Vinseum
•Miravinya Sant Pau
•La Glorieta de Viladellops
•Camí de la Bleda
•Casa de la Festa Major
•Camí de Sant Julià
Del calendario festivo se pueden destacar las Fires de Maig o dels enamorats (ferias de mayo o de los enamorados), las fiestas de barrio durante los meses de julio y agosto, y la fiesta mayor a finales de agosto (30 de agosto, diada de Sant Fèlix) declarada de interés nacional. En las urbanizaciones se celebran bailes de bastones y bailan dragones. El primer fin de semana de julio se tiene en la capital del Penedès el ViJazz, un festival dedicado a la unión de degustación de vinos de la comarca con espectáculos en vivo de música jazz de primer nivel. El primer ViJazz se presentó en el 2007.
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Festivals
September 2026
Festivals this month
- No festivals recorded this month.
Rest of the year
- May: Fires de Maig
- August: Vilagarcía de Arousa (14) · Festa Major de Sant Félix · Fiestas de San Roque
What's on
Street market
•Mercat de Sant Salvador
Gastronomy
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Trails and hiking
•Variant: La Clota - Castellet (GR 92.3)
•Vilafranca del Penedès a Piera (PR-C 157, 28.34 km)
•La Múnia (PR-C 154, 13.960 km)
•Els Monjos - Sant Sadurní (PR-C 152, 28 km)
•Castell d'Olèrdola-Sant Miquel d'Olèrdola (2.8 km)
•Camí Ral de Vilafranca a Montblanc (CR-VM)
•Penedès 360 Trekking (P360T, 151 km)
•Camí del vi (3.5 km)
•Via Augusta Penedès
•Camí Ramader de Marina (CRdM, 230 km)
•El Camí IT6TR6 El Camí Central: de Castelló de la Plana a Montserrat (CC-C)
•SL-C 131 Ruta de les Fonts i els Forns (SL-C 131, 6.560 km)
Routes passing through Vilafranca del Penedès
Services
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Famous people
•Nuria Cabanillas, gimnasta rítmica española
•Manuel Milá y Fontanals, filólogo, erudito y escritor español
•Gloria Lasso, cantante española
•Laura Ràfols, futbolista española
•María Rafols Bruna, religiosa española
•Josep Enric Dallerès, político andorrano
Town hall
Alcaldía: Francisco Romero Gamarra
Web oficial: https://www.vilafranca.cat/
Town hall of Vilafranca del Penedès
Alcaldía: Francisco Romero Gamarra Web oficial: https://www.vilafranca.cat/
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How to get there
- 🚗 42 km from Hospitalet de Llobregat, L' (about 30 min by car)
- 🚗 44 km from Terrassa (about 31 min by car)
- 🚗 50 km from Barcelona (about 35 min by car)
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- ✈️ 40 km from Barcelona-El Prat airport (about 28 min by car)
- ✈️ 62 km from Reus airport (about 44 min by car)
Practical info
🅿️ Where to park
- Where to park · 0.1 km away
- Where to park · 0.3 km away
- Aparcament de la Llosa de l'estació d'autobusos · 0.3 km away
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- Banco Santander · 0.1 km away
- Banc de Sabadell · 0.2 km away
- La Caixa · 0.2 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- Repsol · 0.4 km away
- Meroil · 0.5 km away
- Estació Servei Montblanc · 0.6 km away
ℹ️ Tourist office
- Oficina Turisme KM 0 · 0.3 km away
- Tourist office · 0.3 km away
- Tourist office · 1.4 km away
🔭 Viewpoints
- Miravinya Sant Pau · 2.1 km away
- Viewpoints · 4.2 km away
- La Glorieta de Viladellops · 4.3 km away
🏖️ Where to swim
- Piscines municipals · 5.2 km away
- Piscina municipal · 5.7 km away
Buses
42 paradas de autobús en el municipio:
•Tossa de Mar / Ramon Freixas
•Santa Digna / Camp Rolls
•Av. Tarragona / Verdaguer
•Parc Sant Salvador
•Residència Mare Ràfols
•Igualada / CAP Nord
•Igualada / la Granada
•Igualada / General Zurbano
Pharmacy and health
•Farmacia Farmàcia Ruiz Planas, Montse / Rafols Ruiz, Elena — Avinguda de Catalunya 66
•Farmacia Farmàcia Vidal Delclós - Juves Vidal — carrer Sant Cristofol 8
•Centre d'Atenció Primària
•Farmacia Farmàcia Martínez Larriba, Margarita — Avinguda de Catalunya 2
•Farmacia Farmàcia Franquet Tudo, E. - Ruiz Franquet, E. — Carrer de l'Ajuntament 5
•Farmacia Farmàcia Cuadras Vidal, Antònia — Carrer d'Igualada 48
•Farmacia Farmàcia García Marné, Yolanda — Avinguda U 26
•Farmacia Farmàcia Gaya Montserrat, Santiago — Avinguda de la Carrerada 28
•SDS Dental Clinic — Carrer de la Lluna 4
•Farmacia Amadó
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