La Vilella Baixa - Priorat Wine Region

in voilk •  3 months ago

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    Yesterday I drove to the Priorat region, two hours south of Barcelona which produces some of the best wines from the country. I spent the night at some friend's home at La Vilella Baixa, one of the smallest villages in the area. The picture above is the view I have from my room window.

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    I decided to leave the city with plenty of time and I had the chance to take some pictures of the region before reaching the village.

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    The area is quite hilly with mountains down south. As you get into the region you start seeing the buildings of the wineries and the crops all over the hills.

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    When I reached the small village, my friends were not still there so I took some time to walk around and take some shots.

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    As it is a hilly area, you can find some steep streets

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    One of the houses had a welcome sign in Catalan which means "God take care of you"

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    I encountered a witch parking in one of the streets with all the brooms hanging on it.

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    It was on Church Street, where the priest also used to have its house.

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    Here's the church building from behind with a wind meter on the top.

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    As I reached the center of the village I found a small local wine shop, it was closed but you could see a bunch of empty bottles at the entrance.

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    Once the sun came down and everything started getting dark, the image of the village changed completely offering a nice view with some of the lights

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    I definitely will come back to the area to spend some more time in the future.

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