Discover Catalonia 2015: gastronomic getaways

Spend a couple of days in Terra Alta, a place that enchanted Pablo Picasso, particularly the village and surrounding areas of Horta de Sant Joan, special for their rich history and craggy yet welcoming surroundings. Visit the Altavins Viticultors and Bárbara Forés cellars, and sample the local dish 'crestó', young local goat from Ports de Tortosa-Beseit, a breed that once was on the brink of extinction. The trip also includes a tour in a 4x4 vehicle so you can get to know the less-accessible areas of the region.

Price from €175, including accommodation, and tastings, and some meals.

From your base in Peratallada, a medieval village registered as a 'Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional' (Heritage Site of National Cultural Interest), you will visit different places in what the locals call Empordanet, the area of Empordà between Les Gabarres and El Montgrí. You'll enjoy lunch and dinner at different restaurants to sample the variety of tastes of the area, and the highlight of the trip is a flight in an ultralight aircraft, either over land or along the coast, from where you can fully appreciate the incredible beauty of this part of the Costa Brava.

Price from €195, including accommodation, meals, and flight in an ultralight aircraft.

Spend a weekend in Segrià, whose capital is Lleida, where you can enjoy the calm of rural life but also with the atmosphere of the streets and shopping on offer in this capital city in the Catalan interior. Activities included in this tour are visits to quail and pig farms as well as to the Raimat cellar, lunch in a restaurant with traditional cuisine, and a tasting session of cured meats.

Price from €97, including accommodation, some meals and guided visits.