The 10th 'Benvinguts a Pagès La Festa' opens bookings for the guided farm visits on the weekend of 4 and 5 October

The tenth Benvinguts a Pagès La Festa opened bookings today for guided farm visits across Catalonia, which return to autumn this year, specifically on 4 and 5 October. The farm open-doors weekend is warming up with more than 100 participants confirmed so far, including some seventy farming, livestock and fishing operations, twenty rural accommodation providers, thirty parallel activities and the addition of small local producers — figures that will grow over the coming weeks, along with the registration of local restaurants recommended by the farmers.

The celebration marks an anniversary this year with the tenth edition of the farm visits, now established as a unique chance to appreciate the primary sector's work and rediscover where our food comes from. After the visits, the initiative encourages people to buy seasonal, local products directly from the farmers who have explained their trade. The event is a great window for visitors to buy and stock up, while for the participants it generates business and helps build loyalty among new audiences beyond the open-doors weekend, raising public awareness of the importance of having a living, strong agri-food production base close at hand.

A taste of an authentic experience

The weekend on the farm offers an authentic, unique agritourism experience that seeks to share the daily life of farmers across the country. It is aimed at a broad audience, especially families, and at anyone who enjoys eating well and discovering new destinations.

This autumn, for example, a young farming family from Pallars Jussà who grow vegetables sustainably and organically and live off the grid will open their farm's doors. Visitors can see an olive tree with more than seventeen hundred years of history in the Montsià or walk the centuries-old chestnut woods of the Montseny in the heart of autumn, learning about the chestnut's properties and all the products made and sold from it. These are just some of the attractions of Benvinguts a Pagès La Festa, complemented by rural accommodation, restaurants using local produce and small artisan producers across Catalonia. The programme is rounded off by complementary activities such as a balloon flight over the Garrotxa, a visit to an astronomy centre in the Solsonès or a candle-making workshop in the Terra Alta, among others. 

The website, the booking centre

The website benvingutsapages.cat remains the reference tool for checking the participants and scheduled activities and for making the compulsory advance booking for guided farm visits. Once again farmers will open the doors of their farms, gardens and holdings to explain their daily work on the land. Visits cost €2.50 for people over fifteen and are free for children and young people. The money goes entirely towards covering part of the costs farmers bear in preparing the visits.