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Vilafranca del Penedès

Town

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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Village information

Coat of arms of Vilafranca del Penedès
Province
Barcelona
Autonomous community
Cataluña
Population (INE 2025)
42,607
Altitude
231 m
Mayor
Francisco Romero Gamarra (Partido de los Socialistas de Cataluña)
Area (IGN)
20.5 km²
District
Alto Panadés
Postcode
08720
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Festivities in Vilafranca del Penedès: 19–20 dec (Feria del Gallo)·See places to stay for those dates

What to see

  1. 1Basílica de Santa María de Vilafranca
  2. 2Palacio Baltá
  3. 3Palacio Real de Villafranca del Panadés
  4. 4Estación de Villafranca del Panadés
  5. 5Casa de la Fiesta Mayor de Vilafranca del Penedés
  6. 6Casa Macià
Data from WikidataSee more

What to do

  1. 1Hiking: Camí Ramader de Marina
  2. 2Hiking: Camí Ral de Vilafranca a Montblanc
  3. 3Hiking: PR-C 152 · Els Monjos - Sant Sadurní
  4. 4Bodega Caves Mas Tinell
  5. 5Bodega Covides
  6. 6MTB: Camí de Vilafranca al Polígon Ind Sant Pere Molanta
Data from OpenStreetMapSee more

Photo gallery

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  • Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica · CC BY 4.0
  • Enric · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Lucie2beaugency · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Angela Llop · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Pere López Brosa · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Pere López Brosa · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • 7 places to stayIllustrative photo · Rourevell Turisme Ru… · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Accommodation

    7 places to stay in Vilafranca del Penedès

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  • 87 restaurantsIllustrative photo · Jebulon · CC0

    Eat

    87 restaurants in Vilafranca del Penedès

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  • 8 experiencesIllustrative photo · Enrique Amigo · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Experiences

    8 experiences in Vilafranca del Penedès

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Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Town council

    • Phone: 93 892 03 58
    • Official website: www.vilafranca.cat
    • Website: www.vilafranca.org
    • Website: www.turismevilafranca.com

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Travelling with your pet

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes100 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: street market.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Vilafranca del Penedès Town Hall

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Where to sleep in Vilafranca del Penedès

7 registered places to stay

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