Codorníu or Freixenet: Which Cava Cellar to Visit
Codorníu winery or the Freixenet tour in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia: what each visit shows, how long, the tasting, the prices on GetYourGuide and at the houses, and getting there.
Visit Codorníu for a train ride through the cellars and three cavas, on the visit sold on GetYourGuide. Visit Freixenet for a plainer visit on foot and two cavas, for less. Both houses are in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, both visits last about an hour and a half, and neither includes the journey from Barcelona. Codorníu's guided visit with cava tastings costs from US$33 an adult (checked November 2026).
The calendar above is the Codorníu visit. On the dates read (28 November 2026, 16 January and 27 March 2027) it cost US$33.27 for one adult and US$66.54 for two, with English visits at 1:00 PM and 3:30 PM.
The Codorníu winery visit
The GetYourGuide visit is 1.5 hours with a live guide in English or Spanish. It includes the guided tour, the entrance, three cava tastings and a small appetizer. The tasting is three premium cavas with three types of chocolate, and part of the visit is a train ride through the cellars. Transportation is not included. The route or length of the visit can change in bad weather or after a technical failure, and nobody under the influence of alcohol or drugs is admitted.
Codorníu also sells its visits direct, in euros. Its own visits page lists the 75-minute Heritage Tour at €25 (the cellars, the train, the gardens, the museum and two premium cavas) and the 105-minute Iconic Tour at €30, which adds three premium cavas with three chocolates (checked November 2026). Codorníu wine, then, is easy to taste at the source; what you choose is the length of the visit.
Two of its recent low ratings are about pace, not the cellars: an October 2026 visitor felt the guide wanted to finish as soon as the third cava was poured, and a June 2025 review timed the three-cava tasting at 15 minutes.
The Freixenet tour
Freixenet's cellars tour is also 1.5 hours, with a live guide in English or Spanish. It starts with a film on the company’s history and advertising, then a room on how cava is made and the old part of the cellars, and ends with two glasses of cava, or grape juice for visitors under 18. The tour is entirely on foot and uses stairs, so it is not suitable for people with mobility impairments. Further tastings cost extra.
On GetYourGuide it was US$23.84 on 28 November 2026, when only the 12:00 PM visit was on sale, and US$24.95 on 16 January and 27 March 2027, with visits at 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM and 2:30 PM. Booked direct rather than through the GetYourGuide listing, Freixenet’s own page lists the 90-minute Freixenet Tour at €21.50 for an adult, €16 for ages 9 to 17, free up to age 8 and €18.50 for seniors, every day, booking required, in Catalan, Spanish, English, French or German (checked November 2026).
Side by side
| Codorníu (CODORNIU SA) | Freixenet (Freixenet) | |
|---|---|---|
| On GetYourGuide | US$33, 1.5 hours | US$24, 1.5 hours |
| The tasting | 3 cavas with chocolate, a small appetizer | 2 glasses of cava |
| The visit | Guided tour with a train ride through the cellars | Film, how cava is made, the old cellars, on foot with stairs |
| At the house’s own site | Heritage Tour €25 (75 min); Iconic Tour €30 (105 min) | Freixenet Tour €21.50 (90 min) |
| Getting there | Not included; on the map, north of the station | Not included; on the map, near the station |
GetYourGuide prices checked November 2026, per adult in US dollars; the houses’ prices in euros, checked November 2026 on codorniu.com and freixenet.com.
Which one
Barcelona: Casa Codorníu Guided Tour with Cava Tastings
Codorníu: a 1.5-hour guided visit with a train through the cellars, 3 cava tastings with chocolate and a small appetizer. Transport not included.
Check dates →Freixenet Cellars Guided Tour
Freixenet: a film, how cava is made and the old cellars on foot, then two glasses of cava. Stairs throughout; transport not included.
See the visit →Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide, checked November 2026). Operators price by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.
If you would rather not plan the train and a cellar slot, the guided wine and cava day from Barcelona visits two other family wineries, Pere Ventura and Can Bas, with the minibus included: see the cava tour from Barcelona. How to get to Sant Sadurní d’Anoia has the R4 train.
Book the Codorníu Cellar Visit
A 1.5-hour guided visit at Codorníu in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia: a train ride through the cellars, 3 cava tastings and a small appetizer. Transport not included.
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