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Lo Safreig
📍 el Molar
Family restaurant on the square in el Molar, with honest seasonal cooking and sharing plates.
el Molar: what to see, where to eat and wineries
El Molar lies on the western edge of the Priorat, on the right bank of the Siurana river and partly within DO Montsant. The present-day village emerged in the late 13th or early 14th century around the Mas d'en Bas farmhouse, and remained administratively linked to Garcia until it separated in 1860; today it has around 300 inhabitants.
It stands out for its protohistoric heritage: the settlement and necropolis of Mont Calvari (7th-6th c. BC), with some of the oldest iron finds in Catalonia, part of which are kept at the Salvador Vilaseca Museum in Reus.
The village also has a strong galena (lead) mining past, alongside baryte and manganese workings; several mine entrances can still be seen. During the Spanish Civil War the town was bombed by German aircraft, and the Lluça mine served as a field hospital during the Battle of the Ebro; the old mine now houses a small mining interpretation center, though it is currently closed.
Sources: ca.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · turismepriorat.org
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Restaurants
🍴 Café
Lo Rebost del Molar
📍 el Molar
Bar-restaurant in el Molar, a braseria-style place with a terrace, listed in the official Priorat tourism directory.
Wineries
Osborne family winery
Bodegas y Viñedos de Cal Grau
📍 el Molar
A Priorat winery founded in 2000 by the Osborne family at Finca la Solana, between el Molar and el Lloar, known for its Grenache and Carignan wines aged in French oak.
Small family winery
Celler dels Pins Vers
📍 el Molar
A family winery in El Molar founded in 2002 that produces La Fuina, a Carignan, Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon red aged in French oak.
Family winery in historic farmhouse
Celler Mas Garrian
📍 el Molar
A family winery housed in Mas del Camperol, a 19th-century colonial farmhouse between el Lloar and el Molar, producing the red wines Mas del Camperol and Clos Severí under DOQ Priorat.
Family winery, old vines
Clos Berenguer
📍 el Molar
A family winery in El Molar founded in 1999 that makes wines from its own old vines, including Clos de Tafall, named among the world's top 100 wines by Wine Spectator in 2023.
Historic winery (since 1851)
De Muller
📍 el Molar
De Muller is a winery founded in 1851, known for its sacramental wines and for its DOQ Priorat wines made at the Mas de les Pusses estate in el Molar.
Family winery, organic viticulture
Domini de la Cartoixa — Clos Galena
📍 el Molar
A family winery founded in 1999 in El Molar, a pioneer of organic viticulture in Priorat known for its Formiga de Vellut wine, served at the 2017 Nobel Prize banquet.
Historic 15th-century estate
La Perla del Priorat
📍 el Molar
A winery in el Molar founded in 1998 by Yves Pirenne at Mas dels Frares, a 15th-century Carthusian monastery whose vineyard gave the estate its name, la Perla del Priorat.
Cooperative winery
Celler Cooperatiu El Molar
📍 el Molar
Cooperative winery in El Molar with eighty years of history, part of DO Montsant, producing Garnacha and Cariñena wines as well as DOP Siurana extra virgin olive oil.