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And next we show you some leisure activities that you can do in the area: (for further information visit the section “Tourist Points”)

 

• Walks in the village and around it. The area is flat.
• Walks or rides to the Remei castle (5 km from Penelles), which is famous for its wines and for the lake recently made up, Ivars (10 km from Penelles) (Ornithology).
• Golf Urgell Pitch & Putt in Bellpuig (17 km).
• Intensive hunting area “Agroflix” (20 km).
• Wine cellars from Costers del Sio (20 km) ...# http://www.costersio.com
• Pitch & Putt BonArea Golf in Massoteres (50 km).
• Gorge of Montrebei from Corçà (52 km)
• Reservoir of Saint Llorenç of Montgai (28 km)
• Looking for mushrooms in the autumn at Montsec (50 km) and Paragliding Ager
• There are diferent kinds of routes to do like: The Cister one, the castle one, the olive oil,.....

If you want to go to a market, the main ones are (in the mornings):

• Balaguer: Saturday
• Artesa de Segre: Sunday
• Tàrrega: Monday
• Mollerussa: Wednesday

If you prefer tourism:

• Balaguer: Porched square and historical centre with Saint Christ, the medieval walls the river Segre…# http://www.balaguer.net
• Bellpuig: Parish church, convent of Saint Bartomeu, the Castle…# www.bellpuig.ddl.net
• Tàrrega: Saint Eloi Park, historical centre…# www.ajtarrega.es
• Mollerussa: Water of Urgell’s channel Museum# ww.mollerussa.ddl.net
• Lleida: La Seu vella, la paeria, the major street, the diocesà museum and the county museum.# http://www.paeria.es/
• Monastery of Vallbona de les Monges (the Císter route).# www.vallbona.com
• Verdú: the Castle, the pottery, the wine, the museum of games…#http://www.verdu.ddl.net/

Main Feasts and fairs:

• FEBRUARY
  • Ponts: feast of the “ranxo” * (Tuesday of carnival) *(typical dish)
• MARCH - APRIL
  • Anglesola: fair of the parade, this goes round the town three times and the medieval fair. (Ending of March - beginning of April)
  • Bellpuig: the procession of the grief (the previous Friday of the Friday Saint).
• APRIL
  • Àger: Paragliding Championships- Antique cars meeting..
• APRIL- MAY
  • Verdú: Pitcher’s fair and the black pottery (Ending of April-beginning of May)
• MAY
  • Castellserà: Bandolers’* feast.    *bandolers were robbers from the 17th century
  • Balaguer: spring's feast.
• JUNE
  • Tàrrega: Environment’s fair (beginnings of June).
  • La Fuliola: Reap and Thresh feasts (last weekend of June).
• JULY
  • The Transsegre* (beginning of July) *competition of floating objects (ships)
• AUGUST
  • Penelles: town’s festival (last weekend of August)
  •Artesa de Segre: St. Bartomeu’s feast or melon’s feast (August 24th).
  • Medieval market (second weekend of the month)
• SEPTEMBER
  • Tàrrega: Theatre on the street fair (beginnings of September)
  • Òs de Balaguer: Bell’s feast.
• OCTOBER
  • Agramunt: Typical nougat and stone’s chocolate* fair. (12th October)      *typical desserts.
• NOVEMBER
  • Vilanova de meià: partridge’s fair (first two weeks of the month).
• DECEMBER
  • Penelles: living crib
  • Tàrrega: artist’s and traditional activities’ fair (beginning of the month).