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Barcelona guided walking tours - Climb to hilltop chapel in natural park, descent to ice cave
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Basic data
| grade | moderate |
| base | Barcelona |
| location tags | Catalonia, Catalunya, Cataluña, Vallès Oriental, |
| theme tags | ecclesiastical, mountain, |
| walking distance | 12 km / 7.46 miles |
| walking time, excluding breaks | 4.15 hr |
| total return travel time from base to walk | 2 hr |
| total time from "hello" to "goodbye" | 7.60 hr |
| fiestas and markets on the way |
Note that there are also events in most places on January 6 (Three Kings), Carnival, Easter, April 23 (St George), June 23 (St John), and September 11 (Catalan regional/national day) |
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Description of the walk
Walk up into the Montseny Park from the deep north-south valley connecting the Vallès and Vic plains. Early 20th century summer villas (1, 2) in village on old Roman (subsequently so-called royal) highway from Barcelona north to the Pyrenees. Casino birthplace of annual world melon-butting championships. Mill disguised as plant. Church and rectory-turned-educational-centre. Impressive decomposing slates, red soils, mixed forest. Hill-top meadows with a long history of human settlement and some classy C18th farms (1, 2, 3). Climb to defunct village on huge rock (1, 2) still with C12th church (revolutionarily deconstructed 1936, rebuilt 1986) but currently without castle. Excellent views over Vic/Osona plain to Pyrenees, Collserola range that masks Barcelona, peaks of Montseny. Bits of the GR5. Drinks at ice basins and storage pits (functional till 1934) and/or station bar. We can lunch half-way at a good farm restaurant and there's also the option of a visit to a museum of pre-industrial farm life; both require reservation. At the end there's an optional extension to well-preserved dolmen.
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- Fri: Max Temp: 28°C (82°F), Min Temp: 23°C (73°F), Wind Direction: SSE, Wind Speed: 10mph, Visibility: good, Pressure: 1015mb, Humidity: 91%, UV risk: high, Sunrise: 06:44CEST, Sunset: 21:10CEST
- Sat: Max Temp: 29°C (84°F), Min Temp: 23°C (73°F), Wind Direction: SSW, Wind Speed: 10mph, Visibility: good, Pressure: 1017mb, Humidity: 71%, UV risk: high, Sunrise: 06:45CEST, Sunset: 21:09CEST
- Sun: Max Temp: 31°C (88°F), Min Temp: 22°C (72°F), Wind Direction: S, Wind Speed: 9mph, Visibility: good, Pressure: 1017mb, Humidity: 50%, UV risk: high, Sunrise: 06:46CEST, Sunset: 21:08CEST
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Useless Barcelona info
- July 30 1460 A instancia de los tejedores de lana faltos de trabajo, publican los conselleres un pregon prohibiendo el uso de telas de lana estrangeras.
- July 30 1466 Los diputados y el consejo con intervencion de la ciudad proclaman rey á Renato de Anjou durante la guerra con D. Juan II.
- July 30 1714 On the thirtieth in the evening the Marshal of Berwick went into the trenches. They were mounted by Lieutenant-general Dillon, Mr. Vicintillo, Marshal de Camp, and the Brigadeers Courten and Desmarets. Every thing was in readiness, and the signal was g...
- July 30 1848 San Abdon y san Senen.
Los hortelanos de la puerta de S. Antonio celebran en la iglesia parroquial del Pino la fiesta de estos santos, á quienes tienen por patronos. No cabe duda en que este patronazgo es el origen del refran que se usa en el pais: san Non y san Nen pe... - July 30 1909 SPAIN DEMORALIZED. At first glance the dispatches from Spain seem to show that a widespread and formidable campaign has been begun there against the use of the National army in National defense. In other words, the most striking antimilitarist demonstration that history has so far produced...
- July 30 1909 BARCELONA RIOTERS SLEW EVEN NUNS; Killed Priests at Altar, Burned Churches and Convents, While Bystanders Cheered. WORST OVER, SAYS MADRID Rioters, Crushed, Have Surrendered — London Hears General Strike in Spanish Capital Is Planned for Monday. LONDON, July 30. — The continued...
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