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Barcelona guided walking tours - Scenic intro to first Catalan modernist novel, Els sots feréstecs / The wild ravines
Basic data
| grade | strenuous |
| base | Barcelona |
| location tags | Vallès Oriental, |
| theme tags | ecclesiastical, literary, |
| walking distance | 14 km / 8.7 miles |
| walking time, excluding breaks | 4.30 hr |
| total return travel time from base to walk | 2 hr |
| total time from "hello" to "goodbye" | 7.81 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
Raimon Casellas' Els sots feréstecs (The Wild Ravines), first published in book form in Barcelona in 1901, is often described as the first Catalan modernist novel. I reckon that - with its undeveloped characters, twistless plot, and folk-Catholic gloom - it's actually more of a neo-Gothic passion drama. On this walk I take you up from the valley to visit the key locations (the highest point has spectacular views) and explain the destruction of Mossèn Llàtzer, rector of the lonely parish of Sant Pau, by Roda-soques, an outsider who provides love at a price from a house on the hill.
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