THE ESSENCE OF ANOIA: NATURE AND CULTURE

This hiking route will show you the best highlights of the southern part of l’Anoia, with walks of between 8 and 12 kilometers

A week plenty of surprises along l’Anoia. Along this route, you will see one of the best-preserved, Orpí castle, beside you also have an iconic chapel called Sant Miquel d’Orpi. They will explain to us the strategic position of this castle and why it was build. Another pleasure of this long weekend trip is the meals. you will taste local food in the most iconic restaurants, getting a good idea of Catalan Cuisine and tasting local products. In Canaletes  e will visit his impressive waterfalls and deep puddles, which is probably the nicest natural resource of the stage.

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  • Day 1 Arrival
    Arrival at Somiatruites hotel, in Igualada, where you will stay the first night and you will give a welcome meeting. In the evening, you can go for a walk in the center village, before to have the first experience of the trip: tasting a nice local dinner.
  • Day 2 To Sant Martí de Tous
    11.0 km
    Leaving Somiatruites hotel on the way to Sant Martí de Tous, there is a landscape surrounded by many vineyards. At km 5 of the route, there will be a guided visit to Mas Buret (bee keepers). They will show you the process of how to prepare the honey, types of bees and honeys and a small tasting. Once the guided visit is over, you can have a picnic for lunch and continue with the second part of the walk to finally reach Sant Martí de Tous where you will find the views of the Castell de Tous.
  • Day 3 Nature and castles
    12.0 km
    This stage is quite flat and with a different landscape compared to the days before. Two kilometers and a half after leaving the village you will find an impressive natural pool powered by a little waterfall. The route continues crossing a little hill to head to Orpi, the village where you will find the Santa Candia natural pool, and the apartments where you will rest. Dinner at the accommodation.
  • Day 4 Resting day
    Day off. For lunch we will go to Castell d'Orpí, from where we will have fantastic views and enjoy a restaurant with local cuisine. Next door we have the baroque church of Sant Miquel d'Orpí which is worth visiting. On your way back to the hotel, you can go through the gorges of Santa Cândida, where, on a hot day, you can take a dip. Quiet day to enjoy the nature and tranquility of Anoia.
  • Day 5 Forests, fields and vineyards
    10.0 km
    Today´s hike is a continuous up and down over poorly marked, narrow paths through forests, fields and vineyards. Total climbing today consists of 400m. Once we arrive at la Llacuna, we will visit Can Gripasso, where we will taste wines accompanied with cheeses from the village farmers.
  • Day 6 Contrast of landscapes
    10.0 km
    Leaving La Llacuna, the path rises to the top of the mountain. From there, a gentle descent begins for 3km, leaving the forest and ending up in pastures. After crossing this area of fields and pastures, the path goes back into dense forest, slowly climbing for less than 2km, until we reach the peak of El Castellot. From there we start to descend until we leave the forest and reach Avelllà, the town where the walk ends.
  • Day 7 South of l'Anoia
    11.0 km
    The first kilometers are very flat, slightly descending until you reach the base of Montpedrós mountain, from where you begin a descent along a spectacular path where you will see two completely different landscapes: on our left, forest and mountain, and to our right, a fantastic valley, dotted with villages and fields. Then you will go along the village of Sant Quinti de Mediona, before arriving at the accommodation.
  • Day 8 Paper Mill and departure
    In the morning, we will do a workshop and visit the Capellades Paper Mill Museum, where we will make our own paper using traditional methods as it was done years ago. After the visit, our journey ends and it is time to go home.
  • Day 9 To Capellades
    10.0 km
    Today's itinerary begins by leaving the village and crossing the fields along a narrow path. After this flat start we will come across a small hill that we will go up, until we reach the highest point where we will have views of the entire south of the region. From there, all that remains is to go down until we reach Capellades, where we will stay.
  • Day 10
    With the financial support of the European Union under the ENI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme and the Catalan Tourist Board

All year round

Selfguided price

  • Basic price: 1,050.00 €

Supplements prices

  • Single room: 295.00 € (per person)

Price includes:
- Welcome meeting
- B&B 8 nights accommodation
- Workshop and visit in the leather Museum and Paper Museum
- Bee keeper visit
- Wine and cheese tasting
- Silk workshop
- Dinner at Somiatruites restaurant and Orpi Castle Restaurant
- Luggage transfers
- GPS device rental and tracks of each itinerary
- Maps of each day
- Touristic information of the package

Barcelona is the city with more connexions of Catalonia. You can arrive at Barcelona by plane, bus or train.

Airport: Barcelona
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You can arrive/leave Capellades or Igualada by train, taking R6 line from Espanya station.

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  • self price: 1,050.00 €
  • self price children: 1,050.00 €
  • self price senior: 1,050.00 €
  • single room: 295.00 €
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