Walking Tours in spain

Even in winter this varied tour can be enjoyed under clear skies and in pleasant temperatures. Indeed the time to avoid is high summer, when our walk form the Summits of the Pyrenees to the sea is more appropriate.

The tour comprises three days walking in the Montseny national park starting from the Turo de L’Home (1700m) and traversing the forested Agudes to reach the gorge and hermitage of St Miguel del Fai. We then transfer by road to the unusual rock formations of the Montserrat national park for a fourth days walk around these dramatic hills culminating at Mt San Jeroni. The mountain was sacred long before the establishment of the Benedictine monastery, and has long been the abode of hermits, a tradition that still survives today. But it was the discovery of the Moreneta, the revered black virgin of Catalonia, that put Montserrat at the heart of Catalan religious culture.

A cable car will bring you down the mountain for a short but pleasant train journey to Barcelona. There is more activity on the streets at midnight than at midday in the thriving Catalan capital. Dining out is a national pastime in the thousands of restaurants. Enjoy a coffee at one of the pavement cafes in the Ramblas, and you can absorb the atmosphere of buskers and street theatre, and people watching at its best. Follow the shoppers to find the Bouqueria food market and a heady confusion of sights and smells. Marvel at the spectacular Gaudi cathedral, or the Miro mosaic pavements, the newly restored opera house or just enjoy the ambience of this lively city.