Collbató – Vinya Nova - Between Mountains

Agricultural landscape to the foot of the Mountain of Montserrat through a circular route with exit from Collbató.

The agricultural landscape conditioned by the vicinity of a Mediterranean mountain enriscadas as it is the one of Montserrat will show us, if we have luck, a numerous fauna in jabalíes, foxes and hares, complemented with other species like the goat montés and the falcon pilgrim.

The fields of olivos and almendros planted directly by the man see circundados by stains of encinar accompanied of pine, thyme and lavender and, in umbrías and hoyos, by species more humid like the almez and the fresno.

The Vinya Nova is a farm próspera and productive of 1600 that during the 19th century catered of good came the barricas monásticas and that later served of place of rest to the elderly friars. At present it combines the agricultural activity with the restoration.

The Clot of the Alfonsa (between the point 1 and 3) can observe traces of the agricultural world: tanks of vineyard, cisternas of catchment of water, ruins of a barrack and margins of dry stone. Manually left still there are traces of the called biombos with terraces and ancient viñedos.

Place	Days	Length	Desnivel	Desnivel	Difficulty	Type route
Abril 2010
Barcelona	1	5 Km.	700 m.	700 m.	Easy

Place	Days	Length
Abril 2010
Barcelona	1	5 Km.

Desnivel	Desnivel	Difficulty	Type route
700 m.	700 m.	Easy

1. Collbató - Vinya Nova

Flat itinerary that shows us the transformations of the rural life collbatonina along the years. This way is the link of union of the traditional footpaths of rise to Montserrat.

We initiate the trek in the square of the church of Collbató, following the street Pau Bertran until the exit of the village by the Pujolet. Once out of the village begin us to find with different typical elements of the agricultural world eat: tanks of vineyard, a cisterna of catchment of water and good margins of dry stone. Once happened the forest, observe a panoramic of the hoyo of Mónica and of the torrent of the Artigues, already both sides as they elevate the Pastereta and the Friar of Baix.

A hundred of metres more forward see signposted the way of the bridge, that would drive us directly to the highest peak of the macizo, St. Jerónimo.

Arrived to the Vinya Nova, restart the course by the way of the olivar of the Marrell, that marks the linde of the term. We cross the urbanisation of Ca n'Ollé and take the old way of the cemetery, in the final stretch of the cual will find the Encina Big, monumental and centenarian tree. Afterwards we arrive again to the village.

1. Collbató - Vinya Nova

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