Ulldemolins – St. Bartomeu Fraguerau

We can describe this simple route like one of the most varied routes of the regions tarraconenses.

Ulldemolins - Sant Bartomeu de Fraguerau — Ulldemolins – Sant Bartomeu of Fraguerau

This itinerary has it everything: forests, original reliefs, pozos, jumps of water, sources, rivers that discurren between surprising walls, grottos, the hermitage of Sant Bartomeu, situated in the hondonada of a throat, etc. In definite, can describe it like one of the most varied routes of the regions tarraconenses. The congosto of Fraguerau carries the name of a monk that lived by these places and that it was appointed abbot of the near cartuja of Escaladei. Although the itinerary is quite concurrido in his initial part, allows us enjoy of the nature, the silence and the meditation that offers splits it north of the saw of Montsant.

Before arriving to the pertinent population of Reus, a track of earth, indicated with the poster “ermites” carries us until him hermitage of Sant Antoni. This track, asphalted in his final stretch, allows to arrive without problems to Sant Antoni, starting point of the itinerary, where can leave the car.

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Place	Days	Length	Desnivel	Desnivel	Difficulty	Type route

Tarragona	1	9 Km.	140 m.	140 m.	Easy

Place	Days	Length

Tarragona	1	9 Km.

Desnivel	Desnivel	Difficulty	Type route
140 m.	140 m.	Easy

1. Ulldemolins - Sant Bartomeu of Fraguerau

From the Hermitage of Sant Antoni to 690 m. Of altitude, go out by the forest track in direction to the collado of the Prat following the white and red signals of the GR 65-5.

We follow descending by the track and go through a tank of water. To the 15 minutes leave the main track to the left and go down by a wide shortcut, rocky and of brusque descent. To the little will go back to go out to the track that have left previously.

Some metres further down, abandon to the right the source of the Gleva and his electrical installations. The track finishes and begins the way of the horseshoe. Before crossing the torrent there is a small oriel on the river Montsant.

We cross it laughed it that low of the source of the Gleva. The way goes in in a forest of pines and goes up softly having the river Montsant and the congosto of Fraguerau to the right.

In the following detour that goes down until the Racó of the Pastera continue to the left following the signals of the GR.

We arrive to a rondal rocky and leave to the left a small marked footpath and go down by the right. To few metres find a cave. The continuous way going down softly until the bottom of the valley.

To the hour of trek find a curious bridge colgante on the river Montsant that gives access to the valley of Sant Bartomeu. To the left we leave the way that carries to the population of Margalef.

Once happened the bridge us enfilamos by the congosto. We will have to cross a pair of times the dry and rocky torrent and go in in a small way that will drive us until the hermitage of Sant Bartomeu to the 1:15 h. Of trek and to some 550 metres of altitude.

The return realises by the same footpath.

1. Ulldemolins - Sant Bartomeu of Fraguerau

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