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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made the difference. (Robert Frost – The road not taken)

Walking - Culture and History

The best modus operandi for exploring the history of a region are your own two feet (and five senses).

Bruce Chatwin wrote that life is "a journey to be walked on foot": whereas nowadays our life journeys are spent sat in front of computers, not so long ago essentially everybody walked everywhere. These walks attempt to follow, literally, in the footsteps of the people of the past to see how they reflect on present-day La Garrotxa.

These walks take the roads once most travelled by in the past, the cobbled cart tracks, mule trails and forest paths which were in their day the motorways of the past, along which life – both in the form of material goods and information - flowed incessantly, night and day.

Join together the brushstrokes of the past that these walks provide and, with luck, you'll get nearer to the fuller - but still necessarily impressionistic - picture of La Garrotxa's historical past, from the volcanic activity 300,000 years ago through to the 21st century.


N° Where? Interest Details
1 La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park

» Vulcanism: types of volcanic activity (lava flows, types of volcano, etc.).

» Land-use in a volcanic landscape.

 18 km; moderate; 420 m climb; 6 hr.
2 Serra del Corb (La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park).

» Volcanic and other landscapes in La Garrotxa.

» Romanesque churches

 12 km; moderate; 350 climb; 5 hr.
3 Sant Aniol d'Aguja (L'Alta Garrotxa)

» First Romanesque churches in La Garrotxa.

» Rural-urban drift

12 km; moderate; 70 m climb; 5 hr.
4 Santa Bàrbara de Pruneres (L'Alta Garrotxa)

» Feudalism

» Romanesque churches

» Land-use

 9 km; easy; 300 m climb; 4 hr.
5 Bestracà (L'Alta Garrotxa)

» Feudalism

» Romanesque churches

 13,5 km; moderate; 650 m climb; 5 hr.
6 Vall del Bac (L'Alta Garrotxa)

» Romanesque churches

» Transhumance, charcoal makers.

 17.5 km; moderate; 350 climb; 6.30 hrs
7 Santa Magdalena (La Garrotxa)

» Medieval trade routes

 9 km; moderate; 700 m climb; 5 hr.
8 Castell de Falgars (La Garrotxa)

» Bandits

» Trade routes

 11 km; moderate; 540 climb; 5 hr.
9 Liberal's Leap (L'Alta Garrotxa)

» Carline wars

» Romanesque churches

 9.5 km; easy; 100 climb; 4 hr.
10 La Mare de Déu del Mont (L'Alta Garrotxa)

» The Catalan language

» Romanesque churches

 7 km; easy; 250 m climb; 3.30 hr.
11 'Little Switzerland' (La Garrotxa)

» Olot School of Landscape Art

» Development of Olot

 3 km; easy; 10 m climb; 3 hr.
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Sant Miquel del Mont, La Garrotxa

Pont de Llierca, La Garrotxa

Santa Bārbara de Pruneres, L'Alta Garrotxa

Santa Magdalena, La Garrotxa

Croscat, La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park

Croscat, La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park

La Moixina, La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park

Santa Magdalena de Jonqueres

Typical Catalan masia

Sant Miquel del Corb

Capsacosta Roman road

Castellfollit de la Roca, La Garrotxa

Opus spicatum

Sant Miquel Sacot, La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park

Begudā, La Garrotxa

Bridge at Begudā, La Garrotxa

El Camí dels Matxos, La Garrotxa

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