1. Gymkana Digital "The Renaissance Man"
2. Joan Carles Amat Route
Tourist route through the places of the municipality where Joan Carles Amat carried out his social activity.
Joan Carles Amat was a monistrolian prohomer who dedicated his life to music, medicine and politics. He was the creator of the first Spanish guitar treaty and the book "400 aforismes catalans".
Joan Carles Amat, of recognized fame beyond local and even county borders, was a man of his time, socially involved. He always sought to respond to those human needs he considered paramount.
Having studied medicine, he did not limit himself to the practice of his profession, but tried to leave written testimony in his discipline and, in addition, he instructed himself in the arts and his language.
When we talk about Joan Carles Amat, we talk about his career within the local administration, but, above all, about his medical, literary and musical works.
The itinerary consists of 6 points, starting at Plaça de l’Església, passing through Casa del Consell, Palau i els Jardins de la Sala, Plaça de la Font Gran, Carrer Sant Joan and Plaça del Bo-Bo.
If you want to book your place, you must contact the Monistrol Tourist Office, at tel. 938 284 536 or at mdm.turisme'monistroldemontserrat.cat.
At the Tourist Office you will also find an information leaflet for those who want to visit individually.
3. Three Quarter Shortcut (GR 96)
- 0' Monistrol de Montserrat railway station (FGC), 150 m. We leave the station to the right (N) and soon go down the street of Pujada de l’Estació, to a crossroads.
- 2' Street crossing, 138 m. We leave Carrer del Pla on the left and Carrer de Santa Anna on the right and continue straight (WSW), towards the bridge over the river.
- 3' Bridge over the Llobregat, 138 m. We cross the bridge and, on the other hand, we cross, through an underground passage, the road
- (C-55). There we take the street of Pont to the left, to a square.
- 5' Plaza del Bo-bo. We leave the square, under the vaults, on Carrer de Sant Joan. At the end of the street we turn to the right and by stairs or a ramp, we reach another immediate street.
- 7' Carrer de Sant Pere. We follow it to the left (SW) and we go out to a square.
- 8' Plaça de la Font Gran. We cross the square of bias and go up the street of the Font to the road of Montserrat.
- 10' Carretera de Monistrol in Montserrat, 175 m. We cross it with bias and take a wide path, which goes up to the E. Indicator: GR 5/96, Monastery of Montserrat. We follow the GR 5 marks. The path goes up between margins of large stones. Later, she plans and leaves on a ridge. We follow a fence of stone and row that we have on the right. We leave a house on the left and we go up following the path that goes up to the SW, in successive steps, making loops, until we reach the foot of a small cliff, which we follow through the base until we turn left to overcome the cliff, and we go up a short stretch in cornice to a track.
- 26' Camí de les Canals, 260 m. We follow the track to the left (E), which rises very gently. We walk around the edge of the Valentina stream and we go up a little to a ridge.
- 30' Shortcut of the Three Quarters, 270 m. Indicator: Camí dels Tres Quarts, Monastery. We leave the track and take a stony path to the right (SW). White and red GR 96 signs. The path goes up a slope. Soon we will see on the left a flat ridge, with a solitary pine half burned on the top. We continue going up in the direction S, overcoming small rocky steps, always on the flank. We leave on the bed of a stony stream. The path goes up along the stream bed. A little further up we cross the stream.
- 45' Torrent de la Font del Boix, 400 m. We cross the bed full of rock blocks, we make a long loop and, above, some short loops to overcome a ridge. We continue on a flat path to a new torrent.
- 54' Torrent de la Maçanera, 460 m. We cross this stream over polished rocks (attention! may be crumbs or frosts). The path goes up to the ESE and passes over some rock slabs to a ridge.
- 57' Swallow, 470 m. We continue ahead, we cross a secondary stream and continue. Then we go up to a stream.
- 62' Torrent del Soldat, 485 m. We cross it and continue climbing steeply, cross a small tarter and overcome some rocky steps (attention! that can be slippery) to a small landing.
- 64' Small landing on a ridge, 500 m. We continue along the path and soon we reach a stream.
- 69' Torrent de l'Erola, 510 m. We cross the hole and beyond, cross a sewage pipe and go out to a very open landing, cross a water pipe and join a path.
- 73' Road union, 530 m. We join the Monistrol path to Montserrat along the Canals path (GR 5). We continue to the right (NW). The path continues along the side of Montserrat’s drinking water. A few meters further up, we find a new drive of more diameter, that of the wastewater, parallel to the other and to the path. Soon we will overcome a new channel along the path, quite stony, with steps of work quite damaged, which makes some loops. A good step up, we find again the wastewater conduction, which we follow for a while. We reach the top of the canal and continue towards the W, and then go down to a track, which we follow, on the left, and soon we reach the Santa Cova path in a closed bend.
- 90' Camí de la Santa Cova, 630 m. Indicator: Monastery of Montserrat GR 5/96 (right, W), Santa Cova (left, SW).
- We follow the cemented path and with very wide steps, to the right, which rises strongly. A bit up, it runs parallel to the rack railway, which we have on the right. We pass in front of the upper station of the air station, on the left and, on some stairs, we access the square.
- 98' Sanctuary of Montserrat, 705 m. Entrance point to the sanctuary, with the information office, the rack railway station, shops, cafeteria and self-service. We continue forward and by stairs to the right, we reach the squares in front of the sanctuary of the Mare de Déu de Montserrat.
4. Angel Shortcut and Matxos Down
- 0' Monistrol de Montserrat railway station (FGC), 150 m. We leave the station to the right (N) and soon go down the street of Pujada de l’Estació, to a crossroads.
- 2' Street crossing, 138 m. We leave Carrer del Pla on the left and Carrer de Santa Anna on the right and continue straight (WSW), towards the bridge over the river.
- 3' Bridge over the Llobregat, 138 m. We cross the bridge and, on the other hand, we cross, through an underground passage, the road (C-55). There we take the street of Pont to the left, to a square.
- 5' Plaza del Bo-bo. We leave the square on the right along Carrer de Manresa, and immediately on the left, along Carrer de Sant Pere. Soon we go up some stairs to the right, we pass in front of the church door and, through a new section of stairs, we reach Montserrat street, which we follow to the left (SW), but soon we go up to the right some new stairs to Puig street, which we have to follow to the left (SW) to a fork.
- 10' Street fork. We go to the right through Carrer del Camp, which goes up facing Col·legi Sant Pere. We turn right, along Camí de l’Àngel street. Once we have turned it around, the street forks and we take the one that goes up to the right (W) -for a neighborhood of turrets - that passes by an electric transformer. A little further up, the street forks again and we continue along the Camí de l’Àngel, which goes up to the right, cemented. A little up the street, we find the hermitage.
- 15' Ermita de l'Àngel, 200 m. Hermitage located to the right of the street, on a ridge at the top of Monistrol, with the whitewashed façade and a small bell tower. We continue up the street (WNW), which soon ends. We continue along the wide path, cobbled in many sections, which goes up making loops and we follow ridge up to a landing.
- 23' Angel Tunnel, 245 m. We pass over the tunnel and continue towards the NW following the path that flanks it; later, the path makes a loop under a bend of the road that we have above, very close. We are flanking the Montserrat road, which we have on our left, more elevated, until the kilometric milestone 7.
- 35' Carretera de Montserrat, 290 m. We follow it to the right, going up. After a closed bend we leave a track to the right and, later, when the road turns to the right, we take a path to the left that climbs through a small ridge where the path tilts towards the slope of the right and flanks the entire shady slope in the direction NW.
- 55' Serra de Canfranc, 420 m. We arrive at the ridge, quite flat here, of this mountain range. We continue along the ridge towards the SW, climbing on some rock steps. The path tilts towards the left side, climbing right, narrow and rocky. A little further up, we pass a short but very straight section (attention!) on rock and then we continue straight to the telephone line. Now we go up in small loops to a car park.
- 75' Monastery of Sant Benet, 535 m. We leave, on the left, at a bend on the road from Monistrol to Montserrat.
- 76' Colònia Puig, 530 m. From the closed bend, we follow the road to the left, we pass in front of the building, until before another bend, where we leave the road and take a path (the descent of the Matxos), which climbs to the right through a dense scrub. After a few steps, we leave the flat path and take another one to the right that goes up to the W, between a very dense forest, and that later goes up making loops. Yellow paint marks. We arrive at a landing and leave two isolated pinasses and we go out to a bend in an open space, under an electric line. We make two more climbs and we reach the road.
- 88' Carretera de Can Maçana a Montserrat, 645 m. We go out on a bend next to a metal tower on the power line. We continue to the left (SE) in a slight descent and, beyond, planning.
- 100' Torrent del Pou del Gat, 660 m. On the right, on a rock, we find an indicator and marks of white and green paint. We leave the road and go up some steps towards SE. The path goes through the slope of the road (attention!), then we go up inside the forest. At the end, we climb a few short stairs and reach a wide path.
- 110' Camí dels Degotalls, 710 m. We continue to the left (S). A good bit further, we leave a porch in a picnic area next to a rock. At the end of the path, we pass by some springs and a little further, this one makes a closed bend on the left and goes down to the car park.
- 120' Parking, 715 m. We continue to the right, we leave the restaurant on the left and on a sidewalk covered with a roof, which makes a balcony, we reach the square.
- 125' Sanctuary of Montserrat, 705 m. Entrance point to the sanctuary, with the information office, the rack railway station, shops, cafeteria and self-service. We continue forward and on some stairs to the right, we reach the squares in front of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Montserrat.
- Monistrol de Montserrat railway station (FGC),
- 150 m. We leave the station to the right (N) and soon go down the street of Pujada de l’Estació, to a crossroads.