 |
Useful information
Tel. +34 938475102 /Fax +34 938475368 |  | |
|
|
|
Barcelona's green belt.
Montseny Nature Reserve forms part of a network of protected open spaces that make up a green ring.
Macizo del Montseny lies in the Catalan pre-coastal mountains, over 3 districts: l´Osona, la Selva and eastern Vallès. It comprises materials of highly diverse origin.
Three big mountainous groups make up the massif: Turó de l’Home (1,706 m) and Les Agudes (1,703 m) , Matagalls (1,697 m) and Pla de la Calma.
The abrupt relief, that contrasts with the mountains and valley cut by streams, the leafiness of the forests, give rise to a spectacular and exceptionally stunning landscape.
The weather differences in Monseny have brought about a wide range of landscapes: holm oak groves (on the lower slopes), cork oak groves (in the granite areas), pine groves, sub-Mediterranean oak groves, beech and birch trees, besides riverside vegetation and rock formations.
With respect to the fauna, communities of Mediterranean and central European dominate the Reserve. The shrew, badger, grey dormouse, bullfinch, woodcock, Pyrenean newt, common frog, Aesculapian snake and wild boar.
|
|
 | | | | Type of area: Nature Reserve | | | Surface: 17370 Hectares | |
| |
| Information for visits… | |
| From Granollers we leave on the E-15 motorway. In Sant Celoni take the road that goes to Montseny and el Brull, or towards Campins and Viladrau. The quickest access is from Sant Celoni. The Nature Park is crossed by a road and several trails. | |
| Natural assets | | | | | The vegetation and the fauna of the Reserve is characterized for having traditional species of central European lands in the high areas of the massif, and for possessing Mediterranean type species in the lower ones.. | |
| Cultural surroundings | | | | | Inside the Reserve you can visit over a dozen small Romanesque mountain temples. For example, the parish churches of Montseny, Brull, Sant Marçal, Sant Martí del Montseny or Aiguafreda de Dalt, amongst others. | |
|
|
|
|
|
|