Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Badalona, Spain

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 6 km
Ascend 440 m
Descend 305 m

Explore Badalona in Spain with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Badalona

Sight 1: Castell de Godmar

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The castle of Godmar or Gotmar, or Cal Comte, is a fortified farmhouse, also known as Cal Comte, located in the neighborhood of Pomar de Dalt in Badalona. It is listed as a Cultural Asset of National Interest.

Wikipedia: Castell de Godmar (CA)

1415 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 2: Turó d'en Boscà

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The Turó d'en Boscà is a mountain of 198 meters that is located in the municipality of Badalona, in the region of Barcelonès. It is located between the valleys of Canyet and Pomar, to the west of Mas Boscà, which gave it its name. In one of its foothills is the neighborhood of Bonavista.

Wikipedia: Turó d'en Boscà (CA)

21 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 3: Poblat ibèric del Turó d'en Boscà

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Poblat ibèric del Turó d'en Boscà Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (Qoan) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Iberian settlement of the Turó d'en Boscà is a Laietà village from the fourth century BC located on the summit of the hill of Boscà, in Badalona (Barcelonès), which corresponds to the Iberian Seca of Baitolo, which beat coins of Bronze between the second century BC and the beginning of the 1st century BC. The village is on the summit and slopes of one of the hills of the Litoral Range, between the Canyet and Pomar valleys, to the west of Mas Boscà. The hill is signposted and protected by an iron fence.

Wikipedia: Poblat ibèric del Turó d'en Boscà (CA)

160 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Turó d'en Folc

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The Turó d'en Folc is a mountain of 185 meters that is located in the municipality of Badalona, in the region of Barcelonès. At the top we can find a geodesic vertex.

Wikipedia: Turó d'en Folc (CA)

1518 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 5: Montigalà

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Montigalà

The hill of Montigalà is a mountain of 152 meters that is located in the municipality of Badalona (Barcelonès) in the homonymous neighborhood, to which it gave its name. At its summit is the Montigalà Cross, a monument placed for the Constantinian Festival of 1913, which commemorated the Edict of Milan of 313.

Wikipedia: Turó de Montigalà (CA)

1415 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 6: Serra de Can Mas

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The Serra de Can Mas is a mountainous alignment of the Serralada de Marina, part of the Catalan Coastal Range. It is a small mountain range in the municipality of Badalona, which separates the valley of Canyet, to the east, from the valley of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra, to the west, which was cultivated until well into the twentieth century. It rises in Turó d'en Roda-soques and loses height as it lengthens to the south. The vegetation of the area is formed by garrigues, stone pines, albada scrubland and broom.

Wikipedia: Serra de Can Mas (CA)

587 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: Monestir de Sant Jeroni de la Murtra

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Sant Jeroni de la Murtra or Nostra Senyora de la Vall de Betlem is an ancient monastery of the Jerónimos order, located in the Poià or Betlem valley, in the Marina mountain range, in the Canyet district of Badalona (Barcelonès). It was declared a historic-artistic monument of national interest in 1975, and later, in 2014, a Cultural Asset of National Interest, both the monastery and its grounds and the entire valley of Poià or Betlem, which also include, for example, the hermitages of Sant Climent and Sant Onofre, the old hermitage of La Miranda or the aqueduct of Dosrius. In addition, the old monastery also occupies the first position among the so-called seven treasures of the cultural heritage of Badalona, which were chosen in 2010 on the occasion of the capital of Catalan culture of the city.

Wikipedia: Sant Jeroni de la Murtra (CA), Website

860 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 8: Ermita de Sant Onofre

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Ermita de Sant Onofre

The hermitage of Sant Onofre is a small chapel located in the Badalona district of Canyet built in 1498 by the monks of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra in the serrat de les Ermites, at the top of the hill of Sant Onofre, between the torrent of the Font Santa and the Coll de les Ermites. Together with the hill of Sant Climent it forms the Serrat de les Ermites. It can be reached by the path that leaves the Coll de Vallençana or the one that passes through the Coll de Puig Castellar, from Santa Coloma de Gramenet.

Wikipedia: Ermita de Sant Onofre (CA)

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