Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Torroella de Montgrí, Spain

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 4.3 km
Ascend 317 m
Descend 337 m

Experience Torroella de Montgrí in Spain in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Torroella de Montgrí

Sight 1: Cau de les Dents

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The Cau de les Dents is a cave on the northwest slope of Montplà in the municipality of Torroella de Montgrí known as a place of human burial from prehistoric times, like other places on this mountain such as the Cau d'en Calvet, the Cau de la Figuera or the Cau de l'Olivar d'en Margall. Relatively close to the top of the mountain, facing the Santa Caterina Valley, the cave has an opening of about four meters wide and is wider than it is high. Once inside there is a certain space on the right side with an inward slope and on the left side there is a short gallery gradually curved to the right with an outward slope.

Wikipedia: Cau de les Dents (CA)

1033 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Puig Roig

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Puig Roig is a mountain of 258.6 meters in the municipality of Torroella de Montgrí, in the region of Baix Empordà.

Wikipedia: Puig Roig (Torroella de Montgrí) (CA)

353 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Puig de Carroig

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Puig de Carroig

Puig de Carroig is a 261.3-metre mountain in the Montgrí massif, which is in the municipality of Torroella de Montgrí, in the Catalan region of Baix Empordà.

Wikipedia: Puig Carroig (CA)

1087 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 4: Ermita de Santa Caterina

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Ermita de Santa Caterina Vincent van Zeijst / CC BY-SA 3.0

The hermitage of Santa Caterina is a moderately sized hermitage in the municipality of Torroella de Montgrí. The hermitage is hidden in the interior of the valley of Santa Caterina, north of the mountains of Ullà, Montgrí and Montplà. It is reached by a forest track that can be passed on from the road between Ullà and L'Escala. Even so, there are multiple paths and paths that lead to it, either through the Coll de Santa Caterina, between the mountain of Ullà and the Montgrí, or through the Coll d'en Garrigars, between the Montgrí and the Montplà. To the east, a path climbs up the valley bed until past the pass, where you can reach the forest track that leads from the dunes of Torroella to Sobrestany. The building was started in a late Gothic style, although mixed with Baroque modifications.

Wikipedia: Ermita de Santa Caterina (Torroella de Montgrí) (CA)

1535 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 5: Cau del Duc d'Ullà

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The Cau del Duc d'Ullà is a karst cave on the southern slope of the Ullà mountain in the Montgrí massif. Smaller than the Cau del Duc del Montgrí, this cave has an inward inclination, forming a basin that allowed the accumulation and fixation of sediment levels of prehistoric interest in a calcareous breccia-type material.

Wikipedia: Cau del Duc d'Ullà (CA)

337 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Puig Rodó

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Puig Rodó

Puig Rodó, the name that the Cartographic Institute of Catalonia attributes to the mountain popularly known as Muntanya d'Ullà or Puig Anill is a mountain of 307.9 meters above sea level between the municipalities of Torroella de Montgrí and Ullà, in the region of Baix Empordà. At the top there is a geodesic vertex. It is a tapered mountain in a N-W/SE direction that leaves the Santa Caterina Valley to the north. On its southern slope is the Cau del Duc d'Ullà of archaeological interest. To the west is Mas Blanc and a colourful open-air quarry. The mountain and its bed is also known as Area 21 by some people. It has four peaks of different altitudes popularly known as the Peak of Gaea, the Peak of Hades, the Peak of Cronus and the Peak of Aphrodite.

Wikipedia: Puig Rodó (Massís del Montgrí) (CA)

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