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The geographical and historical features of the area where we are located, it makes it possible to make a wide range of sporting, cultural and adventure for both groups and for individuals.

SPORT

Knowing the Osona bird's eye view, balloon. www.balotour.com

Quad Activity, guided excursions with instructor (different levels)

Horse riding through the valley of Sau

Excursion with horse back canoe

Hiking and horseback archery (forest)

Tour coach

Water skiing and fishing

Kayak

4x4 routes (Rupit and waterfalls Collsacabra ...)

Marked mountain bike trails (shelter Folgueroles 600 840 487)

Hiking to the nature of the Guilleries - Savassona

The Forest of Adventure, 2 circuits on entertainment giant trees www.selvaventura.com

Golf and Pitch and Putt in Taradell

To relax After all this activity

Want a perfect day at a spa in Tona

Swimming pool with hydromassage

Mudguard

Massage

Cultural events

The Romance of the county, its museums, the weekly market in Vic.

VIC

Halfway between the sea and the Pyrenees and only seventy kilometers from Barcelona, ​​Vic is the population center, and administrative services in a geographic area that exceeds the limits of Osona.

Its long history in the streets and squares of the historic center, lives in harmony with the new urban growth shows that the energy of a cosmopolitan city, expressed through the echo of its fairs and markets, the consolidation of University or the growth of industrial estates. Vic is a city rich in contrasts, a place where tradition and modernity, the heritage of rural environments and the most advanced, the tranquility of a very small town and the festive fun and entertainment.

His episcopal capital of Osona, the Vic is an active network of cities that articulate the Catalan territory. The new transport routes and improving existing ones have placed the city in a privileged position to meet the demands of the new society while preserving its essence and its distinctive character.

The market:

Always on Saturday is market day in the main square of Vic, and over time, the Vigatans have made the market at a party: clothes, handicrafts, poultry, flowers, local produce ... Bargained and stroll through the traditional market of Catalonia, is the best activity that can be performed on Tuesday and Saturday mornings.

Guided tours:

- Route of the historic city of Vic: route passing by the old Roman temple, the walls, the Roman bridge, the plaza and visit the interior of the house in the city.

Hours: every Saturday at 17:00 pm (except January and February)

Duration: 1 ½ hours (approx.)

Home Visit: Tourist Office

Price: 2,50 € (person). Under 12s free.

No need to book.

- Cathedral of Vic: the bell tower and the Romanesque crypt, Gothic cloister, the paintings of Jose Maria Sert. (Duration: 1 hour).

- MEV: visit to the rich collections of Romanesque and Gothic art, archeology, decorative arts ... . Great offer guided tours of the exhibition for all ages, family and school activities, courses and conferences. The Museum occupies a prominent place among the museums of Europe. The present building was designed by architects Federico Correa and Alfonso Milan and is designed specifically to accommodate each of the collections, the most important of which are of Romanesque and Gothic painting and sculpture. It also emphasizes the collection of religious clothing (free guided tour on Sunday morning).

Hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 19pm and Sundays 10am to 14pm. Duration: 1h 30min and 2h

- Museum of Art Leather: contains the collection of Andrew tanner Munmany Colomer, consisting of a thousand pieces, made wholly or partly of leather. The pieces show the rich style and technique of this type of decorative arts that come from different eras and cultures. They are the collection of all items: chests, screens, altar frontals, desks, bindings, bags, arm chairs, saddle, shields, tanks, shadow theater figures, masks, etc.. The museum is housed in a building with a spectacular architectural structure, the convent of Carmen, Vic.

Hours: mornings from 11 to 14 hours, evenings and from 17 to 20 hours. Closed Sunday afternoon.

Duration: 1 hour

Exhibition Schedule:

Vic Link (February)

Downloaded Antiques (March and October)

Market Ram (March / April)

Vicantic (August)

Market Live Music (September)

Arquimat (October)

Medieval Market (December)

Festivic Festival of Children and Youth (December / January)

VALLEY AND SAU Collsacabra

The valley forms a plateau Sau Collsacabra unique, worthy to be admired from any angle. The cliffs, abundant water, lush green forests and beautiful villages draw an idyllic setting the threshold eastern filmed.

Halfway between the Montseny and Pyrenees, the mountain cross, Collsacabra Sau Valley and frame a natural region as a crescent at the eastern end of the Osona. The territory is a privileged place, where we find the ideal ingredients to attract the eyes of intrepid while traveling. The cliffs, the Sau and wet woodland Guilleries make a space suitable for the practice of outdoor activities, while hiding a variety of routes for walking or cycling.

Bike trails:

The terrain features are Collsacabra Sau Valley and a very attractive to practitioners of mountain biking. From the Mountain Bike Centre offers 244 miles of trails in 15 different levels. The tours depart from the Squirrel Folgueroles points that are host to an information center and services. It is recommended to participate in the popular ride goats.

St. Peter Casserres:

One of the most precious jewels of Catalan Romanesque architecture is the monastery of Sant Pere de Casserres, located in one of the most spectacular meanders of the river Ter, at the gates of the Sau reservoir. Founded in 1005 by the viscounts of Cardona was filmed, the only monastery of the Osona who enjoyed three centuries of religious activity, until the end of the monastic life from the fourteenth century led to its the decline. The restoration, in 1998, allowed to recover much of the original structure.

The Sau reservoir:

At the foot of the cliff of Tavertet arises Sau Reservoir, which holds the river Ter. Opened in 1962, and is considered one of the most peculiar of Catalonia with 17 km long and 3 km maximum width. Under the water lies the old town of Sau San Roman, a people whose only immersed in the bell tower stands as a popular indicator of the level of the water. The reservoir is an attraction for lovers of water sports and fishing, as well as for hikers on horseback, bicycle, foot or 4x4.

Sanctuary Cabrera and Aiats:

The spectacular cliffs of the Catalan Pre-Pyrenees are in the Sierra Cabrera, where stands the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Cabrera, a place frequented by devotees in the mountains. Along with the plan Aiats the rocky peak that dominates the Collsacabra and boasts a privileged view beyond the Plain of Vic, Montseny and Guilleries.

Skip Salient and stream Rupit:

The set of streams and springs that flow in the river crests are Collsacabra Rupit, one of the most important hydrographic resources of the area. The water, before pouring it in the swamp of Susqueda, draw small pools and waterfalls such as Salto Sallent a vertical drop of 100 meters can be seen from a viewpoint.

Savassona (ancient history):

About Tavèrnoles, Savassona offers a journey through time. The legacy of ancestors Neolithic, Iberian and medieval can be seen in three parts: the seventeenth-century castle, the Romanesque church of St. Peter and St. Feliuet Chapel, a jewel of Catalan Romanesque, surrounded by large rocks and tombs anthropomorphic where climbing block.

The Guilleries:

The bulk of the Guilleries rises with gentle slopes from the bridge of Gothic Malafogassa. The natural region is lush, green forests with different dwellings that served as the dreaded bandit hideout Serrallonga after some of his misdeeds. All in all, a landscape legend with chapels, monasteries and castles difficult to access.

Folgueroles Verdaguer:

Located close to the flat Folgueroles has a landscape full of poetry and historical nuances. The legacy of his illustrious son, Verdaguer, located in every corner of the town through buildings, gardens and monoliths. The route includes verdagueriana House Museum, the Romanesque church of Santa Maria and a monument erected to the poet in the midst of a great oak.

Tavertet and cliffs:

The cliffs define the unmistakable look of Collsacabra and Tavertet is the true scenario. Elevation on a massive cliff 200 feet bordering the Ter valley, this place has been marked by isolation stood to lose its charm as it falls with contrasting colors and a stunning view, the background Montseny and Matagalls, and feet, the Sau.

Rupit:

On the threshold of the Osona between the cliffs of Aiats and Garrotxa are the people most admired Collsacabra. In the shelter of the rocky cliff where settled the castle ruins, keeps Rupit hegemony that makes it attractive medieval: cobbled streets, rustic houses of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries dressed with beautiful balconies, the unique suspension bridge wooden bridge Can Badaire medieval and the baroque church of San Miguel, where the tower stands tall and slender.

The Gorgues:

The gorge de la Horadada gathers the waters of the stream with the stream of Rotllada Gorgues through a landscape scene worthy of admiration. In its passage through the squirrel out of the dense vegetation along a constant current and a splendid waterfalls, pools and meanders all alternating with ruins of old mills to find the Sau.

Route of the Iberians:

The important ausetans Guilleries still remains one of the Iberian tribes that occupied the area between centuries BC and AD. The route initiates in Folgueroles, the fortified settlement homemade Puigcastellet the third century BC. Although there are signs scattered throughout the wall as a whole or Tavertet Savassona to Tavèrnoles.

Viladrau:

Route botany, medicinal plants

Sources and route of Legends

Route Serrallonga bandit -Sala-

Routes poetic

For information and reservations at the Information Office (Tel. 93 884 80 35 or 93 884 91 31)

MONTSENY

The Flat, rolling fertile land of abundant nature, is the door of the Montseny. It has a variety of landscapes where there are clear gray in winter, green in the spring crop of newbies and solid colors of the forests leading to Montseny.

Hey Montseny there are a variety of paths and trails that allow visitors to play a sport and a healthy way to break into the culture, history, customs, landscapes and geography of the area. Water has become this rich land, full of springs and spas, inhabited since prehistoric times and accredited by the good health of its climate. The natural landscape, proximity to urban centers and the possibility of some of his health became privileged places of resort towns in the Catalan bourgeoisie from the late nineteenth century.

At Montseny, the plain of Vic, you can do all kinds of routes by car, bicycle and on foot from Saint Julia de Vilatorta in Aiguafreda or Sant Miquel del Fai. It also has a number of tourist attractions such as the Romanesque churches of San Salvador or San Pedro de Valldeneu, or the castles of Taradell of Crossroads and Tona, as well as the Montseny Natural Park.

Romanesque routes:

The Osona is one of the richest expressions of Catalonia in Romanesque art. It has more than ninety buildings that are wholly or partly Romanesque, and the Bishop Museum is the second most important country for its collections of mural painting and special antipendis table or altar, images , altars, caskets, capitals, etc. ... No student or lover of Romanesque art museum can not neglect our miss our monuments.

The Romanesque Osona has some defining features that distinguish it from the counties that surround us: Garrotxa, Ripollès the Bages and Vallès Oriental Forest.

Road VIC: Museu Episcopal crypt of the cathedral and bell tower, bridge Queralt, Castle of St. Sixtus and Moncada.

Route of St. Peter Casserres: Boxing of Tavèrnoles, Savassona of St. Peter, St. Peter and St. Feliu de Savassona of Casserres.

Route of St. Martin BRULL Santa Eugenia de Berga bell of St. Genis Taradell, Chapel of San Quirico Subidarells, Chapel Montrodon, Viladrover Santiago de Santa María de San Martin and His Brull.

Route of St. Vincent de MESH: Mesh St. Vincent, St. Andrew's Castle Tona Tona Lourdes, San Miguel de Vilageriu, San Fructuoso of St. Peter and Balenyà Valldeneu.

Route GUILLERIES: Riudeperes of St. Martin, St. Thomas Riudeperes, Vilalleons Santa Maria, San Julian de Vilatorta, San Sadurní Osormort of St. Vincent and the Espinelves.

Path Valley SAU: Santa Maria Folgueroles Bunch of San Lorenzo, Santa Maria and San Roman Vilanova de Sau Sau.

Route of St. Vincent de TORELLÓ: San Fructuoso's Degree, St. Stephen Granollers de la Plana, San Julian and Vilamirosa of St. Vincent de Torello.

Route LLUÇANÈS: Sassorba San Julian, San Salvador Serradellops, Oristà Crypt of St. Andrew, St. Andrew of Llanars, Lucia del Quer, Luke and St. Mary of the Castle of St. Vincent Luke.

Route GOAT: Sant Pere de Roda or Crack, Sescorts St. Martin, St. Bartholomew Sesgorgues, Sorerols of San Miguel and San Cristobal de Tavertet.

Route Collsacabra: San Julian Cabrera Dosmunts St. Lawrence and St. John of Fàbregues.

MUSEUMS

Aiguafreda

Exhibition Hall Town Aiguafreda. Tel: 93.844.22.53

Balenyà-Hostalets

Balenyà Museum. Tel: 93.889.83.85

Centelles

Hall of Paleontology. Tel: 93.881.20.63

Seva

Forge Museum. Tel: 93.844.01.11

Taradell

Museum of Wheat. Tel: 93.887.00.15

Coast Cultural Center Exhibition Hall and fountain. Tel: 93.812.67.01

Tona

Museum of Bread. Tel: 93.887.04.21

Municipal Museum. Tel: 93.887.02.01

Viladrau

European Cultural Centre of Nature. Space theme of water and the tree. Tel: 93.884.80.35 or 93.884.82.19