De 13 mest fantastiske bjergtoppes omkring Olot

Long climb rewarded with a sign telling you how much you have worked.

Volcà del Montsacopa is an extinct volcano that died out 100,000 years ago. Running here is not easy because it is steep uphill or downhill, but the views are worth it. The crater is full of rabbits (at least there were when I visited) in the late afternoon and there are many nice trails around it. There is a church and a tower there too. If you visit Olot it is an easy walk that you must do.

Neighboring mountain of Puigsacalm with a very characteristic shape that makes it attractive to climb. The views from the top, like those of Puigscalam, are a perfect viewpoint of the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park.

Emblematic peak of 1514m located in the municipality of Vall d'en Bas. As the highest point of the Serralada Transversal, it is a perfect vantage point of the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park. It is included in the list of the 100 summits of the FEEC.

Mountain pass that crosses the Malforat mountain range, which separates the Bianya valley and the Bac valley, and the Garrotxa and Ripollès counties. It is a very quiet road with little traffic, which on the Olot side is 8.6 kilometers long and has an average gradient of just over 5%, while on the Sant Pau de Segúries side the port has a totally different character: a false flat of just 3 kilometers to the top.

It is a building dating from the twelfth or early thirteenth century, although it probably existed before an earlier church. The word Prunarias appears in a document from the year 966 as belonging to Sant Pere de Camprodon. The building is mentioned again in 1017. It seems that from shortly after 966 it belonged to the priory of Santa Maria del Coll de Panissars, a situation that must have been maintained until the beginning of the 17th century. In 1617 the church was joined to that of Sant Llorenç d'Oix. In 1661 there were 3 altars: the one of Santa Bàrbara, the one of Santa Caterina and the one of Sant Bartomeu. The church was damaged during the Civil War of 1936-39. The whole complex was completely restored between 1972-1979 by the Friends of Alta Garrotxa. Inside, different artistic pieces were kept, such as a tombstone representing the burial of a lady from the castle of Bestracà, which was damaged during the riots of 1936. Some of the fragments were deposited in the Museum of Olot by Dr. Joaquim Danès. Until the end of the 19th century, a Romanesque carving was venerated there, today deposited in the Museu d'Art de Catalunya, from the Plandiura collection. The fragments of an altarpiece representing the life of the saint are kept in the Parish Museum of Olot. From 1972 to 1981, restoration work was carried out, which meant that the building built on the nave during the 17th and 18th centuries was abandoned, as well as the one that turned the old belfry into a tower, rebuilt after a lightning strike. destroyed it in September 1978.

Spectacular views, from where you can see the peaks of the Pyrenees and the province of Barcelona

The Puigsacalm is a mountain of 1,515 meters that is located in the municipality of Vall d'en Bas in la Garrotxa. It is the highest point of the Serralada Transversal, an emblematic mountain in the hiking world, with excellent views of the peaks and mountains of the Principality. This peak is included in the list of the 100 peaks of the F.E.E.C. and also to that of the 100 most emblematic peaks of Catalonia. If the most used route to climb it is from the Collada de Bracons, we can design a handful of itineraries which one is better.