Morning Departure

Saturday 15 February 2014

Itineraries: Station FGC Muntaner, Turó of Modolell (108 m), Turó de Monterols ( 127 m), Hill Putxet (183 m), Hill Creueta Neck (246 m), Carmel hill (266 m, peak), Turó of the Rovira (262 m),Hill Peira (138 m) the Metro Vilapicina (The 5).

Description:

Ride the train and get off at Muntaner. We will search for crossing streets with Vallmajor Copernicus, where, visibly higher, the Monastery of Santa Magdalena. This building is located at the highest point of the Tower Modolell, fully integrated and hidden urban landscape. We continue to Gardens Turó de Monterols and stroll along the paths to the highest point where there is a bench in the shade.

Continue until the entrance of the Gardens Hill Putxet, ascending scales, Always looking for the highest point of the hill where there are benches and trees. Leaving the gardens to spend Viaduct Vallcarca and in front of the Hostel Virgin of Montserrat (worth in and observe the reproduction of a modernist courtyard Caliphate) to Park Creueta Neck. Climb skirting a "crater" (remains of a quarry) protected by a wooden fence to the top of Creueta the Hill Lost where there is an iron cross. We will be heading to the park through the Carmel chapel of the Virgin Mary Coll (Romance reconstructed) path and climb to the top of Carmel hill (for a moment it seems that we were not walking around Barcelona), highest point of the trip.

We'll go down to cross the road and begin to climb to Carmel Hill Rovira, where he made history: there Iberian settlement, aircraft to the Civil War, shanty years 50 i 60…Lowering, leaving the right of access to the Park GuinardÃ, through the fountain in Fargas and beautiful church of Saint Anthony of Padua, Walk up through the Maragall Fabra i Puig and reach the Park Hill Peira. Rises to the top where there is a large iron cross and a little rest. We can only stop down Grouper Vilapicina (Online 5)

The feeling: The magnificent views of the Serra de Collserola, Garraf, top of the Munt, Montseny, Pirineus i, sobre tot, Barcelona from different point of view.

More http://www.humbertsanz.com/2010/04/la-ruta-dels-set-turons-de-barcelona.html

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