Montseny Natural Park

Montsoriu Castle is one of Catalonia’s most representative fortresses. It dates back to the tenth century and is closely linked with the viscounts of Cabrera, one of the most powerful families in medieval times. Don’t miss the mid-tenth-century keep, the noble rooms off the parade ground and the huge 250,000-litre cistern.

The museum is in the centre of Arbúcies, in Plaça de la Vila. It has fifteen rooms displaying cultural heritage from the Montseny massif. On the ground floor there are audiovisual displays about Montsoriu Castle and the massif’s legends. There is also a scale model of the castle as it was in the fourteenth century, along with the remains found in the excavations that have been carried out. 

This is the starting point for excursions to Les Agudes and the Matagalls massif. On the same pass you’ll find the chapel of Sant Marçal and the so-called “Three Bishops’ Table”, the point where the dioceses of Barcelona, Vic and Girona converge. 

The Iberian wall of Montgròs is one of the archaeological monuments in the Montseny that most impresses visitors, owing to both its spectacular construction and the scenes that it conjures up of our remote ancestors taking refuge behind the wall, fending off the invaders’ attacks. The first records of the hill’s occupation date back as far back as the tenth century B.C., while construction on the wall began in the fourth century B.C. Although the Romans finally defeated and dominated the area’s inhabitants, the wall was still used up to medieval times. Montgrós hill is located in El Brull municipal district, in the region of Osona.