The best MTB trails around Argentona

Located in the heart of the old town of Dosrius, this church has a much more curious history than it appears. Although the current building was constructed from 1526, a temple already existed in this location during the Middle Ages. One of its most surprising stories occurred during the Civil War. The church was looted, its altars destroyed, and the building converted into a warehouse for grain, seeds, and straw. A magnificent 16th-century Renaissance altarpiece was lost, but the curious thing is that, many years later, researchers managed to identify seven original paintings that had survived. Four are preserved in the Mataró Museum and three in the church itself. There are more curiosities: formerly, families could pay to have their own pew inside the church. And above the vaults, there is a space known as "the owls' room," where an old manual mechanism for raising and lowering the central lamp is still preserved. If you can go inside, also look at the floor: there is a funerary tombstone from 1776 belonging to the Vallmajor family, one of the most important in the town.

The name of the path speaks for itself. The trail runs along a ledge on the mountainside, which provides almost infinite views of the coastline and the Mediterranean Sea.

The curious thing about this place is that it doesn't work like a normal labyrinth. There are no crossroads, traps, or wrong paths. There is only one route that winds its way to the center and then leads you back out. Its creator, Àlex Costa, a yoga teacher, built it inspired by ancient unicursal labyrinths, used for centuries as symbols of the journey, introspection, and meditation. And there's another detail: it's practically in Cabrils, but for just a few meters, it belongs to Òrrius. Next to the labyrinth, you'll also find other compositions made of stone, including a large yin-yang. If you pass by here, don't rush. Leave your bike for a moment, enter on foot, and complete the circuit. You might not find anything special... or perhaps that's precisely the point.

Today I arrived here by pure chance, cycling up forest tracks, with no idea this place existed. And suddenly, three girls singing mantras, accompanied by a drum, and in the middle of the trees, a strange stone labyrinth. I stopped my bike and stayed for a while. Forest, silence, voices, and the sound of the drum. The relaxation was total. One of those moments that don't appear on the track and end up being the best part of the route. Later I discovered that I hadn't arrived there by chance: this labyrinth was created as a walking meditation space. It's not a labyrinth to get lost in or to find an exit. It has a single path: you enter, follow the path to the center, and then exit again. The beauty lies precisely in walking it slowly and disconnecting from everything else. Today the bike took me to a place I probably would never have gone looking for. And that's why I like getting lost in these mountains.

It is a meeting point, with terraces and many popular festivals and events. And there is one date when the square changes completely: during the Festa Major de Sant Domingo, Argentona maintains one of its best-known traditions, linked to water and the famous jugs (càntirs) that have made the town a reference in ceramics.

Small fountain in the old town of Dosrius, right at the foot of the stairs leading up to the church of Sant Iscle i Santa Victòria. Although the fountain we see today dates from 1974, this spot has quite a history. Before running water arrived in the village, locals used to come here to fetch water for their homes. The original fountain was next to Can Dama and was so cherished that when the Town Hall remodeled the square and replaced it with the current one, there was considerable controversy among the residents. As a curiosity, the water originally came from the Dosrius aquifer and was part of a concession that distributed 30,000 liters daily among three village fountains. Today it is simply a small corner of the old town, but for many years it was one of those places around which the daily life of the village revolved. If you pass through Dosrius by bike, it's worth stopping for a moment.

Easy trail with no technical difficulty, but with a lot of charm. At the beginning, it runs completely within the vegetation, so dense in some sections that it looks like you are passing through a small green tunnel. It rides very well and little by little the trail opens up until it becomes a dirt track. From there, you have to climb up a wide track until you connect with the main track that leads to the Nostra Senyora dels Àngels picnic area or in the opposite direction to the Orrius Quarry. In winter, it is advisable to be careful, as wild boar hunts are often organized in this area.

Un monument megalític datat entre el final del neolític i l'edat del bronze, considerat un dels jaciments prehistòrics més importants del Maresme.