Top 20 Natural Monuments around Sant Cebrià De Vallalta

They've now built a staircase to access the Dolmen... With this staircase, just a few meters long... It seems they'll save the site from erosion... Sometimes the conservation and environmental councils are pitiful... It seems the only ones degrading the paths... are hikers and bikers... When we're fed up with seeing how the water destroys the paths to the point where we can't pass... 🙃

After the restoration process of this space where sand and gravel were extracted... this large hole remained where the water is now stored naturally and which has formed this magnificent place that provides shelter to a good number of birds and other species. Both migratory and native.

Megalithic structure Rebuilt in 1855, Where the original structure was a 4000 year old DOLMEN, which served As a chamber tomb Simple...🧐

The restoration of an old sand and gravel extraction site allowed the creation of this wetland, where you can observe a large number of birds and other living species that find a perfect refuge here.... Because it is a wide and flat track, it is also perfect for walking 👣 or cycling 🚲 for all audiences.

Bird Observatory, nowadays, and especially at this time of the year, you can very likely and relatively easily see... Kingfisher (Ardea cinerea) White tern (Egretta garzetta) Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) Blauet (Alcedo atthis) Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) Upupa epops Cornelian crow (Corvus corone) Motacilla cinerea (Motacilla cinerea) Hedge Sparrow (Prunella modularis) Common chilli (Saxicola torquata) Smoked car (Phoenicurus ochruros) Common thrush (Turdus philomelos) Repicatalons (Emberiza schoeniclus) ...and a multitude of typical riverside species and agricultural areas. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsantceloni.cat%2F9203&psig=AOvVaw1m8-tBmRbvJQa1D6HQTWS7&ust=1679049247506000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA8QjRxqFwoTCJCVmYGg4P0CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

It is a large granite block located between Turó de Montalt (596 m) and Turó del Mig (550 m), a hill where the municipal limits of Arenys de Munt, Dosrius and Sant Vicenç de Montalt meet. Of the two stones, the smaller one has an engraving that seems to represent a horseshoe, although the meaning is unknown. It could be, for example, a mark to delimit the old parishes. Granite is a hard rock, with a granular texture, which in the Maresme has been used for construction. Fresh granite is known as "snake's eye" as it is made up of a black mica which, in contrast to the other components, is reminiscent of a snake's eye. In this environment and during the next section of the route, we will find small accumulations of granite blocks, disordered, heterometric and rounded, which accumulate in a horizontal or slightly inclined relief. These capricious formations have their origin in weathering. Later, the rainwater dissolves the feldspar and the large initial rock cracks and gives rise to rounded shapes and a kind of sand, called "sauló" in Catalan.

El Montalt is a mountain belonging to the Catalan coastal range, within the Sierra del Corredor and the protected natural area in which it is included. A few kilometers from the coast, the top is surrounded by forest. A common point to face the final meters of ascent is the Coll de la Ferradura, a pass located to the northeast. It is a crossroads of different paths and forest tracks and, from this point, the path to the summit is narrow and has a very steep slope. The northern slope enters completely into the natural park, with different plateaus, other peaks and the Creu de Rupit, an outstanding cross in the middle of the path. To the northeast is the Sanctuary of the Corridor, with a car park and a tourist service office. From this point, through forest tracks, To the south, we find two towns, Sant Andreu de Llavaneres and Sant Vicenç de Montalt, well connected by tracks and paths. In the same way possible starting points for the ascent, to the west is the municipality of Dosrius and its population center of Canyamars, while to the east is the town of Arenys de Munt. On the other hand, the first stage of the Camino del Norte, or GR 83 long-distance path, which begins in the town of Mataró, passes very close, along its northern slope. Its top houses a geodesic vertex and a mailbox, offering magnificent views of the entire Maresme coast.

In the surroundings of the "Pedra de la Ferradura" we can find small accumulations of granite blocks, disordered, heterometric and rounded, which accumulate in a horizontal or slightly inclined relief. These capricious formations have their origin in weathering. Later, the rainwater dissolves the feldspar and the large initial rock cracks and gives rise to rounded shapes and a kind of sand, called "sauló" in Catalan.