Montseny Natural Park
A universal natural heritage
Nature at a stone's throw from Barcelona
The Montseny Massif, located just 50 km northeast of Barcelona, is an imposing place that captivates visitors with its diversity of Mediterranean and Central European landscapes. Its extraordinary biodiversity and the rich cultural footprint left by mankind over time give it a universal value. Artists, intellectuals and scientists have found inspiration here, and visitors cannot help but feel the emotion that emanates from its landscapes.
Montseny is a natural area that occupies an area of 31,064 hectares spread across 18 municipalities belonging to the regions of La Selva, Osona and Vallès Oriental. Three large mountain ranges that make up its massif stand out. We are talking about the Turó de l'Home and les Agudes, (both with an altitude of 1,706 m), the Matagalls (1,696 m) and the Pla de la Calma (Puig Drau 1,344 m), which, joined by the passes of Sant Marçal and Collformic respectively, surround the upper basin of the Tordera river.
- Ecological diversity: Montseny is home to plant communities typical of three major European biomes: Mediterranean (holm oaks, cork oaks, Aleppo and stone pines, strawberry trees), Eurosiberian (beech, fir, chestnut, holly, oak) and boreoalpine (meadows with junipers and common fern).
- Biosphere Reserve: In 1978, UNESCO declared Montseny a Biosphere Reserve due to its rich biodiversity and human activity linked to the territory.
- Humanized landscape: The presence of man in the area since ancient times has shaped a diverse landscape that combines meadows on the highest peaks of Montseny and in places traditionally dedicated to grazing, with crops around the farmhouses and a growing abundance of different types of forest.