Top 11 Natural Monuments around Santa Fe Del Penedès

Les Deus is a natural site of Sant Quintí de Medionai is a space where there are 23 sources of water in a beautiful area to take a break.

Necropolis located on the elongated hill located in front of the Olerdolana wall. It is known as Pla dels Albats (relatively modern place name). This name comes from the numerous small and medium-sized tombs corresponding to infants and alabtas (babies who died before receiving the sacraments or having the use of reason) found in the necropolis of anthropomorphic tombs. More than a hundred tombs have been located. The graves are excavated in the rock, they are rectangular in plan, with the head separated from the rest of the body and narrower at the feet. Most feature a socket in the rock itself for the cap. The graves follow the east-west orientation. In the middle of the necropolis are the ruins of a building that has been identified as the remains of the chapel of Santa Maria. Part of the north wall is preserved, with a height close to 3 meters and the west wall, modernly altered. The chapel of Santa Maria and the necropolis must be associated with the population, more or less dispersed, located outside the walls in medieval times. They were already in operation at the beginning of the 10th century. Observations: Archaeological research is very incipient in this sector, its evolution will confirm the exact functionality of the building described, its chronology and the relationship with the remains of another building that can be guessed in the middle of the necropolis.

Small peak, near a quarry, where a series of rural roads converge. This is a typical area of the Penedès with extensive fields of vineyards interspersed with scattered farmhouses where you can also appreciate old quarries. From the top, if the vegetation allows us, you can see from Montserrat, la Mola, la Morella, el Montmell, el Montau and el Puig de l'Àliga, among others. As can be read on a small panel at the top, the Toponym derives from the word "popia", which in the geographical vocabulary of the popular language designates a hill of low height, with a regularly rounded shape and a wide base: the shape of the chest of 'a woman. The word "Papiol" derives from this metaphor. The name is already documented in 992 as the boundary of Viladellops (Olèrdola). Essential peak included in the list of 100 peaks of the F.E.E.C. https://www.feec.cat/activitats/100-cims/cim/penya-del-papiol/

Pla dels Albats Necropolis owes its name to the numerous tombs of children and newborns (babies who died before receiving the Sacraments). More than a hundred tombs outside the enclosure are documented. The tombs are excavated in the rock, they are rectangular with the head differentiated from the rest of the body and narrower at the feet. Most of them have a lace in the same rock for the cover. This consisted of one or several slabs that protected the body. The graves follow the east-west orientation.

A natural area where you can enjoy lakes, pools, caves and waterfalls. Les Deus are a series of 23 fountains in a row - the water comes from a main source of the Carme Capellades aquifer. In high season, people take advantage of the lakes as a bathing area. On the highest part there is a restaurant and a bar with views and below there is a picnic area. There is also an adventure park where there is via ferrata etc.

La Penya del Papiol is a mountain of 381 meters located in the municipality of Olèrdola, in the Catalan region of Alt Penedès.

Take a small detour to the right at the height of a stone monolith.

The "pelags" -also called the talls- appeared as a result of the gypsum extractive activity that dates back to Roman times and that has been typical of Vilobí until 1993. Since the extraction of stone, a natural space made up of four lagoons. The concentration of runoff water has originated its characteristic crescent shape and the particular ecosystem that has developed in the environment. It has different very interesting and very peculiar landscapes such as the quarries themselves, and very peculiar fauna and flora. This microecosystem formed by the "pelags" of Vilobí contrasts strongly with the wine-growing landscape of the Alt Penedès region.