Top 20 Natural Monuments around Sant Andreu De Llavaneres

If you feel like getting to know the sources in this area, I recommend doing the route from Argentona and not going down from Castell de Burriac. There are paths that connect with them from above, but some are quite tough and, for what the route offers, I don't think it's worth it. You can start calmly at Font del Mig, at the exit of Argentona, and link up with Font de les Sureres, Font de l'Esquirol and Font del Ferro. They are relatively close to each other and the route is easy, pleasant and very frequented by people walking, often with dogs, so on a bike you have to go easy. Currently, of the three, at Font de l'Esquirol is where I have found running water. And to finish, Font del Ferro is a good place to stop: tables, picnic area and its curious large stones around. If you bring a sandwich, even better. It won't be the most exciting MTB outing in Maresme, but these sources are part of Argentona and it's worth doing the route, even if only once.

One of the most beautiful and hidden springs in this area of Argentona. **It was built in 1998 by the Grup de Fonts d'Argentona** and its name has a curious story: while they were working on it, a squirrel began to watch them jumping between the branches. The spring didn't have a name yet... and they had just found it. It is located in a small hollow, surrounded by forest and very close to the Font de l'Esquirolet. Of all the springs I have visited on this route, **it is the one I have currently found with running water**. A small, cool, and quiet corner that is worth visiting. And since you are here, continue: **the Font del Ferro is further up and the springs are very close to each other.**

This place has it all: 5,000 years of history, witches, and even a 19th-century reconstruction that nobody really knows how closely it resembles the original. For centuries, the legend said that the witches of the region used to meet here for their covens. What we do know is that in 1855, Josep Pradell decided to restore the dolmen and replaced the enormous top slab. It was, none other than, the first known restoration of a dolmen in Catalonia. So when you arrive by bike and see that kind of enormous stone table in the middle of the forest, stop for a moment. Prehistory, legends, and a good deal of mystery concentrated in a few meters. And if you arrive at dusk and see someone circling the stones... I wouldn't ask. I'd keep cycling.

It's a megalithic tomb, approximately 5,000 years old, discovered in 1997 and restored in 2006-2007. Located in the heart of the Montnegre i el Corredor Natural Park, it's easy to miss, but it has a history: it belonged to a Neolithic community that used it as a collective grave. Interestingly, remains of the tumulus that covered it are still preserved, which is unusual, and its orientation seems related to astronomical events, like other dolmens in the area. It's an archaeological rarity in the middle of a prime cycling area, perfect for stopping and reflecting that humans once walked this path... but without helmets.

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... 🙃

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

It belongs to the Montnegre Park and almost all the paths can be done either on foot or by bike (the dolmen path is quite broken "stones")

This road has history, the Primitive Path of Parpers, es formed hundreds of years ago, to communicate the inland area with the coast, and maybe it is this is where they passed Iberians and Romans, farmers, soldiers and now us with E-bikes.