Foix Reservoir – Castellet Castle loop from les Palmeres

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Foix Reservoir – Castellet Castle loop from les Palmeres

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Foix Reservoir – Castellet Castle loop from les Palmeres

08:13

28.3km

720m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Parc del Garraf

Parc del Foix

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2.34 km

Forest of the Fairies

Highlight • Forest

2.79 km

barraca de pedra seca 15932

Ruins

3.67 km

Mountain Pass

8.25 km

The pantà de Foix was inaugurated in 1928 and was built to supply irrigation water to the orchards. It collects the waters of the river Foix, which flows into Cubelles. You can also see waterfowl from an observatory in front of the Foix reservoir. Don't forget to take your binoculars.

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10.4 km

Cal Bladet and the Foix Reservoir Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

This old farmhouse on the banks of the Foix reservoir is made up of numerous outbuildings and corrals. It is surrounded by a bastion or wall, which served to protect property from bandits.

A few meters from the farmhouse is the Cal Bladet viewpoint, from where you can observe the diversity of fauna and flora. It is a place very frequented by lovers of ornithology, since in addition to the typical birds of the riverside forest, aquatic birds are also observed.

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12.5 km

Font d'Horta

Highlight • Natural Monument

Really nice and shady place to rest for a while. However, lately there has been no water here.

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13.2 km

Font d'Horta

Highlight • Natural

Shady and humid place

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17.8 km

Castellet Castle

Highlight • Castle

Castellet Castle dates from the 10th century, originally little more than a large fortified house with a watchtower, it was intended to protect the Hispanic March of al-Andalus.

Over time and the successive occupants it did not fall into disuse thanks to its strategic position between Garraf and Penedès. Today it is a tourist attraction, thanks to its state of conservation and its privileged location on the meander of the Foix River, today occupied by the Foix reservoir. There is a terrace bar, very popular with bikers and cyclists, just off the road.

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21.6 km

Ruins of Cal Balaguer

Highlight • Historical Site

Located on the Sierra Mala, this abandoned farmhouse is another example of this type of construction in the area, next to the Casa Alta or Cal Cremat, now uninhabited due to the lack of water and the consequent drop in agricultural productivity.

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28.3 km

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