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La Crosa Volcano – hiking in Catalonia

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La Crosa Volcano – hiking in Catalonia

01:34

5.76km

80m

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Right on the border of the Guilleries and La Selva counties is the Volcà de la Crosa Protected Natural Area. Its low-relief crater goes unnoticed as it is now dedicated to crops. With 1,250 meters in diameter, it is the largest in the Iberian Peninsula, and one of the largest…

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Last updated: May 15, 2025

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528 m

Les Tosqueres

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Les Tosqueres is an old quarry where materials of volcanic origin were extracted and used later in construction. Basalts and solidified volcanic scoria were the materials extracted here, popularly known in the area as "tosquija".

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905 m

Crosa Volcano

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155 meter high volcano located between the municipalities of Vilobí de Onyar, Aiguaviva and Bescanó. With a diameter of 1,250 meters, Crosa is the volcano with the largest crater on the peninsula.

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1.26 km

Hermitage of Sant Llop

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The hermitage of Sant Llop dates from the 9th-10th centuries. Located on the Crosa volcano, in the middle of a forest of oaks and oaks. It is surrounded by a …

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2.12 km

Les Guilloteres

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Les Guilloteres is an old exploitation of volcanic clays, which are rocks composed of silicon and other minerals, highly resistant to temperature changes, widely used as a substrate for plants. …

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2.83 km

Font de Can Bosch

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The Fountain of Can Bosch is the water mine that comes from the Crater of the La Crossa Volcano.

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3.99 km

Resclosa de Can Borra

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Beautiful spot near the source of the Onyar River.

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4.85 km

Onyar River

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The Onyar river rises at the foot of the Guilleries massif (municipal term of Bescanó) and flows into the Ter river at the height of the Pedret neighborhood, in the …

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5.76 km

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2.84 km

1.90 km

532 m

471 m

< 100 m

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2.84 km

1.56 km

1.07 km

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July 13, 2023

Right on the border of the Guilleries and La Selva counties is the Volcà de la Crosa Protected Natural Area. Its low-relief crater goes unnoticed as it is now dedicated to crops. With 1,250 meters in diameter, it is the largest in the Iberian Peninsula, and one of the largest in Europe. In this accessible

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