Nike Werstroh is an outdoor writer and co-author of several walking guidebooks including Walking in Catalunya-Barcelona and Walking in Catalunya- Girona Pyrenees published by Cicerone Press. She is passionate about hiking and wants to share her love for the outdoors through her articles and books.
- Distance: Approx 290km
- Duration: 14-18 days
- Start: Montserrat
- End: Les Basses de Puig Sec
- Difficulty: Moderate
This trail starts at the monastery of Montserrat and runs all the way to the Pyrenees, passing through historic towns and villages with Romanesque architecture along the way. Fine examples are the 11th -century San Pere de Casserres, built overlooking a bend in the river Ter or the Monastery of Santa Maria in Ripoll.
You can walk the entire trail as a thru-hike, but there are plenty of options for breaking it up into shorter sections or even just a day hike. I can personally recommend the towns of Manresa, Vic and Ripoll as good bases to explore some stages of the trail.
The Oliba Trail is offered as a commercially-organised self-guided walking holiday. Alternatively you can arrange your own accommodation and book baggage transfer services for your luggage.
At a glance
Destinations
Catalonia
Activity
Adventure, Hiking & Trekking, Active, Walking, Nature & Wildlife, Responsible Travel, Slow TravelPhysical Level
Moderate
Duration
14 days
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Oliba Trail (GR 151)
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