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 200km
- Duration: 12 days
- Start: Sitges
- End: Canet de Mar
- Difficulty: Mild
This route, also known as the Natural Parks Trail or the GR 5 (not to be confused with the more famous French Alps GR 5), begins and ends on the Mediterranean coast but traverses the natural parks inland, forming a big loop around the Barcelona region.
As soon as you leave from Sitges with stunning coastal views, the trail’s nickname, Sender dels Miradors (“viewpoint trail”), will make perfect sense.
From Montseny, I highly recommend taking the scenic variant of the GR5, marked as the GR5.2, that traverses the highest peaks in the Montseny mountain range. Many of the sections are frequently used for day walks.
This route isn’t widely offered as a commercially-organised walking holiday but you can book your own overnight accommodation for each stage with ease.
At a glance
Destinations
Catalonia
Activity
Adventure, Hiking & Trekking, Active, Walking, Nature & Wildlife, Responsible Travel, Slow TravelPhysical Level
Mild
Duration
12 days
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