Mas de l’Artís – Foix Reservoir – Castellet

A magnificent and long excursion through the Parc del Foix, on the border between Garraf and Alt Penedès, which, leaving from Mas de l’Artís, visits the bucolic surroundings of the Foix Reservoir and the spectacular village of Castellet.

 

Data of interest

Sitges Vilanova i la Geltrú
  • Senderisme
  • Circular
  • Distance: 35,22 Km
  • Unevenness: 663 m
  • Approximate duration: 4h 50m
  • Difficulty: Alta
  • Thematic: Landscape / Nature

From Mas de l’Artís follow the PR C-143 to the Fondo de les Oliveres to the Pla de les Palmeres and continue along the Fondo de la Pineda and the Foix Dam, which you pass over. Go around the reservoir until you reach the Llac del Foix housing estate, where you leave the PR. Following the road you reach Castellet, an architecturally majestic place in a privileged location. From there you take the GR 92 to Pla de la Casa Alta, from where you return to Pla de les Palmeres and, along a well-known path, to Mas de l’Artís.

Places of interest

  • Foix Reservoir

    The Foix reservoir is a Spanish hydroelectric infrastructure built on the Foix river, a short river only 41 km long that rises in the Sierra de la Laguna, located in the region of Noya. This dam is located exactly in the municipality of Castellet i Gornal, in the Alt Penedès region, bordering the ...

    The Foix reservoir is a Spanish hydroelectric infrastructure built on the Foix river, a short river only 41 km long that rises in the Sierra de la Laguna, located in the region of Noya. This dam is located exactly in the municipality of Castellet i Gornal, in the Alt Penedès region, bordering the Garraf region, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia.

    It was in the context of the serious agricultural and general economic crisis of the late 19th century that the idea of building the Foix reservoir was born. Such an infrastructure would decisively transform the agriculture of the villages closest to the river Foix, which would switch from vineyards, severely decimated by phylloxera in the 1990s with the consequent fall in the price of wine, to irrigated land.

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  • Castellet

    The imposing castle (10th century), now the headquarters of the Abertis Foundation, and located on the north bank of the Foix reservoir, is the starting point for interesting routes to discover the natural wealth of the village.

    In June, this setting becomes the setting for an ...

    The imposing castle (10th century), now the headquarters of the Abertis Foundation, and located on the north bank of the Foix reservoir, is the starting point for interesting routes to discover the natural wealth of the village.

    In June, this setting becomes the setting for an authentic mediaeval market, which takes us back to a time when austerity awakened the charms of a privileged landscape.

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