Hortsavinyá 8805
Santa Susanna / Montpalau / Sant Andreu / Hortsavinyà / Santa Susanna
We start the route in Santa Susanna on the road next to the NII towards Pineda de Mar, we cross a residential area to get to and cross the stream in Pineda de Mar to climb the Cerro de Montpalau, it is a mountain of 265 meters of ground limestone that does not allow the development of forest, at the top we can intuit the remains of the old Montpalau Castle, an Iberian settlement in the 4th century BC, later Roman and medieval, we continue climbing the mountain towards the residential area of Can Carreras, long but constant climb On the unevenness, accompanied by the magnificent panoramic view of the coast, by a narrow path we reach the crossroads at the top of the Collet de San Andrés, here we continue climbing the Hortsavinyà path, a constant climb and easy to find the cadence, we already see the Church of Santa Eulalia in Hortsavinyà (550 meters) with a Baroque façade, with the rectory and a hostel form the main nucleus, today also the cemetery, a rural school and how we are In the heart of Montnegre Natural Park, here is the Interpretation Center, from Hortsavinyà we begin the descent but before we will stop at the Church of the Erola, where we will observe the coast to the Castle of San Joan in Blanes, a spectacular descent, glorious, fun, exuberant vegetation, cork oaks, holm oaks in the lower part, oak and chestnut trees in the upper part, we crossed the Santa Susanna stream several times until we reached the plain.