Hiking in Barcelona

It's been a few months since you arrived to study in Barcelona, you've taken the opportunity to do some sightseeing around the city, go out to lunch or dinner with your university mates or from your student residence in Barcelona, maybe it's time to put your eyes off the big city and get to know the surroundings of Barcelona.

Are we going hiking in Barcelona?

If you're one of those who can't stand contact with the sand on the beach, put on your boots and start walking. Hiking after a long week of exams in Barcelona is an extraordinary choice to clear your mind by breathing fresh air and being in direct contact with nature.

In Catalonia there are more than 5,000 kilometres of long-distance (GR) trails, and another 4,000 kilometres of short-distance trails, not to mention hundreds of local trails in the different municipalities. So, if you are a beginner and need a low level of difficulty, there are many within your reach, and if you are a hiking enthusiast and only do routes of high difficulty, you can put yourself to the test on the trails in Barcelona.

International students or those who come from other cities to study in Barcelona usually don't have their own vehicle, but don't worry, you won't need one to get to the main hiking spots in Barcelona. The closest excursions to Barcelona are mainly in the Montserrat Mountain and the Montseny Natural Park and Sant Llorenç de Munt i l'Obac, and you can get there by public transport.

The Montserrat Mountain, with a height of 1,236 meters above sea level, is only 20 km from Barcelona and is the most important and best known mountain in Barcelona; it is also a symbol of religious worship, a place of pilgrimage for believers to the monastery there.

The natural parks of Montseny and Sant Llorenç de Munt i l'Obac are also very close to Barcelona and easily accessible by public transport; these natural parks are within the metropolitan area of Barcelona and are located about 50 km north of the city. The Montseny was declared a natural park in 1978 and later by UNESCO a Biosphere Reserve in 1987.

If you have already decided to go hiking in the next weekends, we leave you this link about hiking routes in Barcelona so that you can get to know perfectly all the activities related to active tourism and nature in Catalonia.

Now you have no excuse to get to know the mountains and the surroundings of Barcelona.

Sometimes you feel like getting away from the noise of the big city and relaxing body and mind in the middle of nature. Share this article with your classmates in your student residence in Barcelona and prepare a hike now that you have finally finished your first term's exams.