The best walks and hikes around Vilalba Sasserra

You're cycling through the woods, enjoying the trail, and suddenly you come across this. It doesn't impress with its size nor is it particularly well-preserved, but mind you: those stones have been there for about 4,000 years. It's an ancient funerary monument from the Chalcolithic period, discovered in 1946. And the curious thing is that, although it was built to bury the dead, when they studied it, they found neither human remains nor funerary objects. Empty from the start? Looted? The mystery remains. Don't come expecting Stonehenge. Stop for a minute, leave your bike, take a look, and think that when these stones were erected, there were still almost two thousand years to go before the Romans appeared around here. Then, get back to pedaling.

Watchtower located next to the summit of El Corredor, very close to the sanctuary. From here, a huge expanse of forest is controlled, and during the summer campaign, it is part of the forest fire surveillance and detection system. Next to the tower is also the geodesic vertex of El Corredor. As a curiosity, these mountains have been used for centuries as observation points. In the El Far area, the ancient Torrassa del Moro was part of a territorial surveillance system in which the towers could communicate by smoke during the day and fire at night. Means have changed a lot, but the function has not changed so much: from these heights, the forest and a large part of the territory surrounding El Corredor continue to be monitored.

It's a megalithic tomb, approximately 5,000 years old, discovered in 1997 and restored in 2006-2007. Located in the heart of the Montnegre i el Corredor Natural Park, it's easy to miss, but it has a history: it belonged to a Neolithic community that used it as a collective grave. Interestingly, remains of the tumulus that covered it are still preserved, which is unusual, and its orientation seems related to astronomical events, like other dolmens in the area. It's an archaeological rarity in the middle of a prime cycling area, perfect for stopping and reflecting that humans once walked this path... but without helmets.

It is a very nice rock slab trial to enjoy.

It is a very nice rock slab trial to enjoy

The Sanctuary has its origins in the 16th century and is in the late Gothic style. Since 1984 it has been run by the Auladell Perarnau family. Our location, very close to the top of the Corredor mountain range, allows us to enjoy an excellent landscape.

It belongs to the Montnegre Park and almost all the paths can be done either on foot or by bike (the dolmen path is quite broken "stones")

It is a megalithic monument, discovered by Josep Estrada and Garriga in 1946, of a type difficult to determine due to the state of the dolmen. It may have been a Catalan gallery from the Chalcolithic period (2200 BC / 1800 BC). It consists of six worked granite slabs, all fallen and scattered on the summit and slopes. Those at the top could be the sides of the chamber; the fall to the N, almost at the foot of the hill, the one at the head; the large slab in the middle of the slope, to the NW of the possible chamber, could be part of the roof (it could also be a possible menhir).