Top 5 Caves around Badalona

A small cave hidden in a crevice of Montseny, damp and cool even in the height of summer. Its name comes from the constant croaking of frogs from the nearby stream, which seem to guard the entrance at dusk. Locals say that during storms, forest animals would take refuge inside, and that a hiker once found an old, rusty lantern hanging from the rock, as if someone had left it there to return.

A curious story circulates among the locals: during the post-war years, a man nicknamed "the Clockmaker" lived here for almost a decade, repairing clocks and small appliances in exchange for food. They say that at night a flickering light could be seen emerging from the cave, its ticking audible all the way to the Can Nadal road. Today, only the marks on the rock remain, along with a silence that seems to continue measuring time.

Genís Cave, also known as Genís Cave, is a paradolmen located in the municipality of Santa Coloma de Gramenet. It is located in the Serralada de Marina park, on the southwest side of the Pollo hill, near the hermitage of Sant Climent and 500 meters from the Puig Castellar archaeological site.

It is a cave formed by two large blocks of granite on top of which rests another block that acts as a cover, with two chambers distributed on two different levels. The lower chamber is composed of a stone of two sides, quadrangular, which was located in the center. No materials were found in this room. In the upper chamber, three burials were found with badly decomposed bones. Ceramic fragments were found in all of them. In the first there was a flint knife, an arrowhead of the same material with a peduncle, and a plate of light green diorite (143 x 55 x 7 mm.). In the second burial, two flint knives, a flint arrowhead and a rectangular light green diorite plate (78 x 37 x 8 mm.) were found in the third, a flint knife and arrow. When sifting the soil inside the cave, four flint arrowheads, a piece of greenish-colored silicate perforated round necklace, and two flint knife fragments were exhumed. It seems that cardiac material was also found in this coat. Therefore it can be said that it is a collective sepulchral crypt from the end of the Chalcolithic and the beginning of the ancient bronze. It can be considered a type of burial that coexists with the final stages of the megalithic phenomenon.

The Roca Llobatera de Cabrils is located in the Serralada Litoral Park, which is a natural shelter enlarged by human hands. The roof is a large rock, turned on the inside. The floor was probably excavated to make more room for the cave. Both inside and outside there are remains of structures (walls, a bench, a kind of stove, etc.). It was a refuge for stonecutters and hunters, and even the usual home of an immigrant from Aragon who was called El Maño.

[ENG] Introduction The Can Nadal cave is a large monolithic block with a hollow interior that is protected to the east and at the top by a natural rock wall that protrudes forming a visor. A sepulchral use is attributed to him. The first archaeological searches date from 1951 and were carried out by the Vilassar de Dalt Archaeological Group led by Jaume Ventura, and by the Provincial Archaeological Excavations Commission. The excavations were described by Pau Ubach in his Ethno-Archaeological Memoirs (L'Aixernador Edicions, 1994; p.149-154) where he comments on the discovery of stone axes, flint knives and Chalcolithic arrowheads. This prehistoric cavity was enlarged in medieval times and used as a hermitage (inhabited place where one or more people retire to lead a religious life). Later, in modern times, it was enabled as a vineyard hut and was also used by the coal miners of the area. Source: Vilanova del Vallès City Council [ESP] Introduction The cave of Can Nadal is a large monolithic block with an empty interior that is protected in the east and in the upper part by a natural rock wall that protrudes forming a visor. A sepulchral use is attributed to it. The first archaeological investigations date back to 1951 and were carried out by the Vilassar de Dalt Archaeological Group directed by Jaume Ventura, and by the Provincial Archaeological Excavations Commission. The excavations were described by Pau Ubach in his Memorias Ethno-Arqueológicas (El Aixernador Edicions, 1994; p.149-154) where he comments on the discovery of stone axes, flint knives and Chalcolithic arrowheads. This prehistoric cavity was enlarged in medieval times and used as a hermitage (inhabited place where one or more people retreat to lead a religious life). Later, in modern times it was enabled as a vineyard hut and was also used by the coal miners of the area. Source: Vilanova del Vallès Town Hall

A strange cave in the side of the trail. It is a popular place for people to visit on a nice trail near Can Coll. I am not sure if the cave actually goes anywhere but the trail at the right time of the day gets beams of light that are magical.

A Dolmen with good views and hides if you can't find the way.