With the cold knocking on the door, perhaps the last thing we want is to go outside, but nature has a lot to offer throughout the year, and there are countless towns in Spain capable of conquering us.
One of those towns that makes us want to get up from the sofa and stop watching the best Netflix series it is Rupit i Pruit. East medieval town less than two hours from Barcelona It has made us fall madly in love with its waterfalls, its beautiful stone houses and the particular path that must be traveled to reach its historic center.
Rupit i Pruit, a medieval town in the middle of Catalonia
Rupit i Pruit, in the province of Barcelona, is the last town before reaching Girona through the Garrotxa area. In fact Rupit is located between the cliffs of Aiats and La Garrotxa and at an altitude of 845 m, and is a small town in the middle of the Collsacabra.
This area inside Barcelona, a plateau integrated into the Catalan Transversal mountain range, has spectacular cliffs, waterfalls, waterfalls, streams and corners where nature unleashes its power. And it is also a place of large farmhouses, rural tourism and small hidden villages such as the beautiful Rupit.
With scarcely 285 inhabitants According to its town hall, Rupit i Pruit is made up of its nucleus (Rupit) and a scattered group of farmhouses known as Pruit, but both form a single municipality that has been united for centuries.
Rupit i Pruit bridge
The only possible way to get to the historic center of Rupit i Pruit, wrapped in stone, from which its name comes, is to cross the stream, and since it was built in 1945, it has been across a suspension bridge.
Is one of the best suspension bridges in Spain and crossing it is something we should do at least once in a lifetime. Surrounded, its medieval center is behind that suspension bridge.
But if there is something that impresses about Rupit, it is the incredible stone houses in its historic center, which were built between the 16th and 17th centuries and are still preserved. Narrow cobbled streets full of large stone houses that they find in the middle of nature, between the cliffs of Collsacabra, their perfect place.
Among the houses, the Plaza Mayor and the Plaza de Cavallers are essential, as is the apothecary’s house, the old blacksmith shop or the steep Fossar street. The church of Sant Miquel de Rupit, a 17th-century building whose construction began in the 10th century, has a beautiful baroque altarpiece of Sant Esteve.
But there is more, the church of San Juan de Fábregas in Romanesque style or the church of Sant Llorenç Dosmunts, also Romanesque and built in the 12th century with golden stone and a bell tower, are some of the areas to visit in Rupit.
The nature that surrounds Rupit
Six kilometers from the urban center of Rupit is the largest waterfall in Catalonia with 115 meters high, the so-called Sallent waterfall well worth the route hiking to get to him. She is the most popular of Rupit i Pruit because of its simplicity and low difficulty, which makes it ideal to do with the family.
It lasts an hour and a half, less than 6 kilometers are covered and it is very worth it because not only will we see waterfalls and waterfalls on the way, but also the impressive cliffs that appear to embrace Rupit.
And it is that Rupit not only we fall in love with its houses, its rural atmosphere and its calmlike the town of Tavertet located nearby (and that we recommend you visit). We fall in love with its spectacular nature that invites us to be discovered.
The ideal is that you stay in one of the rural accommodations available, such as the Can Lo Apartments with two rooms and mountain views that have a price from €488 for two nights on a weekend, or even one of the country houses in the area, Masia Santa Llúcia, which has double rooms with breakfast included from 511 euros for two people on the weekend.
Can Lo apartments with two rooms and mountain views, from 488 euros for two nights on a weekend
Double room in Masia Santa Llúcia, with breakfast included, from 511 euros for two nights on a weekend
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