The best walks and hikes around Sant Agustí De Lluçanès

Better to climb from the west

The village of Alpens is located on a plateau in the sub-region of Lluçanès, between gentle hills and forests of oaks, oaks and pines. The urban center has narrow streets, beautiful stone houses and a picturesque Romanesque church.

Another example of popular religiosity, at a time when the protection of the saints was sought from the evils and facts of the lives of people who did not yet have a rational solution or explanation. This hermitage was built in the 19th century by the owners of the houses in Codines and Bertrans, close to the site, due to an epidemic of cholera that affected the town in 1854 as a sign of protection against possible future floods. The shape of the roof on the part of the façade stands out, imitating the Baroque style. Its condition is very good and Mass is celebrated once a year.

It is located at the base of a rocky slope. The environment is very tidy and under the canopy there are well-arranged benches. Some of the branches are supported by tutors. In front of the tree, a field of dryland cereals opens up. In the background is the imposing fortified manor house of Vilar. There is a certain diversity of meadow grasses, wild garlic, fennel, vidalba, ivy, gavarra, bramble, sajolida, broomstick, juniper, robinia and large-leaved ash. Beyond the fauna of this type of habitat (such as larks, crickets and quails), you can see the bald eagle in summer and, very close by, an exceptional population of black woodpeckers. . Tradition has it that Madame Lotgarda de Perdals, from whom she took her name, had a great deal of love for the oak and spent long hours in its shade reading or crocheting. It is a tree listed as a monument since August 30, 1988 due to its size and age (it is believed to be over 500 years old). Descriptive data: - Perimeter of the trunk at 1.30 m: 4.13 m. - Perimeter of the base of the trunk: 7.66 m. - Height: 21.56 m. - Width of the crown: 33.21 m. - Altitude above sea level: 855 m.

The sanctuary of the Virgen dels Munts is located in the Lluçanès sub-region at the junction of Osona and Ripollès. The building consists of the church and the inn. The church is a single nave covered with a transept vault, dated to the lintel of the entrance door in 1700. On the left side of the façade there is a bell tower, which can be accessed from from inside the church. The front door is protected by a porch that communicates with the inn, a rectangular building. Inside there is the very restored Romanesque image of the Virgen dels Munts, from the 13th century. You can get there by car by detouring along the BP-4653, before reaching Sant Agustí de Lluçanès. Next to the inn, now a restaurant, there are two wooden tables that we find in the recreation areas.

Els Munts is a mountain of 1,057 meters that is located between the municipalities of Sant Agustí de Lluçanès and Sora, in the region of Osona. At the top you can find a geodesic vertex (reference 289093001),[2] next to which is the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Mountains, and its inn which is currently a restaurant. This peak is included in the list of the 100 peaks of the FEEC Els Munts is located between the counties of Osona, Ripollès, Lluçanès and Berguedà. From the north-west of this lookout you can see the Cadi, the Pedraforca and the Encija. Looking southwest Montserrat. To the east we see Puigsacalm, the Serra del Milany and Puig Cubell, Cabrera and Aiats, to the south-east you can see a large part of Osona and Montseny. Finally, in the north-east it can be seen from the Pyrenees of Núria to Canigó, with the prominent presence of the Puigmal peak. Panoramic views to the northwest from Els Munts From near the summit, the various ramifications that make up the Sobremunt, Sant Salvador de Bellver and Bescanó mountain ranges start. All of them die at the foot of the river Ter, between Sant Quirze de Besora and El Santuari de la Gleva. In the middle of the summit there are maps that indicate the most relevant places and help to identify all these places

From this point you can enjoy a wide panorama from the mountains of Alta Garrotxa, Collsacabra, Guilleries and Montseny. The downside is that if it's sunny you have to face it.

The Oak of the Lady or Oak of Vilar (Quercus pubescens) is a tree found in Sant Boi de Lluçanès (the Lluçanès, although administratively attached to Osona) and one of the oaks with the largest crown in all of Catalonia. https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roure_de_la_Senyora