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Palafolls Castle – Can Benet Pass loop from Hostalric
05:33
71.1km
1,110m
Gravel riding
Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 19, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 19.5 km for 195 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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8.15 km
Hermitage of Saint Vincent
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16.7 km
Palafolls Castle
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The fortress sits on the crest of a low elevation, elongated mountain that runs from northwest to southeast and almost parallel to the Tordera River. Very in ruins, it was built dominating the panoramic view of the lower course and the fertile plain of the Tordera river, in a strategic place to control the royal road from Gerona to Barcelona along the coast. It became the center of the important barony of Palafolls in the county of Gerona, a jurisdiction that extended through the current terms of Malgrat de Mar, Palafolls, Santa Susana and part of Blanes.
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25.0 km
Platja de Malgrat Centre
Beach
39.4 km
Three Borders Cross
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44.1 km
Can Benet Pass
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Don't miss the Fita that indicates the direction of the nearby towns, if you are not from the area take your time to find your way.
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47.0 km
Chapel of Santa Maria de Montnegre
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51.1 km
Hermitage of Sant Martí de Montnegre
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16/03/2016
A year ago the place suffered a vandal attack and now the Amics de Santa Maria entity, headed by Francesc Vivas from Calella, wants the corner to show off its splendor again.
Francesc Vivas, a lover of the mountain range and who spearheaded the reconstruction of the hermitage of Santa Maria del Montnegre, has explained that with a hammer blow some brats destroyed the "corner of peace of Sant Francesc d'Assís" and they took the image of the saint away, thinking it had more economic value than it really did. Vivas: "There was a pedestal, and on top of it was an image of Saint Francis that had been there for about 50 years. The image was looking up at the sky and praying. The sculpture was about one and a half meters tall and had a patina that appeared to be bronze. Then one night they came with mallets - these very big hammers - and they destroyed the pedestal and with the boom of a crane they took the image, which is now completely lost".
From October 4, 2023 we can once again enjoy the Raco de la Pau
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62.5 km
Les Llobateres Bird Observatory
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The Llobateres wetland is the result of the operation and restoration of a gravel pit located within the municipality of Sant Celoni. This natural space has created an exceptional riverside landscape and an interesting observation point for flora and fauna of aquatic environments in the Tordera alluvial plain.
The vegetation on the banks of the Llobateres is made up of tree formations of willows, cattails, ash trees, elms and alder trees. There are also helophytic communities such as bogar and reed beds. The presence of a wetland of this size allows many water birds, such as the mallard duck, the kingfisher, the coot or the moorhen, among others, to find favorable habitats to feed. there
Among them we can find the sable, a species considered vulnerable as a result of the destruction of spaces linked to bodies of water. In space
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70.2 km
Castillo de Hostalric
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71.1 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
45.7 km
12.1 km
10.7 km
1.74 km
976 m
Surfaces
35.1 km
17.6 km
9.21 km
7.49 km
936 m
846 m
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