L'Esquirol

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L'Esquirol is in Barcelona (province) and is a stage in the Catalan Way of St. James. L'Esquirol is the natural path or gateway to Collsacabra. Despite its development, it preserves corners of great beauty where tranquility prevails.

Understand

L'Esquirol is an extensive municipality located to the east of the Osona county. It is situated in the center-east of the Alt Ter region and originated in the 15th century along the long road from Vic to Olot. The initial nucleus was an inn located in a former farmhouse called Parai, where there was a squirrel, and it was called the Hostal de l'Esquirol. Hence, the term was popularly known as l'Esquirol. The former name of the municipality, Santa Maria de Corcó, was added in 1743 when the parish of Corcó was relocated to the village.

L'Esquirol is the population center that concentrates most services, but the municipality includes the nuclei of Cantonigròs, Sant Julià de Cabrera, and Sant Martí Sescorts, the latter being located practically on the plains of Vic.

Collsacabra, also known as Cabrerès, is a territory of approximately 150 km², situated between the regions of Garrotxa, La Selva, and Osona. It features villages with unique character, such as Rupit and Tavertet, along with shrines and hermitages with ancient history. The landscape includes cliffs and rugged cliffs that contrast with the high plateaus covered in dense vegetation, streams forming waterfalls and cascades, as well as significant farmhouses and ancestral homes.

Get in

L'Esquirol

By plane

The nearest airports are in Girona (GRO ^IATA) 70 km (43 mi) and Barcelona (BCN ^IATA) 106 km (66 mi).

By train

Closest train station is Vic

By car

• C17 from Granollers to Vic and then to Ripoll
• C25 Eix transversal from Girona to Vic to Manresa
• C37 via C17 from Olot to Vic
• From Vic take C-153 to L'Esquirol

See

• Salt de la Barra de Ferro
• Pont del molí d'en Bertrana
• Serra de Cabrera i Aiats
• Dolmen de Puigsespedres
• Església de Sant Martí Sescorts

Do

Local hiking routes

• L’Esquirol. Circuit inclusiu, 8 km, 2 hr 45 kin
• Serra de Cabrera, 10 km, 5 hr
• Camí Ral de Vic a Olot i la riera de la Gorga, 16 km, 5 hr
• L’Esquirol – La Foradada- Cantonigròs, 12 km, 2 hr 30 min

Long range hiking

• Catalan Way of St. James from El Port de la Selva to Montserrat (Spain) to Pina de Ebro passes the village.

Sleep

• 1 Hostal Restaurant Collsacabra, Passeig les Gorgues, 8, ☏ +34 93 856 80 33, info@hostalcollsacabra.com. (updated Nov 2023)
• 2 Hostal Cabrerès, C/ Major 26, Cantonigròs, ☏ +34 938 565 022, hostalcabreresreserva@gmail.com. (updated Nov 2023)
• 3 Alberg Santa Maria del Roure, C/ Sant Roc, 2-4 , Cantonigròs, ☏ +34 938 565 059. (updated Nov 2023)
• Masoveria de les Planes, 1, 2 i 3, Les Planes, Tel +34 938 525 006

Go next

Routes through L'Esquirol

L'Estany ← Vic ←

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→ Sant Esteve d'en Bas → Amer