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And this is only an example between the
20 forming the network of the museums dedicated to the conservation
of the industrial tradition of Catalonia, in those days the
base of the great economical power of the region in the XIXth
century. Several museums are distinguishable for its contents,
but also for its building housing them, as it is in the case
of the Museo of Science and Technology of Terrassa, a really
pure jewel of the industrial architecture.
In the real heart of Catalonia, Montserrat,
the holy mountain, stands up, making a deep impression and
amazing the visitors by its millenarian sedimentary rock forms.
It's a remarkable mountain massif, abruptly rising out of
the Llobregat River and the point reaching 1.236 metres. It's
been a long time since the beginning of its formation and
however .. Montserrat continues to perform its magnetism on
each of us!
Another funny suggestion makes us thinking a little bit at
the Far West: 'Paisatge i aventura' organizes namely a journey
by wagon through the Castelltallat mountain massif. The covered
wagons are dragged by horses and during a weekend or longer
the traveller lives in it.
At only a few kilometres, the traveller discovers
all an assortment of curiosities and tourist attractions as
the 'La ruta de los Castillos' from Besora to Montesquiu ,
architectural patrimony, offered by the local population to
the tourists. At Roda de Ter you can see the ancient technology
of cultivation and storage of the medieval agriculture in
a shed of the XII-XIIIth century. Furthermore there is the
Archaeological Museum of 'l'Esquerda', or the 'Camí
dels Maquis' at Santa Cecília de Voltregà ,
where the owners of the country house 'Mas el Corral' will
count you old bandit folk stories.
There are several schools dedicated to the discovery of nature,
organizing activities in the nature reserves of the region.
The Montseny Park, first park of Spain, declared in 1978 as
Biosphere Reserve by the UNESCO, offers lots of programs for
the cooperation and international exchange of knowledge and
experiences. The ethnological park of Tagamanent 'La Calma'
also is worth of to visit. It offers a multitude of fascinating
activities. Sant Miquel del Fai is a surprising landscape
with waterfalls and caverns, discovering the visitor what
to do to enjoy permanently the environment. There is for example
an explicative excursion about the renewable energy. And why
not stop for a moment at Viladrau to taste one of the numerous
waters, sometimes so different of nature and taste.
For people who want to have a good time, there is also an
excursion on donkey back through the Montnegre i Corredor
nature park organized by the association 'Rucs del Corredor'.
This association is dedicated to the preservation and protection
of this menaced animal species, since the disappearance of
the traditional country life.
At the Costa del Maresme, the CRAM (Fundació per a
la Conservació i Recuperació d'Animals Marins
- Foundation for the Preservation and Protection of the Sea-Fauna)
is fascinating to see how they help the whales and dolphins
washed up on the beach, to let them go later on again. This
way they also rescue other accidentally fished up or ill sea
species. This foundation develops also research projects in
its veterinarian clinic reserved for protected species.
But not only the nature is durable .. There
is also the culture..
In the city of Barcelona , the CCCB (Centre
de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona - Centre of Contemporary
Culture of Barcelona) organizes city trips allowing us to
discover the most hidden and charming spots of the metropolis.
For the younger people, the 'Aula Oberta' of the university
of Barcelona offers educational round trips as 'the durable
city' and the Historical Museum of Catalonia presents several
thematic excursions to discover the social and cultural life
in the city.
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