Bergueda tourist information

This Comarca has a capital city called Berga, afetr its mountain range it was actually named. It is located in the central part of Catalunya in the most northern point of the province of Barcelona.

El Bergueda is an agricultural region since pre-historic times, but it is an area with a different topography and history. Its modern history is largely defined by the river of llobregat which runs through the middle of the comarca to Barcelona where in ancient times there were mines and textile workers using this area. Now very few of this labour is being done, but the factories and the colonies that once housed the workers, many of them built in a uniform art-nouveau "modernist" style, have been turned into tourist attractions and museums. These "colonias" were veritable purpose-built villages, with factory, workers living quarters, church, etc, all built in the same harmonious architectural style, often overlooked by the industrialists magnificent mansion perched at a safe distance from the hoi polloi on a nearby hilltop. Some of the workers quarters are now being renovated and sold to Barcelonans eager to have a pied-á-terre in the foothills of the Pyrenees.

Once you get away from the riverside, you climb into lush hilly farmlands, mostly dairy farms, separated by forests of pine and holm oak. A striking feature of this region are the strang shapes of the enormous boulders and rock outcroppings that form many of the hilltops. They look like something from of the holy land, and add an extra element of drama to what is already spectacular scenery due to the high mountains that hem you in on all sides, the ever present Bergueda to the north and west, Montserrat to the south, and the Sierra del Montseny to the east.

The capital, Berga separates the comarca into Alt (or high) Bergueda and Baix (low) Bergueda. The Alt Bergueda is very mountainous and scenic - a must see for all travelers to this area. But getting there and back can involve some fairly strenuous driving.