Tavertet
Barcelona · Cataluña
Tavertet (Catalan pronunciation: [təβəɾˈtɛt]) is a small town located above some cliffs, 900m above sea level, in the area known as Collsacabra, north of the Guilleries, in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia. Below the cliffs is Pantà de Sau, a reservoir that dammed the waters of the river Ter in the 1960s. Tavertet is nowadays a tourist-oriented town with many holiday homes, where Raimon Panikkar lived. Tavertet is linked by road BV5207 to the town of L'Esquirol, also known as Santa Maria de Corcó. There is also a minor road north of the village above the cliffs through a beech forest linking the town to Rupit.
History
Tavertet (Catalan pronunciation: [təβəɾˈtɛt]) is a small town located above some cliffs, 900m above sea level, in the area known as Collsacabra, north of the Guilleries, in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia.
Below the cliffs is Pantà de Sau, a reservoir that dammed the waters of the river Ter in the 1960s.
Tavertet is nowadays a tourist-oriented town with many holiday homes, where Raimon Panikkar lived.
Tavertet is linked by road BV5207 to the town of L'Esquirol, also known as Santa Maria de Corcó. There is also a minor road north of the village above the cliffs through a beech forest linking the town to Rupit.
Monuments
Las casas son casi todas de piedra y construidas con el tradicional estilo rural característico del centro de Cataluña. El núcleo urbano de Tavertet está declarado 'Bien de interés cultural' por la Generalidad de Cataluña. Cuenta con unas 40 casas construidas entre los siglos XVII y XIX.
Con vistas al pueblo se erige La Torre, cuya forma recuerda los torreones de defensa de la Edad Media.
What to visit
•Salt de Molí-bernat
•Mirador del Cingle
•Mirador de Collsacabra
•La Miradora
•Morro de l'Abella
•Mirador de Sant Corneli
•Puig de la Força
Gallery
Festivals
November 2026
Festivals this month
- No festivals recorded this month.
Rest of the year
- August: Fiesta Mayor (25)
Trails and hiking
•La Jonquera - Sant Adrià del Besós (GR 2, 221.74 km)
•Camí Oliba (GR 151, 239.54 km)
•Ruta d'en Serrallonga (GR 178, 54.28 km)
•Ruta del Ter (GR 210, 220 km)
•Camí de Sant Jaume (Sant Pere de Rodes - Montserrat)
•Sender al Monastir (PR-C 40)
•Ruta de les carboneres (SL-C 94, 3.6 km)
•Domus del Pi
•Folgueroles-Salt de la Minyona-Tavèrnoles (33.6 km)
•La Riba-el Bruguer (4.2 km)
•Vilanova de Sau-Rupit (21.4 km)
•Vilanova de Sau-Sant Romà de Sau (10 km)
Famous people
•Galcerán Sacosta
Town hall
Alcaldía: Albert Prado Olmos
Web oficial: http://www.tavertet.cat/
Town hall of Tavertet
Alcaldía: Albert Prado Olmos Web oficial: http://www.tavertet.cat/
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How to get there
- 🚗 37 km from Breda (about 26 min by car)
- 🚗 70 km from Sabadell (about 49 min by car)
- 🚗 89 km from Barcelona (about 63 min by car)
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- ✈️ 38 km from Girona-Costa Brava airport (about 27 min by car)
- ✈️ 103 km from Barcelona-El Prat airport (about 73 min by car)
Practical info
🅿️ Where to park
- Where to park · 0.1 km away
- Aparcament de Tavertet · 0.2 km away
- Where to park · 1.1 km away
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- BBVA · 5 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- Àrea de Servei del Cabrerès · 6.1 km away
- Estació de Servei Roda · 9 km away
- Esclatoil · 9.1 km away
ℹ️ Tourist office
- Sant Cristòfol de Tavertet · 0.1 km away
- La flora medicial de Tavertet · 0.1 km away
- Sender de les Lleixes de Tavertet · 0.1 km away
🔭 Viewpoints
- Viewpoints · 0.1 km away
- Viewpoints · 0.2 km away
- Viewpoints · 0.2 km away
Wall
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