A little time in the woods · Up to 2 hours · 4 walks
The full loop around the campsite
El Fitó i la Font de les Nàiades
- Time
- 1 h 20 min to 2 h
- Distance
- 2.5 km
- Ascent
- 150 m approx.
An hour and twenty minutes to two hours, no car, all the way around the campsite: the walk that shows you what is right outside your door, from day one. You leave through the gate above the pool and climb to the top of El Fitó. Then you pass the Castanyer de les Illes. From there you head down through the woods to the dam at Les Illes, where the riera del Teix joins the Tordera. Its water ran the power plant that brought the village of Montseny its first electricity, in 1951. On the way back you pass the Font de les Nàiades and the ruins of the Fabriqueta d’en Tolín. It was once a sawmill that cut heather root, or briar, for tobacco pipes. There are two climbs. The first is short and steep, up to El Fitó. The second is longer and comes at the end: about 100 meters up from the dam to the campsite. A summit, a dam, and a ruin in two and a half kilometers, and you finish right where you started.
We walked it on 25 September 2026.
Along the way
The numbers match the map.
Nova Forest
Head out through the gate above the pool, the one that leads up toward El Fitó.
El Fitó
A sign points to the top of El Fitó, which looks out over the valley. You go up and come back down the same path, about 80 m each way.
Cruïlla de Sant Bernat
Junction with the path to Sant Bernat via the Roca Escanyada. Turn left here.
Castanyer de les Illes
You pass the Castanyer de les Illes, which people call the thousand-year-old chestnut.
Desviament de la presa
Junction: turn left here onto the path down to the dam.
Embassament de les Illes
The dam of a small reservoir, where the riera del Teix meets the riera de Sant Marçal, the first stretch of the Tordera. A canal carried its water to the Can Riera Moliner power plant, which brought the village of Montseny its first electricity in 1951.
Font de les Nàiades
The fountain, next to one of the campsite entrances. Here you take the track toward Sant Marçal.
Fabriqueta d’en Tolín
The ruins of an old sawmill beside the Tordera. The river powered the saw that cut heather root, or briar, the wood tobacco pipes are made from.
Entrada del càmping
Another campsite entrance. From here it is about 200 m to the end.
The practical bit
- Water
- The Font de les Nàiades, at 1.4 km, next to one of the campsite entrances.
- Dogs
- On a leash. There is livestock loose, wildlife that nests on the ground and small children on the path.
- Bail-out points
- You pass two campsite entrances, at 1.4 km and 2.2 km. Either one gets you back in without finishing the loop.
- Parking
- Not needed. You walk out from the campsite.
These are the routes that start at the campsite. You walk them at your own risk: check the forecast before you set off, carry water, and there is no shame in turning back.
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