42.02° N · 2.47° E
A stone village on a rock, entered by crossing a suspension bridge over the stream. An hour and a quarter's walk away is the Salt de Sallent, with a drop of more than a hundred metres.
What to do
Each plan says how long it takes, who it's for and whether you can book.
One-hour independent walk through Rupit: the hanging bridge over the stream, Sant Miquel, plaça Major and carrer del Fossar. Car park at the entrance.
3 km walk from Rupit alongside the stream to the Salt de Sallent viewpoint, a drop of about 115 m. 1 h 15 there and back, 100 m of ascent.
Climb of almost 30 metres up the neoclassical Sant Miquel bell tower, above the rooftops of Rupit. Weekends and public holidays 11:00 to 15:00; €2.
Itineraries
Days and weekends already planned out, with how to get between each stop and who to book with.
Plan the trip
Each choice narrows the next: the season shapes how best to travel, and how you travel decides where you stay and where you eat.
When to go
In spring, when the Salt de Sallent carries real water, and in autumn with the forest changing colour. In summer it is green and cool, but on Sundays there are lots of people. At Christmas, the living nativity scene.
How you travel
Choose how you're travelling and we'll tell you where to stay, how to get around, where to eat and which services you'll need. We only show the ways of travelling that make sense here.
Rupit is seen on foot from the car park, and the routes start from the tourist office, next door.
Rupit is on the C-153, the Vic to Olot road that crosses the Collsacabra between woods and cliffs. It is a natural lunch stop for anyone travelling it.
Rupit has a designated place for motorhomes in the municipal car park, with a limit of fifteen at a time, and a campsite on the road.
Who you're with
A trip with a toddler is not the same as one with a teenager. Pick yours to see what works and what to bear in mind.
The hanging bridge is the attraction for little ones, and the whole village can be covered without a car.
With children of various ages, Rupit makes a well-rounded day: the village in the morning, the waterfall before lunch and the bell tower in the afternoon.
Rupit is more than a pretty village if you head out to the cliff: long routes and dizzying views.
Where to stay
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Why we like it: Family inn since 1930 on carrer Manyà in Rupit, with sixteen rooms, a Catalan cuisine restaurant and half board.
Why we like it: Inn run by the Dorca Peix family since 1946 on plaça del Bisbe Font in Rupit, with rustic rooms, breakfast included and a restaurant.
Why we like it: Rural apartments beside the Romanesque church of Sant Joan de Fàbregues, at 810 metres and 2.5 km from Rupit, above the Salt de Sallent.
Why we like it: Campsite among pines ten minutes' walk from Rupit, with pitches, bungalows for five, glamping, a renovated pool and a children's farm.
Why we like it: Spaces for fifteen motorhomes in Rupit's municipal car park, with water, electricity and waste emptying, maximum stay of two days and paid.
Services for this trip
Where to eat
From set lunch menus to Michelin stars. We mark the price level and what to order at each place.
What to order: grandmother's patates farcides, beans with butifarra or veal with mushrooms, and mató with honey for dessert.
What to order: home-style mountain cooking with produce from the farmhouses of the area.
What to order: home-style Catalan cooking, for lunch on the way back from the Salt de Sallent.
What to order: grilled meat and traditional cooking.
Takeaway and markets
Map
The places to stay and services on the map are the ones for the way you travel. Turn on the layers you want and tap a point to see its details.
Nearby
The closest places, whichever country they are in.
Tips
The Salt de Sallent is impressive with a good flow and shrinks to a trickle in a dry summer.
Almost 30 metres, €2 and the best view of the village on its rock.
From the waterfall, going back by the hermitage track adds 45 minutes and changes the landscape.
Stay overnight: when the day visitors leave, Rupit goes back to being a village of 190 residents.
Narrow stone streets with no room. Park outside and walk in over the bridge.
In the large municipal car park at the entrance to the village. It is free for the first 45 minutes; then €2.50 up to 2 hours, €3.50 up to 3, €4.50 up to 4 and €6 for the rest of the day. It has four charging points for electric cars. From there you walk in: the streets of the old town are narrow and the car park exists to keep cars out of them.
From Barcelona it is a little under 2 hours via the C-17 and C-153, from Girona about 1 h 25, from Lleida about 2 h 30 and from Tarragona 2 h 40. There is a Sagalés bus on the Barcelona – Vic – Rupit line, with few services.
The village, with the suspension bridge, Plaça Major and Carrer del Fossar, can be seen in an hour. The Salt de Sallent needs another hour and a quarter there and back. With lunch, it is a day. On spring and autumn Sundays the car park fills up by mid-morning: arrive before ten or come midweek.
Questions
Free for 45 minutes, €2.50 up to 2 hours and €6 for the full day. Motorhomes pay €16 to stay overnight.
About 115 metres of drop in several stages, the biggest in Catalonia according to Viquipèdia. It separates the Collsacabra from the Guilleries.
Because of the suspension bridge and the cobbled streets, a baby carrier is better. The path to the Salt de Sallent isn't for a pushchair either.
No. You only pay for parking, the bell tower, the guided visit and the living nativity scene.
Yes, Sagalés's Barcelona – Vic – Rupit line, with timetables on its website or at Vic station (938 892 577). For a day trip, the car gives you more margin.
On Camí de Sant Joan de Fàbregues, at the entrance; telephone 610 24 24 42. Almost all the routes start from there.
Geocaliahttps://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/rupit
