Stage 12: Sant Andreu de Sagàs - Gironella

You begin the twelfth stage of the GR 1 route in (1) Sant Andreu de Sagàs (0:00h - 737m). From the church plaza you follow the white and red GR signs heading southwest. You go around some fields of cereal crops, and very gradually, you turn towards the right (NW). For a brief stretch, your route coincides with the old road, but you soon head off on the left along a path. You pass the Mas de Cal Xiulans and head into a forest. You go down a gloomy ravine and arrive at Pontarró stream.

You cross the stream and reach the other bank (W). You continue inside a wooded area, walking over a carpet of sedimentary rocks, fossils that bear witness to the fact that this zone was a lake basin or an inland sea millions of years ago. You arrive at the country house of (2) Collservera (1:15h - 600m) and, a few metres further on, you cross the C-62 road. You continue to move west and soon cross the road again. You make a gentle descent and come to Riba stream. Then, keep going northwest and the landscape becomes visibly more linked to farming. You continue along the royal route and Calle de la Carretera and enter the beautiful municipality of (3) Olvan (1:45h - 558m).

You leave the town via Plaza Major and Calle del Forn and pass Cal Pubill. Go down to Rec de Cabots, which you cross, and continue along the main path. You move forward through fields, forests and past the odd farm. You bypass some industrial plants and a few metres further ahead you will once again cross the C-62 road, this time over a bridge. There are an increasing number of buildings. Finally, you reach the Llobregat river, and you are now in (4) Gironella (2:35h - 452m), the end point of the twelfth stage.