Santuari de la Mare de Déu del Mont — Local services in Albanyà

Rode my bicycle up from besalu without breakfast. Luckily it was saturday and the restaurant ‘el mont’ was open and serving at 1:30pm. The service and food were terrific catalan food - slow cooked beef and especially the almond ice cream. The bread was high gluten ‘water bread’ that was amazing with the aiolii. I dont know how to tell when they are open but it was a blessing for me.

This isnt the very best food ive had in my life, it wasnt as good as pont vel in besalu, but it was a lot better than most ive had in spain and the views and location cannot be beat! For a famished cyclist it was a...

Considered by locals as one of the most beautiful sanctuaries in Catalonia, mainly because of its views towards the Pyrenees and the surrounding landscape and because of its link to Jacint Verdaguer, a known literary Catalan figure. Mont is an important peregrination place for over 20 villages around it. The peak can be reached by foot via different trekking trails and also by car through a long and winding road. Restaurant, bar and hostel at the top, open from...

"Lo Canigó és una magnòlia inmensa a que en un rebrot del Pirineu se bada;per abelles té fades que la volten,per papallones los cisnes i les àligues.(.../..)"(Poema "Canigó",d'en Mossén Jacint Verdaguer,començat a ser escrit l'any 1886.). M'agradaria escriure aquesta ressenya,per recordar que en Mossen Cinto Verdaguer,va estar uns llargs dies al Santuari de la Mare de Déu del Mont. Santuari,de l'Alt Empordà,i la seva Mare de Déu,és considerada La Patrona de l'Empordá. És un "BÉ INTEGRANT del PATRIMONI ARQUITECTÓNIC de Catalunya. Aquesta "maredeDéu",era venerada,segons estudiosos i historiadors,des de 1222,d'un Santuari previa l'actual,quan els documents es refereixen al culte dintre del Monestir de Sant Llorenç del Mont. L'Esglèsia,d'estil romànic,et "convida"a escoltar "el silenci",dela paratges que l'envolten. Darrera de l'esglèsia,hi ha una Hostetgeria,on podem estar-hi un o els dies que necessitem. Quan començava,a "despedir-me "del "Lloc Sant",vaig entendre el perqué,Mossé Cinto Verdaguer,triés "aquest lloc i el Santuari...per tornar-hi...com penso fer,qui us escriu i com desitjo,que qui em llegueixi,pogui conèixer "aquest...