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History of Sant Miquel Castle Currently, Sant Miquel Castle belongs to the municipality of Girona, but until 1974 it belonged to the municipality of Celrà. The architectural complex is located on the top of Puig del Castellar, at 394 meters above sea level. From its strategic location you can see the Valley of Sant Daniel, the town of Celrà, the plain of Empordà and the city of Girona. The complex, made up of a section of wall, a watchtower and a hermitage, dates back to medieval times.

A wonderful place with a 360° view of the sea and the hills

nice walk from the emporda campsite, but allow more time to tour the castle

The Montgrí massif culminates in the Montplà summit. Taking into account that the surrounding towns are at sea level, its 310 meters give it a 360 degree panoramic view. In addition, you can also see the archipelago of the Medas Islands.

It is possibly the best known and practiced route in Girona. I recommend it to everyone. Doing this route at night is also spectacular.

Ascent with steep gradients, especially when passing the Girona variant until connecting with the path that goes up to Sant Miquel through the Vall de Sant Daniel.

Montigalar (467m) or Montigalar Gros (to differentiate it from Montigalar Petit (377m) which is 720m to the SW) is a mountain in the Gavarres that is included in the list of 100 peaks of the F.E.E.C. https://www.feec.cat/activitats/100-cims/cim/montigalar/ At its rocky summit we find a geodesic vertex and some andromines that certain hikers like to decorate the mountain tops. If the day is clear we will be able to enjoy some magnificent panoramas, so towards the NE we could distinguish Sant Salvador Saverdera, El Perní, the Bay of Roses, El Puig Rodó, Montplà (Montgrí), among others...

The architectural complex is made up of the old hermitage dedicated to Santa Maria and Sant Miquel, built on top of the previous medieval fortification, from which the bases of a circular tower through the apse are used. It seems that the hermitage was occupied by hermits between the s. XVI and XVIII, although the documentation records the start of construction in the s. XV The location took on military importance during the French war (1808-1814), especially due to the sieges of Girona (1808-1809), where the domain of the castle alternated several times between the Napoleonic army and the Miquelets. After the war, the hermitage was already demolished. The other architectural element is the telegraph tower, erected during the second Carline war (1846-1849) to house the civil optical telegraph line, while the military line was located in the hermitage tower.