Ruins of La Mussara – Els Avencs de la Febró loop from Vilaplana

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Ruins of La Mussara – Els Avencs de la Febró loop from Vilaplana

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Ruins of La Mussara – Els Avencs de la Febró loop from Vilaplana

02:25

15.4km

820m

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Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Some sure footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

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139 m

Old Water Reservoir of Vilaplana

Highlight • Monument

Old drinking water tank to supply the town of Vilaplana, built in 1921 in the Noucentista style, which was discontinued in 1997 with the construction of a new tank.

It was restored in 2025. (photo 2)

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591 m

Dent de Ponent

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3.50 km

Viewpoint of La Mussara

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Viewpoint located at the top of the Mussara and close to the Coll de la Negra, from where you can see impressive views from the cliff.

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3.55 km

Airasses

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3.67 km

Ruins of La Mussara

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Today it is just a ruined village located in the municipality of Vilaplana, but since ancient times, the Mussara has had a reputation for being a sinister place, a corner of the dark past. The ghost town that remains uninhabited was long ago a rich and stately town that caused the envy of the nearby municipalities. It is believed that the Saracen remains located in the place suggest the existence of a dependent garrison of the Valí de Siurana. This belief is supported by the Arabic toponym that gives the town its name and which can mean flat.

La Mussara, which was part of the county of Prades since its foundation, is mentioned in documents from 1173 where it is stated that the town was already inhabited. The church of the town is named in a bull of Pope Celestino III of 1194. The temple maintained the category of parish until 1534 when it became dependent on that of Vilaplana.

The inhabitants of this town were known as frogs since, when it rained, a small natural reservoir was formed that served to give the animals a drink. A phrase in Catalan also has its origin in this town, baixar de la Mussara (to come down from La Musara), whose meaning is to ignore what everyone knows and which would have its equivalent in Spanish in the phrase to be in the fig tree.

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3.71 km

Church of Sant Salvador de la Mussara

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Remains of the old temple of neoclassical construction built between the 18th and 19th centuries. The visible church is currently located in the same space where the medieval church of La Mussara was located, of which some elements that were used for the construction of the new building are still visible.

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