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What to see and do in Canyelles

What to see and do in Canyelles (Garraf, Barcelona): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 3 Activities · 1 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Canyelles

Castle of Canyelles 450 m

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What to see and do in Canyelles

Canyelles
Village
Canyelles is a municipality in the Garraf comarca, in the province of Barcelona, with a population of 5,505 inhabitants (2025) who live from agriculture, hospitality and tourism. On 14 May 1861 a 945-gram meteorite fell near the village, classified as an ordinary brecciated H4 chondrite, one of the few episodes of this kind scientifically documented in Catalonia; fragments of it are kept spread across several museums. Every first Sunday of December it has celebrated the Fira de Santa Llúcia since 2003, a market of Christmas products and crafts that draws more than 25,000 visitors, mostly from the Alt Penedès and the Garraf.
Castle of Canyelles
Monument
The castell de Canyelles (Garraf, Barcelona), which gives the municipality its name, is documented as early as 992 as an estate dependent on the castle of Olèrdola. In 1302 Bernat Marquet is recorded as its lord, and in 1393 jurisdiction passed to Guillem Sagarriga; in 1769 Charles III confirmed its status as a barony. Between 1852 and 1858 Ferran de Bouffard restored and enlarged it, works to which much of what survives today is owed: a circular tower, a stretch of wall with five battlements and a porch with two segmental arches, next to the church of Santa Magdalena. Declared a historic monument, it was acquired in 2024 by Marisa López-Teijón, who donated it to the town council in October 2025.
Church of Sant Salvador de Canyelles
Monument
Parish church of the municipality of Canyelles.
Canyelles Main Festival
Activity
The Festa Major de Canyelles is the festa major of this municipality in the comarca of Garraf, in the province of Barcelona, which was already described in the mid-19th century in Pascual Madoz's geographical dictionary. With just over 5500 inhabitants, its economy today is divided between agriculture, hospitality and tourism.
Fair of l'Aixada de Canyelles
Activity
The Fira de l'Aixada, the traditional fair of Canyelles, in the inland Garraf.
Festival of Sant Isidre de Canyelles
Activity
The Sant Isidre festival of Canyelles, linked to the agricultural world.
The 1861 meteorite fall
Historical milestone
On 14 May 1861 a meteorite fell on the district of Canyelles, one of the few episodes of this kind documented in Catalonia. The find aroused the interest of the naturalists of the time and was recorded in local memory.