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Visit Sant Pere de Ribes

The castle and the two churches of Sota-ribes, Plaça de la Vila, the «americanos» houses and, all around, vineyards and hills.

Mas Solers, a Noucentista mansion in Sant Pere de Ribes

Must-sees

Sota-ribes

Ribes Castle (Bell-lloc)

A round tower with four vaulted levels, first mentioned in 990. It was a prison, a granary and an archive. A Cultural Asset of National Interest since 1949.

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Sota-ribes

Old Church of Sant Pere

A Baroque church from 1663-1664 built over an 11th-century Romanesque chapel, opposite the castle. It keeps the «Portal de les Ànimes». No services since 1910.

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Plaça de l’Església

New Church of Sant Pere

Foundation stone laid in 1903, opened in 1910: three naves, a dome and two bell towers.

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Plaça de la Vila, 1

Town Hall (Casa de la Vila)

A modernista building from 1891-1893 by Bonaventura Pollés i Vivó, with a clock tower, on the round square next to Can Roda and Can Quima.

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Camí de Sant Pau

Sant Pau Chapel

A Baroque hermitage on a hill north of Ribes. On 25 January people walk up to it for the main festival.

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Palou

Can Montaner del Palou

An 18th-century house in the old Palou quarter, where the present village began.

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C. Doctor Puig, 5

Can Joanet Paleta

One of the «americanos» houses, built by locals who came back from Cuba with a fortune in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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South of the village

Can Coll

An eclectic farmhouse from the early 19th century.

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A walk through the old village

Start in Sota-ribes, where the castle and the Old Church have faced each other for centuries beside the stream. Then go up to the Palou quarter and down to Plaça de la Vila, with the modernista Town Hall. Finish at the New Church and the streets with «americanos» houses.

If you have more time, walk up to Sant Pau Chapel or Montgròs: see Nature and walks.