The Modernisme route in the Vallès Oriental —the Raspall Route—, is an invitation to discover summer-resort Modernisme, ranging from houses and villas surrounded by gardens, to civil architecture including parks, fountains and urban designs. This route acquaints the visitor with the work of the local architect Manuel Joaquim Raspall i Mayol (1877-1937). Raspall was active as a public and private architect in the towns of L’Ametlla, Cardedeu, La Garriga and Granollers, and his most interesting works may be seen there today.

The Raspall Route allows one to visit, in diverse modalities, the work of the architect M. J. Raspall and to learn about the social phenomenon of “summer-resorting”, which characterised the Vallès Oriental at the beginning of the 20th century. Notable among the points to be visited are: in L’Ametlla del Vallès, the Casa Millet, the Cafè and the Town Hall; in La Garriga, the Casa Barbey, the Casa Mayol (Can Raspall) and the magnificent Mansana Raspall, catalogued as a Cultural Heritage of National Interest; in Cardedeu, the Alqueria (“farmhouse”) Cloelia, Casa Rovellat, Casa Viader, Els Pinetons and the Municipal Cemetery; and in Granollers, Casa Clapés and the Sala Tarafa.

Practical information

General routes

General route
A one-day trip with departure from Cardedeu to L’Ametlla del Vallès: there one visits Casa Millet, the Cafè and the Town Hall. After breakfast (optional), a visit to La Garriga: Mansana Raspall, gardens of Casa Barbey and Casa Mayol (Can Raspall), among other points. At midday, return to Cardedeu and lunch (optional) at Hotel d’en Xurín. In the afternoon, a visit to the farmhouse Alqueria Cloelia, Casa Rovellat, Casa Viader, Els Pinetons and the Municipal Cemetery, a magnificent work of funerary architecture.
Meeting pointy: Tomàs Balvey Museum-Archive (Cardedeu)
Calendar: last Sunday of the month, from March to October
Hours: from 9.30 am to 6 pm
Including: guide service, admission to the houses and transport

From Cardedeu to Granollers
For groups by appointment and schools

A half-day route (with optional lunch) offering a guided tour of the Modernista summer houses and villas that M. J. Raspall built in Cardedeu and in the centre of Granollers, a meeting point of bourgeois society one hundred years ago. A visit is made to the interiors of the Casa Rovellat and the gardens of some summer houses in Cardedeu; in Granollers, a visit is made to the Casa Clapés and to the Sala Tarafa hall.
Departure and arrival point: Tomàs Balvey Museum-Archive (Cardedeu)
Calendar: all year round
Hours: 10 am to 2 pm
Including: guide service and admission to the houses (breakfast, lunch and transport are optional)

From L’Ametlla to La Garriga
For groups by appointment and schools
A half-day route (with optional lunch) offering a guided tour of the Modernista houses and villas most representative of Raspall’s architecture in L’Ametlla del Vallès and La Garriga, and the possibility of learning about the way of life of the people who spent their summers in this resort town at the beginning of the 20th century. In L’Ametlla a visit is made to the Casa Millet and the Town Hall, and in La Garriga, to the Mansana Raspall and the gardens of the Casa Barbey, among others.
Departure and arrival point: Tomàs Balvey Museum-Archive (Cardedeu)
Calendar: all year round
Hours: 10 am to 2 pm
Including: guide service and admission to the houses (breakfast, lunch and transport are optional)

Local routes

For groups by appointment and schools.
A visit to the Modernisme of the foremost summer resort towns of the Vallès Oriental: Cardedeu, La Garriga, L’ Ametlla or Granollers. Guided tour of maximum of 3 hours in duration, visiting the main Modernista architectural features of one of these towns.
Departure and arrival point: to be agreed on
Calendar: all year round
Hours: 10 am to 1 pm
Including: guide service and admission to the houses

À la carte routes

It is possible to arrange various types of routes that present the times of summer-resorting and Modernisme, for both individual visitors and organised groups, at diverse prices and with optional services.