Santa Coloma de Cervelló
Santa Coloma de Cervelló is a municipality and small town near Barcelona in Spain. It’s a nice village in the region of the Baix Llobregat, where there are many pine forests to walk around. It has the tranquillity of a small town and it is near the big city. There are many streets with home gardens.
Understand
The municipality of 8,200 people (2018) encompasses the small town of Colonia Güell, with its many architectural masterpieces.
In Santa Coloma de Cervelló municipality is located Colònia Güell — a famous and one of the most important modernist sites in the province of Barcelona.
- 🌍 Visitor Service Centre, c/ Claudi Güell, s/n, Colònia Güell, ☏ +34 93 630 58 07, coloniaguell@adleisure.com. Nov-Apr M-F 10:00-17:00, Sa-Su 10:00-15:00; May-Oct M-F 10:00-19:00, Sa-Su 10:00-15:00.
Get in
By train
For Colonia Güell take FGC trains S4, S8 and S33 from Plaça d'Espanya, Barcelona, get off at Colonia Güell stop, then follow blue footprints painted on the pavement. Santa Coloma de Cervelló is the next stop.
If, by chance, you are heading to Colonia Güell right from the airport by R2 Nord train, then you don't need to go to Plaça d'Espanya to get a FGC train. Instead you can make a change at Bellvitge RENFE stop (the 2nd from the airport) to Gormal FGC station (just cross a square) and save half an hour.
Get around
By foot — it's a small place.
See
Colònia Güell
🌍 Colònia Güell. Sa Su holidays 10:00-15:00. It is a tiny settlement built around a textile factory. The works began in 1890 and a number of renowned Catalan architects participated in this project: Antoni Gaudí, Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio. Adult €8.5, senior/student €6.5, audioguide €1, guided tour €1.5.
Without a doubt the most important object there is:
- 🌍 La cripta de la Colònia Güell (The crypt of the Church of Colònia Güell). see Visitor Service Centre hours. Although it is unfinished and one of the most forgotten of his works, the crypt is a highlight in the creative work of Gaudí. Included in admission to Colònia Güell.
A virtual tour to the crypt is available on the Internet.
Among the other notable buildings are:
Downtown
- 🌍 Església parroquial de Santa Coloma. In 1026, the altar of Santa Coloma within the Terme de Montpedrós is mentioned in the Sant Cugat cartulary. By 1089, the church is already documented as a parish, dedicated to Santa Maria and Santa Coloma. Starting in 1323, it began to be referred to as Santa Coloma de Cervelló. From the end of the 16th century, altars dedicated to Sant Antoni, Sant Sebastià, and Sant Roc are documented.
Do
Every May there’s a festival to honor the cherries , there is an exhibition of different kinds of cherries.
Buy
The people come to live here to be quiet. There aren’t many stores because it’s very small but it’s safe and friendly. There is a tiny supermarket and a Tobacco shop at the street behind the visitors' centre. It has a square where every Sunday, many people take their children out to play.
There is a farmer's market on Saturday mornings in Colonia Guell.
Eat
At the Colonia Guel there are a couple of restaurants and a cafe. Also in the lobby of the public toilet facility there are a couple of vending machines with drinks and snacks.
Drink
It looks like there is no nightlife in this place.
Sleep
There are no hotels here, but Barcelona is only 20 minutes away by train. Perhaps you'd be able find an apartment to rent here.
Connect
Free WiFi at the Visitors' Centre.
Cope
There a free public toilet just across the street of the Visitor's Centre.
Go next
- Montserrat — Santa Coloma de Cervelló and Colonia Guell stations are on the railway line connecting Montserrat with Barcelona.