When it comes to canyoning, Barcelona is a true paradise for this sport. If you are looking for a day of adventures, this Catalan province is an ideal place for it, whether you are an expert or a beginner wishing to go deeper into this exciting adventure sport. Here you will find an infinite number of exciting canyoning and ravine descents. Regardless of which option you choose, all of them will give you that shock of strong sensations you are looking for. The infinity of experiences that Barcelona shelters makes it really difficult to choose only one of them and that is why, here we will leave everything for you to choose smartly, starting by differentiating them according to their level of difficulty.

- If you are a beginner looking for new sensations, to practise this sport in this province will be quite amazing. For example, a famous one to do it is the Glorieta canyon, carved by the flow of the river of the same name. An initiation canyoning route with lots of challenges that will allow you to discover in your first contact what a good canyoning route is like. Despite being an initiation canyoning route, there are a lot of fun challenges that will get you hooked to this sport until you want to practice it weekly and increase the difficulty as you learn more. Slides, climbing, abseiling and jumps of 14 meters high... It's a great way to get started, isn't it?

- Another fantastic way to make your canyoning debut would be with the Puigcerdà canyon, a canyoning route as exciting as it is relaxing. How could you combine the two, you might be asking yourself. Barcelona's Eden has everything a good canyon requires: jumps, slides, abseiling and so on. But there is something that makes it special and different, so much so, that you will not find something similar anywhere else in Spain and also scarce in Europe since it has thermal waters, and can reach up to 40 ° C. So, in the middle of winter, you will be able to enjoy a bath in a natural jacuzzi.

If you like heights and, even if you are a beginner you feel capable of feeling a lot of adrenaline, the Corva canyon is spectacular, as it has 11 rappel descents and is immersed in a fantasy beech forest, meaning that in addition to all this excitement, a fantasy environment also awaits you. Another perfect example of this style is the Nuria canyon, with chasms of 14 meters or with amazing slides of 17 meters long. Of course, we could not forget the Forat Negre canyon, with 5 rappel descents, or the Empedrats canyon immersed in the Natural Park of Cadi - Moixeró and with several rope descents.

- On the other hand, if you already have some experience you are in luck, because in Barcelona there are plenty of medium level canyoning routes. One that attracts attention is the canyon of Riera de Carme, where it is customary to carry out night canyoning routes. It does not have much difficulty but doing it at night gives it an extra dose of mysticism and complexity.

Of course, you must at least enjoy here a canyoning trip in the mythical and acclaimed Montserrat, where dry canyoning trips are a completely new experience.

In the middle of the mountains of Sierra Guara you will find a spectacular canyon in all aspects. This mountain range shelters several itineraries, but there is a very special one, the Peonera canyon. When we say that it is very special one we are not lying, because here the aquatic canyon category acquires a whole new level of difficulty, because it is so flooded and overflowing with water that to advance, most of the time you will have to swim and dive. However, note that this canyon this is in the territory of Huesca, but we could not avoid bringing it up because of its proximity to the Barcelona territory. The lovers of heights here will enjoy like they never before have, because they will find canyons such as Las Anelles or Pas de l'Escalell that have abseiling descents of 27 meters of altitude.

- Now it is the turn of the connoisseurs, those who are here reading with us because they are looking for a challenge with capital letters. We want to start by talking again about the Nuria canyon. If it is true that we talked about it before, what happens is that this ravine is really extensive and with several sections of varying difficulties. These parts are increased in difficulty by the magnitude of the challenges that we will face: larger jumps, larger natural pools and rappel descents of 22 meters high. A real treat in the heart of the Catalan Pyrenees. We find the Pas de l'Escalell canyon, again another repeated canyon, yes, but where you will find other sections of greater difficulty to satisfy your desire for adventure. To give you an idea, this section of these canyoning routes has a beautiful waterfall where you can rappel down to a height of 30 meters.

- The Sant Aniol canyon is an epic itinerary with all the goodness of a canyoning route for experts, with long and winding slides, abysmal jumps and abseiling descents. All in a trip that will take you 9 hours to complete, so it's for those who are always left wanting more. However, this route is located in the province of Girona, but again, we could not skip it being so close to this region.

- Another aspect to take into account in Barcelona is that, because of its proximity to France, you can also venture to book a canyoning route in France, in Llech or Thues, for example. But, in the province of Barcelona, where do we find the best descents?

Most of them are concentrated in Vallcebre and it is not for less since it is located in a beautiful natural enclave, perfectly wedged between the natural parks of Serra d'Ensija-els Rasos de Peguera, Serra del Catllaràs, the Natural Park Cadí-Moixeró and at the foot of Pedraforca.

Collbató is another corner of Barcelona that is home to many of the ravines we mentioned, such as Pas de l'Escalell, Forat Negre or the mythical Puigcerdà. Besides being practically at the foot of Montserrat, so if you want to discover this emblematic massif from the inside, this is where you have to go.

Then there are those of Sant Sadurni d'Anoia or Castellar de'n Hug, municipalities that have many initiation-level canyoning routes. Finally, we find Hostalets de Balenya, standing right in front of the beautiful Montseny Massif.

Get your mountain sports shoes and a change of clothes and you will be ready to enjoy canyoning in Barcelona. You will learn quickly and enjoy it easily, even if you have no experience, you always receive some previous training before the activity starts. To put the icing on the cake to this overview of canyoning routes in Barcelona, many companies also offer accommodation and / or food, so this province has everything you could ask for to get you canyoning. Are you going to miss it?