El Puig de la Balma

Useful Information

Location:	Mura, Bages region. (41.693848, 1.962362)
Open:	Hotel: All year daily. Museum: All year Sat, Hol 10-12, 16-20. [2021]
Fee:	Hotel: Half Board per Person EUR 60-72. Museum: . [2021]
Classification:	Cave House Erosional Cave
Light:	Incandescent Electric Light System
Dimension:
Guided tours:	self guided
Photography:	allowed
Accessibility:	no
Bibliography:
Address:	El Puig de la Balma, 08278 Mura Barcelona, Tel: +34-937-433-274, Cell: +34-622-450-334. E-mail:
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History

12th century	farmhouse erected in the cave.
1973	Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac massif declared a Natural Park.
2007	listed in the Catalan heritage register as Bé Cultural d'Interès Local (BCIL).

Description

The Puig de la Balma is a farm house built under an overhanging cliff and located at the Parc Natural de Sant Llorenç de Munt i l'Obac (Natural Park of Sant Llorenç de Munt i l'Obac). The house was built in the 12th century and was used for generations as a farmhouse by the Puig family. It is currently run by the 27th generation of the Puig family. The family has renovated the house and offers agro-tourism with accommodation, restoration and a museum of great historical and anthropological value. So you can sleep in a cave and eat typical Catalan food, with an emphasis on typical food of rural areas, in a historic arched cellar. There is even a swimming pool and a private chapel. The far end of the cave was used as wine cellar in the Middle Ages, when a good wine was produced in the area. The wine making ended in the mid 20th century.

The site is located near the town Mura and is reached on a single lane gravel road. The are is popular for hiking and it is often visited by hikers. The place was a filming location for the Catalan-language movie Pa Negre (Black Bread).