You know the bench below your house, the one where you spent your adolescence eating pipes (or doing anything else), the bench where you had your first kiss and the bench where you left it with your girlfriend. But now near Barcelona has opened a bank so epic that will probably be the one you will remember most from now on.
It is the largest bench in Catalonia, which this week has been inaugurated in the viewpoint of Vall de Porcs, in Riba-roja d’Ebre, which seeks to become a new tourist attraction in the region of Ribera d’Ebre.
The bench, 3 meters high and 5 meters wide and with impressive views over the valley and the river, has been promoted by the hiking organization Figot Tour and the town council, and aspires to be part of the prestigious Big Bench Community, an international network of giant benches that promotes tourism in small charming villages.
If it succeeds, it will join the other two Catalan benches on the route, located in Vilalba Sasserra and Sant Jordi Desvalls, although the one in Riba-Roja is already the largest of the three.
How to get to the largest bank in Catalonia?
To reach the Figot Tour has enabled a hiking route of more than 20 kilometers that leads to the giant bank and allows you to discover other local treasures such as juniper oil kilns, old lime kilns, a cave that was a field hospital during the Battle of the Ebro and several historical cisterns.
To get there from Barcelona, the most comfortable option is by car, a two-hour drive. By train, Renfe offers direct services from Barcelona-Paseo de Gracia station to Riba-roja d’Ebre, with an approximate duration of 3 hours and 10 minutes.