Can Balasc. Natural Park's Biological Station
Equipment of the Consortium assigned to the Natural Environment Service and located on the Can Balasc property. This land, of 78.5 ha of surface, includes several buildings, is property of the City council of Barcelona, is located within the municipal term of the city and assigned by agreement to the consortium.
It is the basis for the realization of the different research and monitoring studies on natural environment that are carried out in the Park, directly or in agreement with scientific institutions.
Can Coll. Environmental Education Center
Located in the northeast corner of the Collserola Natural Park, within the municipality of Cerdanyola del Vallès, Can Coll has an area of 236 hectares. The farmhouse, already documented since 1495, preserves all the beauty and originality of the rural world of Vallès. Since 1988, it is a municipal facility, restored and managed by the Consortium of the Natural Park of the Serra de Collserola.
It is a point of reference for teachers who want to include the Collserola Natural Park in their programming. The working days is a Center for Environmental Education, with an offer of educational activities aimed at formal education. Likewise, it is the headquarters of the Educational Resources Center (CRE).
On Sundays morning Can Coll is open as an information center as well.
What can you do?
- From 9.30 am to 2:30 pm, visit the farmhouse and its rural surroundings. You will find materials to carry out the visit in a self-guided way, games to discover the environment for families
- From 11.00 am to 1.30 pm, farm free tour (outdoors).
- From 10.00 am to 1.30 pm, discover La Feixa dels Ocells: birdwatching. Open from November to February.
- Hiking: six marked roundwalks.
- Documentals: Això és Collserola (This is Collserola) (subtitled in English) and Can Coll 500 anys (only available in Catalan).
- Information point and library of the Park.
We propose you (info in catalan)
How to get
Access by public transport:
By train – RENFE (Cerdanyola Station)
By bus – urban bus Can Coll – Canaletes (from Monday to Saturday)
Access by road:
Cerdanyola to Horta Road, km 2
Coordinates: lat. 41.473554, long. 2.124503
Google maps: Can Coll centre d’educació ambiental
Educational Resources Center
Access to information is a basic tool. The CRE is a support service for the management of Collserola, which emphasizes the dissemination of pedagogical resources generated by the natural park itself. The work is structured in the following areas: documentation, educational resources and coordination with other documentation centers.
General operation
Services:
- Personalized attention – The CRE attends different types of consultations, such as information and advice to prepare activities for the mountain range, or to prepare studies and investigations, etc.
- Consult – Consults in the documentary fund room.
- Loan – Loan of most of the documentary fund, during periods of 15 days extendable. It is necessary to present the DNI or other supporting documentation and fill out the loan sheet. It is a free service, except for itinerant exhibitions or non-presential loans. In the latter case, the user assumes the shipping costs of the loan documentation.
Timetable and access
Personally:
The CRE is located in the second floor of Can Coll CEA. Cerdanyola to Horta Road km. 2
It is open on weekdays from 10 am to 2 pm, except August. The visit to the center must be arranged beforehand.
Phone number: 93 692 29 16
Fax: 93 580 76 54
Postal address:
Crtra. Cerdanyola a Horta Km.2
08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès
E-mail: cre@parccollserola.net
Park Information Center
NOTICE! Due to improvement works at the Budellera Spring, access to the area is limited until March 2026. Please use alternative routes.
- Road closures due to improvement works at the Budellera fountain
- Restoration project for 13 fountain spaces in Collserola
A space that welcomes everyone, a starting point to get to know the Natural Park
Located in an ideal setting, surounded by nature, central and well comunicated, the Park Information Center, opened in 1990, houses the headquarters of the Serra de Collserola Natural Park Consortium.
The Visitor Information Center is on the ground floor of this building. The center welcomes all visitors, providing them with information on what to see and do in this particular natural area and assist them on the best way to use the mountain resources.
You can find
- Personalized attention point
- A permanent exhibition Thought to make you think
- Video projection room (Our forest, Collserola park, 10 years of Park, Flowery path, etc.)
- Sale of maps and publications related to the Park
- Temporary exhibitions
- Weekends have an offer of guided activities (during the week the activities are on demand)
We propose:
How to get?
By public transport: Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Baixador de Vallvidrera Station.
By road: Vallvidrera to Sant Cugat Road (BV-1462), km 4,7 Signposted access. Parking recommended in the recreational area of Santa Maria de Vallvidrera.
The Information Center is unaccesible by coach.
Itineraries around the center
