La Roca del Vallès

La Roca del Vallès is a municipality located in the Vallès Oriental, less than 5 kilometers from Granollers, the capital of the region, and just over 15 minutes from the city of Barcelona. Located on the border with the Maresme and quickly connected to the coastline through the C-60 highway, the town maintains a privileged location that enhances its urban, industrial, commercial and tourist character.

In terms of demographics, La Roca del Vallès is one of the largest municipalities in terms of territory and one of the main gateways to the region from the eastern sector. However, under the protection of the Parque de la Cordillera Litoral, the middle valley of the Mogent River and the Camí Ral, the town also enjoys a friendly and varied natural environment and landscape and archaeological sites and architectural sites full of history that have marked its character. and future of the territory throughout the centuries.

Thanks to all this industrial heritage, the historical, cultural and gastronomic assets and the elements of great natural value that surround the town, La Roca del Vallès is today one of the best known and most visited municipalities in the Vallès Oriental, one of the most dynamic centers of the entire region and a territory on the rise, with a growing human potential, a unique strategic situation and highly competitive industrial land that make it an indisputable pole of attraction -one of the most important in the entire territory- for new companies National and international.

A municipality, moreover, that maintains its own modern personality and a rich and diverse associative, economic, commercial, social, cultural and sporting vitality. All these assets identify La Roca del Vallès as a welcoming, friendly, prosperous and plural town with a wide, unique and quality tourist offer to enjoy throughout the year.

Nature

Under the protection of the Parque de la Cordillera Litoral, the middle valley of the Mogent River and the Camí Ral, La Roca del Vallès enjoys a friendly and varied natural environment and landscape and archaeological sites and architectural sites full of millennial history that have marked the character and the future of the territory throughout the centuries. This unique natural environment also allows residents and visitors a wide variety of outings for cycling or walks along rural roads and along the Mogent riverbed, a very healthy way of getting to know the surroundings of the municipality.

Gastronomy

The Ganxet Bean and the Alella Denomination of Origin lead the exquisite gastronomic mosaic typical of La Roca del Vallès, establishing itself as two of the star products of the territory. The Ganxet bean has a very important crop in the region and a lot of prestige among consumers. It is dry, of medium size, white and hook-shaped. These beans are especially good with bacon and salads with oil of the year, and above all accompanied by another regional speciality: the butifarra de la Garriga. Meanwhile, the vineyards that make up the current Alella Denomination of Origin, one of the smallest on the peninsula, offer white wines, rosés with Garnacha, Merlot, rosé raisins, reds and Tempranillo that are widely recognized for their quality.

Culture

The festive activity in La Roca del Vallés is experienced in the streets and squares of the town 365 days a year with popular and traditional events of great importance such as the Roca del Vallés Festival, the Winter Festival, the Fira de the Col, the Mercado de Km0 and the Aplec de Santa Agnès de Malanyanes as well as the Festival and the Festival of the Creu de la Torreta, the Festival of Sant Sadurní; or the Tres Tombs, which give the municipality its own identity. This vibrant playful and festive program run by local entities also goes hand in hand with an intense and varied cultural offer that covers all areas of artistic creation and dissemination, with local facilities that aim to respond to the needs cultural of all users; among them the Archive of Popular Memory, which for two decades has given a voice to those people who during their lives have wanted to capture their experiences.

Where to buy

The streets of the core of La Roca del Vallés make up an attractive and friendly urban shopping center where you can find close to a hundred shops and services that combine tradition and modernity, responding to the tastes and interests of all visitors. The rock trade, in addition, actively participates in the life of the municipality, making known the rich and varied catalog of products that the town treasures.

The prolific commercial activity of the town is also nourished by the outdoor shopping experience offered by La Roca Village, with more than 140 stores of the best national and international brands with discounts throughout the year.