Caves of Berga

In the municipality of Berga, in the comarca of the Berguedà, there are 4 inventoried caves, all of them catalogued as Cova. Together they total 90 metres of passage and reach a maximum vertical drop of 9 metres. As for the lithologies, 3 are in conglomerates and 1 in limestones.

The longest cave is the Cova de l'Hostal del Guiu, with 44 metres of passage, a single ascending gallery and a vertical drop of +9 metres. It is followed by the Cova de Can Mauri, of 40 metres, with an entrance 22 metres wide by 7 high that gives way to a single rectilinear gallery with a triangular section. The Cova de la Font Calenta, of 6 metres, is an interesting spring at the western end of the Serra de Queralt, with a small cave at the end of a dead-end trench. Finally, the Cova Petita de l'Hostal del Guiu, of 10 metres of passage, is located about 30 metres to the NW of the cova de l'Hostal del Guiu and about 8 metres higher up.