#6 - Ruta Circular Cadaqués
Cadaqués, Girona, SpainLength: 3.2 mi • Est. 1 h 37 m
The route starts just at the gas station, by a narrow alley that had been an access road to Cap de Creus. This looks great after crossing the road of the lighthouse, following the mountain up through a wide, wide path, with dry stone walls that border it on both sides. These are part of the livestock route.
When you reach the house of the Lady, continue to the left - for a dirt road that will continue until you reach the equestrian center of Duran. You will pass through the middle of the farm, to follow the path that, when descending leads you to the place of Portlligat.
From here, you just have to return to the center of Cadaqués. Camí de puig Ferral Camí de Puig Ferral, also called de l'Volcà, will surprise you. As a good example of a livestock way, you will pass between dry stone walls that are spectacularly high. The last person who arranged these walls by laying stone on stone was a shepherd. He was known by the name of the Red. The ascent allows us to contemplate the bay of Cadaqués, the mountain of El Pení and some olive grove, still worked. Low vegetation predominates, with alternation of scrub and meadows.
As you almost reach the plain, past the Lady's farmhouse, you will see that the livestock road continues between walls for a small rocky beach, but don't follow it. You will continue along the dirt road until reaching Duran.
The route shows several shacks. The maximum expansion of this type of construction is linked to the cultivation of vineyards and olive trees. It is a technique that is based on the overlapping of the site's own stones, without using cementing materials, so that water passes without difficulty avoiding its destruction. The walls not only have an agricultural function -as they are beams, huts, huts, walls-, but also have significant environmental interests: they protect the soil from erosion and receive a large number of insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and small mammals.
Following the route you will see an example of the many farmhouses in the area. From here you can also go horseback riding and enjoy the beautiful corners of the Natural Park. Check out the olive groves. After heading past Duran and heading towards Portlligat, you will walk among fields of olive trees that keep the productive olive of the Law of Cadaqués.
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