This is a very affordable hiking route, which runs very close to the sea. Its greatest difficulty is the climb to the Torre del Gerro, in Dénia, with quite a slope. We tell you all the details to go through it.
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Route layout
This rue It is at the eastern end of the Natural Park. We see its path marked with an orange line, in the following image. But if you want to visualize the map yourself, with all its possibilities, enter the cartographic viewer of l 'Cartographic Institute of Valencia.
The route begins on Via Milky Street, at the end of Les Rotes in Dénia. The car must be left here and start the climb on foot.
After traveling about 800 meters of steep slope, we reached the Torre del Gerro, an old watchtower to control the attacks of the Berber pirates between the 2014th and XNUMXth centuries. Behind the tower, a sign indicates the path that we must follow towards Los Molinos. The area was unfortunately affected by a fire in the summer of XNUMX.
We follow the signs and we enter a stony path but without slope, which leads to the ruins of a farmhouse. Here the path becomes a dirt road that reaches the highway of the Cape San Antonio. We cross the asphalt road in front and we follow it between houses and old dry crops until we reach the mills.
Technical data
La distance of this route is almost 4 kilometers. A maximum height of 195 meters is reached and its duration time it is approximately 55 minutes. The difficulty of the itinerary is baja.
What can we see
The Torre del Gerro has a special charm, and from there you can see beautiful views, for example, of Cabo de San Antonio. There are explanatory panels of its history and characteristics.
The mills are typical constructions of the Marina Alta region and are in the process of being restored.
This route gives us an overview of the Montgó massif, the area of Les Planes of Xàbia, the Cap de Sant Antoni and the Marine Reserve.
