Gandía to Oliva [Valencia] Oliva to Gandía
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pathways is also your responsibility. responsibility. your also is pathways
increase in commerce in the orange and silk trades. silk and orange the in commerce in increase
leave everything as you found it. The conservation of these these of conservation The it. found you as everything leave
gan operations in 1864 using animal traction, due to the the to due traction, animal using 1864 in operations gan
NATURE TRAIL NATURE
perience. We only ask one thing of you: do not forget to to forget not do you: of thing one ask only We perience.
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La Safor Nature Trail section and the map for the journey, journey, the for map the and section Trail Nature Safor La
to the town of Oliva. It runs along the old Carcaixent - - Carcaixent old the along runs It Oliva. of town the to
the trip. In this brochure you will find a brief description of of description brief a find will you brochure this In trip. the
Valencia. At six and a half kilometres long, it links Gandía Gandía links it long, kilometres half a and six At Valencia.
We invite you to visit them and offer you the keys to enjoy enjoy to keys the you offer and them visit to you invite We
The La Safor Nature Trail is located in the province of of province the in located is Trail Nature Safor La The
part of the unique cultural landscape of our country. our of landscape cultural unique the of part
discover the villages, sights, traditions and people that are are that people and traditions sights, villages, the discover
diversity and beauty of our precious natural heritage, and and heritage, natural precious our of beauty and diversity
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le trails and traditional routes, for public use and enjoyment. and use public for routes, traditional and trails le
- catt tracks, railway as such infrastructures transport former
and the Environment’s Nature Trails Program aims to restore restore to aims Program Trails Nature Environment’s the and
Since 1993 the Ministry for Agriculture and Fisheries, Food Food Fisheries, and Agriculture for Ministry the 1993 Since
of Spain of
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Guide to the to Guide
EASTERN PENINSULAR EASTERN SECTOR
SECTOR EASTERN PENINSULAR NATURE TRAIL LA SAFOR
1. The starting point of the route is the town of Gandía, The route then continues in a straight line until it reaches Nowadays, the Falles boast the essential participation of a alongside the Parc de l’Estació, where an old restored lo- another poplar grove where, once again, one can pause be- great number of citizen associations, which meet together in comotive can be found on display as a piece of street art. fore continuing along a straight and comfortable route. the different districts and prepare different cultural activities 2. After crossing the street, behind the Tourist Office the- 6. The trail continues in the direction of Oliva which throughout the year. Each of these associations appoints its re is a wide pedestrian avenue lined with trees on both just comes in to view on the horizon. There the route own queen, selected at the beginning of the celebration. sides and with a bicycle track and pedestrian walkway. ends, although the visitor(s) may continue their walk to After the election of the Reina fallera (queen represen- Following this route and after crossing a pass for the the beach of Oliva or head for the nearby Pego-Oliva ting the association), she is introduced and then the Cri- Nature Trail, we reach a cross from where we can see Marshland Natural Park. da (the act where the queen declares the start of the a stone wall that runs as far as a bridge over the River THE PEGO-OLIVA MARSHLAND NATURAL PARK festival) and a parade is held and traditional Albaes are Serpis. Once over the bridge, continue straight on sung. An exhibition shhal also follow of the Ninot Indul- through the roundabout in the direction Oliva. This Natural Park is located on the Valle de Pego coast, tat, where each association presents a puppet of the for between the mountains of Mostalla and Segaria, where 3. During the following section, the road to Bellreguard the children’s falles and another for the main falles (Falla the rivers Bullent-Vedate and Racons Molinell begin. is visible as it gradually turns off to the right. Further Mayor). The winner will be the only puppet which will on, there are several examples of drainage infrastructu- It is suggested that visitors to this Natural Space bring not be burnt during St. Joseph’s night. re for the plots of orange groves. binoculars and a bird guide, as one can identify many of The Plantà, or collocation, of the falles is held during the the bird species associated with this wetland area. 4. Following the route, we reach a small bridge with a me- night of the 15th of March, which opens the celebrations. tallic rail that allows us to leave the road that links the THE FALLES OF GANDÍA At 8 o’clock in the morning on the 16th of March the town of Bellreguard with the residential complexes and Despertà awakens the city and urges people to go out The Falles of Gandía (16-19 March), which have been awar- the beach. The route continues straight along a comforta- and visit the newly planted falles, which can be visited ded the National Tourist Interest status, are traditional ble stretch before reaching another bridge which crosses from that moment on. celebrations with more than one hundred years of history the main drainage canal which harnesses the waters of the and which come from the Arab tradition with regard to The celebration ends on the 19th of March, St. Joseph’s River Serpis. At this point, there is dense vegetation of re- fires, and possibly imitated by the Christian carpenter day, the patron saint of Valencia. The different associa- eds, indicating the plentiful presence of water on the land. guilds on the eve of St. Joseph, when they used to burn tions of the falles usually celebrate a mass in honour of 5. Along the route, before reaching the underpass that crosses their wood chips, shavings and sawdust in bonfires. In any the saint patron and, at night, the long awaited Cremà the road to Piles, there are a number of attractive poplars case, the old Falles celebrations did not have the critical of the falles is celebrated, when this impressive works of that invite the traveller to take a short rest in their shade. and mocking spirit of the colossal constructions that oc- arts are finally burnt. cupy the streets of the municipality today.
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Harshness of natural environment Upward gradient 1 5 m 1 Guidance along the route 1 Downward gradient 15 m Route difficulty 1 ROUTE LENGHT 6,5 km Amount of effort needed TIME o s 1 2 h 18 min
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SECTOR NATURE TRAIL Starting point Bridge EASTERN PENINSULAR LA SAFOR End of trail Underpass Nature Trails Junction Walkway