Hiking Trails -POLOP (P.R.-C.V. 13)

Features Region: La . Municipalities: Finestrat - Polop. Responsible Body: Diputación de . Environment and Solid Waste Area. Start: Finestrat. Finish: Polop. Route Length: 17 kilometers. Approximate Time: 4 hours 30 minutes. Difficulty: Low. Cartography: 29-33 (847) 1:50,000; 30-32 (848) 1:50,000. Bibliography: Topoguía PRV-13. Diputación Alicante.

Services Turist Info Finestrat: Tel. No.: 966 80 12 08 Turist Info Polop: Tel. No.: 966 89 60 72 Finestrat Town Council (Alicante): Tel. No.: 965 87 81 00 Polop Town Council (Alicante): Tel. No.: 965 87 02 40 / 965 87 01 50 Mountain and Climbing Sports Federation (Federació d’Esports de Muntanya i Escalada): Tel. No.: 965 43 97 47 Diputación de Alicante: Tel. No.: 965 10 74 00

Relief The most outstanding aspect is Puig Campana (1410 m.), a truly remarkable mountain feature in the Marina Baixa region. This mountain is of a limestone kind, formed by materials from the Jurassic period raised as a result of the force exerted by the Triassic saline elements located at the base. Other orographic elements of importance in the zone are the mountains of Els Castellets, a limestone array constituted by materials from the Cretacic. The zone’s drainage basin is mainly made up by the Atxero, the Barranc del Xarquer and the Barranc de l’Arc rivers. Itinerary Our route begins at Font del Molí. We will start hiking through an asphalted road before crossing a small bridge. At this point, the trails going up to the top of Puig Campana and bordering it on its western slope separate from ours, which continues on asphalted road. Upon reaching the asphalted limit, we will proceed on a dirt road. Our route continues to then arrive at Coll de Sacarets. From this point and upon passing through the Mas de Sacarets we will continue through a trail crossing the Coll del Llam, leading us to Casa de Dios. From here we will walk for about five kilometers on a lap that flows through the Gulapdar ravine, to arrive at Polop, our final destination.