Hiking Trails SELLA-BENIMANTELL (PR-CV 9) Features Region: Marina Baixa. Municipalities: Sella and Benimantell. Responsible Body: Diputación de Alicante. Environment Unit Start: Sella. Finish: Benimantell. Route Length: 16.5 kilometers. Approximate Time: 6 hours. Difficulty: Medium. Cartography: Villajoyosa 29-33 (847) 1:50.000; Altea 30-33 (848) 1:50.000; Alcoy 29-32 (821) 1:50,000. Bibliography: Montañas Valencianas. Tomo V Rafael Cebrián. Ed. Papers de Muntanya, 1994. Webgraphy: Federació d’Esports de Muntanya i Escalada de la C.V. http://femecv.com/senderos/pr-cv-9 Services Sella Town Council: Tel. No.: 965 87 90 01, e-mail: [email protected] Benimantell Town Council: Tel. No.: 965 88 52 20, e-mail: [email protected] Diputación de Alicante: Tel. No: 965 10 74 00 e-mail: [email protected] Mountain and Climbing Sports Federation (Federació d’Esports de Muntanya i Escalada): Tel. No.: 965 43 97 47, e-mail: [email protected] Relief The southern part of the Sierra de Aitana is one of great morphological complexity. Sierra de Aitana, the Ponoig and Puig Campana form together a horseshoe. There are no easily accessible paths in the final parts of the ravines, but they can be accessed by narrow paths to the Guadalest valley. This trail runs along the inside one of the ravines of the horseshoe: Canyon de l'Arc. This canyon characterizes by its steep slopes, and at its exit to the sea it goes toward the Amadorio reservoir. Itinerary The trail starts at the town of Sella. We will take the road of Benimantell up to the Font de l’Arc. Then, always following the main path, we will pass through the climbers’ shelter of Font de l’Arc, and the locations of Casas de l’Arc and La Bodegueta. Once at the Coll del Contador, we will continue the trail to find ourselves on the road between the towns of Benimantell and Polop. Heading North we will arrive at Benimantell, where the trail ends. .