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Saturday, Day 1 (walk - less than an hour)
Pick up from Alicante airport, journey to Sella. Introduction to CasaRoc
or La Casita de las Nubes. Walk up to the Hermita de Santa Bárbara, tour
of the village and evening meal as a group in CasaRoc.
Sunday Day 2
(walk - about 2 and a half hours)
The Cólera walk around Sella, through the Huerta (orchard/garden)
de Sella ending in a trip down to the old Mill at the valley
bottom . Paella lunch at Marías Bar out on the terrace.
Monday Day 3
(walk -about 3 or 4 hours)
Walk below the Coll el Comptador . This is a beautiful track down the
valley, up past abandoned country houses, along a narrow rocky and forest
track and over ancient moorish terraces and then down through a dramatic
valley past the Rock climbing area and back to the start. Picnic lunch and
evening meal at local restaurant.
Tuesday Day 4
(walk about 3 or 4 hours)
Drive out to the start of the
Bhuddist Valley (
also known as the Secret valley) for a lovely and varied route up and out
between the Goleró and Sanchet peak - an adventurous group might want to
tackle sanchet but it is a bit of a rock-scramble - down past the
Carrasco and Sacarest country houses and through the established pine
forest back to the car. Tapas at Paco´s bar in Sella´s main square
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Wednesday Day 5 (walk about 3 to 4 hours)
Drive up and over the Sierra Aitana via the 1,200 metre Tudons pass Walk
along an easy track for some 5 kilometres to a barbecue spot at a local
spring- lunch! After a barbecue lunch, further walks along the limestone ridge to
visit further springs and geological features. The adventurous can
scramble up and squeeze through onto the top of the ridge, where there are
startling rock formations. Tapas in the evening at Paco´s bar in the
village - noisy, friendly and very Spanish.
Thursday Day 6 - Free
day
Sit out on the terrace, go walking on your own, print out your digital
photos or grab a lift down to the beach or up to the Safari park. Packed
lunch or cook yourself (you have free run of the kitchen in your house).
Evening meal at Isa and Tony´s restaurant in the village - a real treat.
Friday Day 7
(walk
about 3.5 hours)
Walk from the nearby village of Finestrat, skirting around the impressive
peak of the Puig Campana, over the Col de Sacarets and so back to the
Village via a friend´s hilltop house for a picnic barbecue up in the
clouds. An alternative is to walk up the Bhuddist´s
Valley to the view over El Salt and then back
down through the pine forest.
Saturday Day 8
Light lunch, last walk round the village, return to the airport.
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