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04LES PRESES

3h 50min

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THE CHURCHES OF EL CORB ROUTE

ENITINERÀNNIA, NETWORK OF TRAILS“Itinerànnia” is a network of trails, with over 2500 kilometres between the neighbouring regions of “Ripollès”, “Garrotxa” and “Alt Empordà”.

A network of hiking trails is like a road map, but with footpaths, allowing the hiker to get from any one point to another.

It retrieves the old historic roads between the villages to reach many small places.

The network o� ers many di� erent hikes depending on the time or di� culty and you interest over nature, architecture or culture.

Each route that we propose is just a little taste of an extensive network of trails that you can walk to discover the Ripollès, Garrotxa and Alt Empordà counties.

The marks are placed approximately every 300 metres painted on tree trunks, stones or using and other mediums already deployed in the area.

The vertical signs is located at crossroads. The basic network signalling (banners with red tip) indicate the 4 nearest population in each direction and time needed. The banners of the itineraries of the municipalities, as the one you have in your hands, have a green tip shows the name and direction of the route.

Each signpost has a small plaque hat shows the name of the place where it is located, the altitude, the UTM coordinates.

THE SIGNSall the trails of the network are marked regularly over the paths with horizontal painted yellow signs.

You will � nd information boards with a map of the county’s trails in every village or city integrating the network.

PATH’S MARKS

(3X10cm)

TURN LEFT / RIGHT WRONG PATH

Moderate

909

0 2 4 6 8 9,1

690

472

04 THE CHURCHES OF EL CORB ROUTE

Start in the town’s main square (La Plaça Major), signpost

P1 Església de Sant Pere, and head out towards ‘La Ruta

de les Ermites del Corb’. Pass by the swimming pool, from

where you should pick up a footpath that heads gently

uphill to the right.

You enter a deciduous oakwood that gradually gives way

to beech as you climb. As the beechwood ends, you enter

into a clearing where, just a few metres further on, you will

come to signpost G143 Volcà del Racó. Turn right and

climb in a few minutes to signpost G144 El Racó, where

you should turn left and pick up a � attish path that passes

through a holm oak forest before entering a beech forest.

Continue along this path until you reach the small church

of Sant Miquel del Corb in a clearing.

From this church, pick up the track to the farm Mas

L’Antiga, where you should turn right along a track that will

take you to the church of Sant Martí del Corb and signpost

G75 Sant Martí del Corb. Continue straight on along the

forest track until the yellow Itinerànnia waymarking points

you to the right, steeply uphill into the beech forest.

Climb until you reach signpost G77 Baixant d’en Camps.

Here, turn right and follow the ridge of La Serra de

Marboleny as far as signpost G78 Serra de Marboleny.

Continue along the ridge top to signpost P4 Serrat de

les Aulines, where you should head for ‘Xenacs (10 min)’.

Once at Xenacs, at signpost P3 Àrea de Xenacs head

towards ‘Les Preses (45 min)’.

Start to drop gently to signpost P2 Xenacs, from where

you should carry straight on and zigzag downhill as far as

Can Talaia. Here, turn left and in a few minutes you will be

back at your starting point.

Time: 3h 50minDistance: 9,1kmsMax. height: 909mMin. height: 472mDi� culty: ModerateACCUMULATIVE SLOPETotal climb: 658mTotal descent: 658m

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Sant Miquel del Corb and Sant Martí del Corb, two of the best-kept secrets of the Romanesque heritage of La Garrotxa.

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