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Garrotxa

Easy 3h 15min

ROSEMARY ROUTE

11,7kms

Ajuntament de Maià de Montcalwww.maia.cat

ITINERÀNNIA, 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 off ers many diff erent hikes depending on the time or diffi 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 SIGNS

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

You will fi 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

02MAIÀ DE

MONTCAL

Time: 3h 15minDistance: 11,7kmsMax. height: 268mMin. height: 120mDi� culty: EasyACCUMULATIVE SLOPETotal climb: 176mTotal descent: 176m

Start at the signpost G158 Maià de Montcal and head for ‘Besalú (1h35min)’. Pass first in front of the town hall and soon afterwards the church of Sant Vicenç. Here, turn left and pick up a metalled road that soon becomes a dirt track.

Walk until you come to signpost MM4 Pocafarina, where you should turn left and head into a thick holm oak forest. Turn left to come to the church of Sant Prim in just a few metres.

Pass by the front of the church and continue along the forest track following the yellow waymarking until it signals you to leave the track and head along a path that after a while passes underneath the main N-260 road. On the other side pick up the track that will take you to the hamlet of Bruguers.

At signpost MM5 Bruguers you have a choice: for those wishing to cycle, head for ‘Dosquers’, while those on foot should choose between the cycle route or the option indicated ‘Dosquers (pel castell)’.

Once past Bruguers, the cycle route reaches signpost MM6 Camí Ramader, where you should turn left and follow the track until you come to signpost G176 Dosquers. Here, turn left and in less than five minutes you will come to signpost MM7 Sant Martí de Dosquers. (This is where those who have chosen to go on foot – who will have passed by the ruins of Maià castle – rejoin the route).

Leave Dosquers along the metalled road and just before the main N-260, drop down to the left and pass underneath the road to the other side.

Continue to follow the yellow waymarking as far as signpost MM3 Camps de Can Janassa, where you should continue straight on along a track until you reach the road to Maià de Montcal. Turn right and after a few metres along the tarmac, the yellow waymarking points you left along a dirt track.

Pass behind the football field and the swimming pool until you come back to the metalled road. Turn right and after a few metres you will find yourself back at the start of the walk.

This bicycle route is suitable for families with children, you will discover a rural landscape between � elds and manors.

Editorial Alpina

ROUTE SPECIFIC INFORMATION

Alti

tude

(m)

Distance (km)

ITINERÀNNIA NETWORKROUTEROAD-TRAILRIVERTOURIST SERVICES(See website)VERTICAL SIGNPOSTSOF THE NETWORK

ROSEMARY ROUTE

270

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195

120