Esporles - Valldemossa GR 221
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.36 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,100 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,463 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,249 ft
- TrailRank
- 37
- Min elevation
- 600 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 2 hours 18 minutes
- Time
- 3 hours 20 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1755
- Uploaded
- July 6, 2022
- Recorded
- July 2022
near Esporles, Baleares (España)
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Itinerary description
Along the dry stone route (“Ruta de Pedra en Sec”) along the GR 221, starting from the bus stop in Esporles via Coll de sa Basseta . Follow stone “towers” from then to Valdemossa.
Esporles:
This village with narrow streets flanked by traditional stone houses is outlined against the omnipresent Tramuntana mountains. The Neo-Gothic church of Sant Pere stands in Sa Vileta, the oldest district of the village, along with the rectory and an old watering trough. Opposite the town hall the sculpture La filadora pays tribute to the local textile industry, now extinct but prosperous until the mid-19th century. Nestling in the valley fashioned by the Torrent de Sant Pere mountain stream, Esporles has a population of just over 4,000. Its economy was based on agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry, until, in the first half of the 20th century, a process of industrialisation began with the creation of soap, textile and paper factories supplied by the hydraulic power of the Font de sa Granja spring, while the new buildings were constructed in neo-classical and modernist styles.
Valldemossa:
A heavenly village in the midst of a valley, with steep streets flanked by stone houses and flowerpots. An atmosphere that inspired writers like Jovellanos, Rubén Darío and Santiago Rusiñol. A large part of the local history focusses on the Carthusian monastery (La Cartoixa), the cells of which were witness to the love of Chopin and George Sand.
Esporles:
This village with narrow streets flanked by traditional stone houses is outlined against the omnipresent Tramuntana mountains. The Neo-Gothic church of Sant Pere stands in Sa Vileta, the oldest district of the village, along with the rectory and an old watering trough. Opposite the town hall the sculpture La filadora pays tribute to the local textile industry, now extinct but prosperous until the mid-19th century. Nestling in the valley fashioned by the Torrent de Sant Pere mountain stream, Esporles has a population of just over 4,000. Its economy was based on agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry, until, in the first half of the 20th century, a process of industrialisation began with the creation of soap, textile and paper factories supplied by the hydraulic power of the Font de sa Granja spring, while the new buildings were constructed in neo-classical and modernist styles.
Valldemossa:
A heavenly village in the midst of a valley, with steep streets flanked by stone houses and flowerpots. An atmosphere that inspired writers like Jovellanos, Rubén Darío and Santiago Rusiñol. A large part of the local history focusses on the Carthusian monastery (La Cartoixa), the cells of which were witness to the love of Chopin and George Sand.
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