Olerdola Long Loop, Tombs and Valley
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 2.77 mi
- Elevation gain
- 413 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 413 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,117 ft
- TrailRank
- 15
- Min elevation
- 722 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 131
- Uploaded
- November 27, 2018
near La Plana Rodona, Catalunya (España)
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Itinerary description
We start at the parking lot for the archaeological site of Olerdola, and walk out to visit the ruins of a medieval church and anthropomorphic tombs nearby. We then walk along a dirt road with lovely views of Garraf and the Romanesque church of Sant Miquel. We leave the road and rise along a karst ridge covered mostly in scrub. Along the way we have a good chance of finding some fossils. We descend into the valley where we can visit the remains of an old 19th-century lime factory. The route takes us along the bottom of the valley, with limestone cliffs rising on both sides. In the caves in the cliff walls Bronze Age peoples lived and left painted hand prints. Toward the end of the valley we leave the dirt road and rise up through forest, past a natural spring and back to the parking lot.
Animals we might see along the way include various lizards, birds of prey, thrushes and other small birds, and of course lots of insects and other little creatures.
Animals we might see along the way include various lizards, birds of prey, thrushes and other small birds, and of course lots of insects and other little creatures.
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