Sendero Calzada Romana de Ubrique, Cádiz
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- Distance
- 1.52 mi
- Elevation gain
- 390 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 390 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,663 ft
- TrailRank
- 32
- Min elevation
- 1,247 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 31 minutes
- Time
- 39 minutes
- Coordinates
- 410
- Uploaded
- October 22, 2021
- Recorded
- October 2021
near Ubrique, Andalucía (España)
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22 10 2021
Sendero Calzada Romana, Ubrique
Firstly let me say this is the best roman road I have ever seen. The first 800m have been damaged and covered over by the few dwellings in the vicinity, after that you can seen an amazing road 2000 years old.
I didn’t get to do the whole stretch from Ubrique to Benaocaz as I had to get back to Ocuri for the guided tour that we had booked for 12pm.
I didn’t like Ubrique for the simple reason it is a nightmare trying to park. There seems to be more cars than inhabitants.
At some point in time I would like to go back and do the entire route and also explore the village.
This trail combines nature and culture. A unique heritage, natural and cultural, that allows us to know part of the park from Benaocaz to Ubrique, and the history of its settlement. Stone path through which men and ideas, armies, goods and mills travelled and that linked the mountains with the coasts of Cadiz and Malaga.
From the Salto de la Mora, the Roman city of Ocuri overlooks the trail. Surrounded by a formidable wall and with important infrastructure works such as water tanks and pipes, remains of public baths (hot springs), houses, the forum and the columbarium.
The Roman road was the model road used by Rome for the structuring of its Empire, thus laying the foundations of today's communications networks. During the Nasrid era, the old road linked the population centres of Ubrique Alto, the disappeared Archite and Benaocaz.
Sendero Calzada Romana, Ubrique
Firstly let me say this is the best roman road I have ever seen. The first 800m have been damaged and covered over by the few dwellings in the vicinity, after that you can seen an amazing road 2000 years old.
I didn’t get to do the whole stretch from Ubrique to Benaocaz as I had to get back to Ocuri for the guided tour that we had booked for 12pm.
I didn’t like Ubrique for the simple reason it is a nightmare trying to park. There seems to be more cars than inhabitants.
At some point in time I would like to go back and do the entire route and also explore the village.
This trail combines nature and culture. A unique heritage, natural and cultural, that allows us to know part of the park from Benaocaz to Ubrique, and the history of its settlement. Stone path through which men and ideas, armies, goods and mills travelled and that linked the mountains with the coasts of Cadiz and Malaga.
From the Salto de la Mora, the Roman city of Ocuri overlooks the trail. Surrounded by a formidable wall and with important infrastructure works such as water tanks and pipes, remains of public baths (hot springs), houses, the forum and the columbarium.
The Roman road was the model road used by Rome for the structuring of its Empire, thus laying the foundations of today's communications networks. During the Nasrid era, the old road linked the population centres of Ubrique Alto, the disappeared Archite and Benaocaz.
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1,293 ft
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