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Canillo

VALL D'INCLES I PORT D'INCLES
DEPARTURE POINT: Beginning of the Vall d'Incles road.
PATH TO FOLLOW: GR11 11A.
GRADIENT: 500 m.
TIME: 2 h.
DIFFICULTY: Easy on foot, difficult a mountain bike. The firsthalf is a ramble. Then it becomes a hike in the strict sense of the word.
INTEREST:
Good views of the Fontargent lakes.
MOUNTAIN BIKE: Km. TOTAL: 27


SISCARÓ LAKE
DEPARTURE POINT: At the end of the Vall d'Incles. PATH TO FOLLOW: GR11 7A, follow the path for 10 minutes, then take the GR7 2A.
GRADIENT: 400 m. TIME: 1 h. 30 min.
DIFFICULTY:
Easy.
INTEREST: Large and exotic extensions of Siscall, a plant that is similar to the rushes that grow in and around the lake. One may continue to the Envalira pass (elevation: 500m approximate time:2h and 30 min).

CANILLO-SOLDEU ITINERARY OF NATURAL INTEREST
DEPARTURE POINT: Village of C anillo (the bridge that goes from Prats to the left).
PATH TO FOLLOW: It is marked with the symbol of a wild turkey.
GRADIENT: 280 m.
TIME: 2 h.
DIFFICULTY: Ramble.
INTEREST: Located in the shaded part of the Valira d'Orient, it has various stops and many orientation and information signs. It has six entries from the main highway.
MOUNTAIN BIKE: Km. TOTAL: 14

 

NATURE ITINERARY OF HISTORICAL/CULTURAL INTEREST
DEPARTURE POINT: Village of Canillo.
PATH TO FOLLOW: From the Església de Santa Creu (Church of the Holy Cross) to Prats, passing by the Creu dels Set Braços (the Cross of Seven Ar,ms). At Prats there is a detour to Meritxell. The other path separates into two, with going to the Roc de les Bruixes (the Witche's Rock) and the other to the Camí del Canal.
GRADIENT: 115 m.
TIME: 2 h.
DIFFICULTY: Ramble.
INTEREST: Santuari of Meritxell. Cave paintings and medieval paintings of the Roc de les Bruixes.

COLLADA DELS MENERS
DEPARTURE POINT: At the end of the road that leads to the Sorteny refuge (ten minutes from the refuge).
PATH TO FOLLOW: GR11 8A.
GRADIENT: 700 m.
TIME: 2 h. and 30 min.
DIFFICULTY: Easy.
INTEREST: L'estany de la Mina (Pond of the Mine), an authentic glacial erosion basin.

 
Canillo
Encamp
Ordino
La Massana
Andorra la Vella
Sant Julià de Lòria
Escaldes-Engordany
 

 




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