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22/07/2015
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Gavarres
Girona
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Introduction

This itinerary will reveal the importance of industry and vegetable gardens (Hortes, in catalan) for the old village of Santa Eugènia de Ter, which is currently one of the most popular quarters of the city of Girona.

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    Time Circular
  • Difficulty
  • Duration
  • Slope
    15.00 meters
  • Distance
    2.00 km
  • Theme
    Flora and fauna
    Environment
    Architecture and environment
    Landscaping
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Description

In that sense, the route makes it easy to interpret the new uses of spaces: how we've gone from professional market gardens to urban ones; how the old factory has become a cultural venue; how a farmhouse has become a civic centre; or how marginal spaces have been turned into urban wetlands.

This itinerary which is approximately 7,5 km in long, is flat and practicable for persons with reduced mobility. This means that there may be certain isolated difficulties, but the route is usable. Most of the itinerary is on compacted but non-asphalted earth. There are a few areas that are irregular or where there are stones and/or sand.

 

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TRAÇAT

  • Traçat fàcil i adaptat per a persones amb cadires de rodes, cosa que no vol dir que pot presentar alguna dificultat mínima puntual. La major part dels camins són de terra compactada però no asfaltats, puntualment amb algun sector amb irregularitats o amb presència de pedres i/o sorra.
  • No presenta forts desnivells.
  • En cas de fortes pluges, es poden formar bassals als camins.
  • El tram que coincideix amb la Via Verda d’Olot a Girona, cal estar atents a la circulació de bicicletes.

AIGUA

  • No hi ha punts d’aigua potable en tot el recorregut. Porteu almenys una cantimplora ben plena.

PRECAUCIONS

  • En cas de pluges abundants, el riu Ter augmenta el seu cabal. Absteniu-vos de baixar al llit del riu en cas de crescudes temporals.

METEO

  • Hi ha breus trams de camí que van pel mig de la devesa, amb força ombres. No obstant hi ha també trams exposats al sol. A l’estiu, poseu-vos protecció solar.

TERRENY

  • El terreny és gairebé sempre molt fàcil, amb trams de terra compactada. Només en cas de pluges prèvies, ens podem trobar amb alguns bassals.

 

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Presentació

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Others
30/11/2015

Aquest recorregut, compartit entre Girona i Salt, us permetrà conèixer l’espai agrícola de les hortes de Santa Eugènia i l’espai natural de les Deveses de Salt tot seguint la ribera del Ter, amb un...

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The Rec Traient and social vegetable gardens

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Flora
Environment
22/07/2015

The Rec Traient (Traient irrigation channel) collects the surplus water that flows from the different channels that water the vegetable gardens. After it is diverted from the river Ter, 6 km upstream...

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Cal Gras, ca l'Escolà and rec Monar

Point of interest
Environment
22/07/2015

Scattered around the Hortes (vegetable gardens) area, there are a number of country houses and gardeners' houses, like the ones we find at this point: Ca l’Escolà (straight ahead) and Cal Gras (to the...

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The Old village of Santa Eugènia

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Architecture
Environment
22/07/2015

Santa Eugènia de Ter was a municipality that was annexed to Girona in 1963. The most important traces of its old quarter are Can Ninetes and the old Marfà textile factory, which currently serve as a...

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Can Paquetilla

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Architecture
22/07/2015

Can Paquetilla is a plastered and painted country house dating from the 1950s, whose traditional architecture is that of the last generation of Catalan country houses, in the form of a single, large...

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Santa Eugènia’s public wash-house

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Architecture
22/07/2015

This public wash-house, which was restored in 2007, is an example of vernacular architecture from the start of the 20th century. Doing the laundry there—an activity that was exclusively performed by...

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Can Po Vell

Point of interest
Architecture
22/07/2015

Can Po Vell, is an old vegetable-gardener's house. It has been restored, and since it stands at a strategic location amidst the Hortes, it currently serves as the Municipal school-workshop where...

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Carrilet Greenway

Point of interest
Others
10/11/2015

At this point, the route crosses theCarrilet Greenway. This cycling-tourism itinerary makes use of the disused narrow-gauge railway line connecting Girona and Olot (54 km), later continuing to Sant...

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Wetlands of Santa Eugènia (I)

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Flora
Environment
22/07/2015

The wetlands of Santa Eugènia were created in 2008 on a piece of land that had served for many years for waste recovery. The water that fills them comes from the irrigation channels that water the...

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Wetlands of Santa Eugènia (II)

Point of interest
Environment
10/11/2015

At this point, which is nearing the end of the itinerary, we find a second wetland. Unlike the previous ones, which are open to the public, access to these wetlands is restricted to research...

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