Sant Grau - senderisme autoguiat

Introduction

Climb to the retirement

If you do not know Sant Grau and its surroundings, you want to walk in calm and intimate paths, and also want to do some exercise, this route is a good proposal.

Sant Grau is known in the local area and it’s a place with character, where time goes by at another rhythm, if you can, enter the site and settle in peace for a while.

Well-preserved Mediterranean forests, brushstrokes of cultural elements, botanical and geological curiosities, will make us know better this privileged environment.

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Typology

Linear
Difficulty

Median
Duration

2 hours 15 minutes
Slope

471.00 meters

Distance

7.60 km
Theme

Flora and fauna

Architecture and environment

Environment
Activity

By foot

By bike
Rating

Description

Climb to the retirement

This proposal is a linear itinerary in which the path is the same both for going to the destination and going back, there is always the option if you hike in a group to leave a vehicle at the starting point and one in Sant Grau.

The itinerary coincides partially with the routes 2, 3 and 5 proposed by the municipality of Tossa de Mar, within its district. What we will do is correspond to the number 4, classified in yellow by its distance (including the return) longer than the green ones.

We will start following the same path as of the GR 92, walking on the right side of the Tossa de Mar stream, well protected by the shade of its trees and with the option of approaching the pool of the Sa Riera park.

When we leave the park of Sa Riera, we will enter the foothills of Cadiretes’ massif, and to Sant Grau we will be in the middle of Mediterranean forests full of pine trees.

We will follow the GR 92 until slightly further up Mare de Déu de Gràcia, approximately halfway through the route to Sant Grau.

As we move forward, we will see different panoramic views of the surroundings of Tossa de Mar. We will find fountains, hermitages, and we will know some botanical curiosities of the massif besides visiting hidden corners like the cave of the thieves.

In summary, this is an itinerary that provides good views, comfortable and intimate paths on the slopes, and that allows us to see and know places, and other elements of these areas.

Tips

TRAÇAT

El quilometratge i el temps són només d'anada. Si torneu penseu en guardar energies i calcular la llum del sol disponible.
Si feu el camí de tornada cal pensar que les indicacions de direcció són per l'anada.
El recorregut es fa per un terreny sense massa complicacions, principalment pista.
Farem una part seguint el mateix recorregut del GR 92, però després ja anirem seguint un altre traçat amb marques grogues.
Trobarem desnivell de pujada sobretot des del parc de Sa Riera fins a l'ermita de la Mare de Déu de Gràcia, després és més suau.
Hi ha una baixada relliscosa sortint del mirador per agafar de nou el camí de ronda.

AIGUA

Es recomana portar aigua, ja que les fonts de bosc no sempre ragen. Es pot comprar aigua al bar de Sant Grau.

PRECAUCIONS

Recordeu hidratar-vos i protegir-vos del sol.
Estigueu una mica alerta, ja que compartirem itinerari amb bicicletes tot terreny i potser coincidim en algun tram.
L'accés a la cova dels Lladres és un corriol curt però amb una mica de pendent, sense perill però podem relliscar.

METEO

S'aconsella portar protecció solar i el cap protegit a l'estiu: hi ha trams amb poques ombres.

TERRENY

Cal portar calçat còmode per caminar, preferentment per caminar sobre terra.

MATERIAL

Una càmera fotogràfica ens permetrà prendre imatges dels paisatges i racons.
Uns bastons de tresc tant per les pujades com per les baixades ens poden fer el seu servei tot i no haver-hi grans desnivells.

ALTRES EQUIPAMENTS

El nucli urbà de Tossa de Mar té molts edificis singulars i espais emblemàtics com la vil·la romana dels Ametllers, el far, la Vila Vella, el barri de Sa Roqueta i el parc de Sa Riera. Si podeu, val la pena fer-hi una passejada.
Per saber més de la història de Tossa podeu visitar el Museu Municipal de Tossa de Mar, situat dins la Vila Vella, en un edifici privilegiat del segle XIV.
Podeu visitar el far on hi ha el Centre d'Interpretació de Fars de la Mediterrània.
Per saber horaris i d'altres informacions relacionades amb visitar Tossa de Mar aneu a l'oficina de turisme (obre tot l'any). També podeu visitar la seva pàgina web.
Per saber més coses sobre el suro i la seva història en relació a l'activitat humana podeu visitar el Museu del Suro de Palafrugell, també a les comarques de Girona.

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