Excursions with
narrated history,
homemede food
and relaxation classes
La Vall de Laguar is located in the district of La Marina Alta,
which is in the province of Alicante. La Marina runs from the
coast (Costa Blanca) to the interior, a synthesis of the two fundamental
elements of Mediterranean geography: mountains and sea.
The mountain ranges that surround are the Sierra de la Carrasca,
del Migdia and del Penyo.
View
from the Penyo overlooking
Benimaurell towards the sea
Accessed from Alicante
and Valencia via the A7 Motorway, after approximately 90 km you
exit the motorway at Denia and head for Ondara. As you leave the
busy, touristic, developed coastline of Spain and approach the
mountains there is a sense of stillness and peace.
Passing through Orba,
you start to ascend a bendy road, after 2,5 km you will pass Fontilles,
a beautiful valley filled with countless fountains of purifying
water, the sanitarium there has been used for years to treat and
cure leprosy.
Continuing up you will come to the first village, Campell, then
almost immediately after, Fleix where the Town Hall is located,
and 2 km further up is Benimaurell, the highest village. The road
continues over the mountain passing beautiful stone houses set
in the mountain and down over the other side eventually leading
to Castell de Castells and Benigembla and crossing the river Jalon
or Gorgos which runs from Vall d'Alcala to Javea.