Font del Arbres Circuit
A high level walk dominated by the escarpment of Aitana to the S and with a superb vista over a circle of mountains in all other directions. The start is at the pretty, well watered, and wooded, picnic area at Font del Arbre, which you reach by driving along the spectacular surfaced mountain road from Confrides. Confrides itself is a pretty unspoilt village with the good Hostal and bar of “El Piraneo”. By starting the walk at 1,170 meters you get directly into the mountains but at this altitude there is occasional snow and ice and in winter it can be very cold. In hot sunny weather there is enough shade. The basic walk is easy and there is an optional detour that brings it up to medium and lets you relate to, and see from above Font de Partagas and its surfaced road up from Benifato. The basic walk is 100% on good tracks and the detour of the medium walk is all on stony paths. Tracks can get very sticky after rain or melting snow.
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The grade of this walk is M/A, which means
M – Moderate: up to 12km in length, less than 400 metres ascent and less than 50% rough going.
A – All on good tracks
| Nearest town | Confrides |
| Directions to start |
From La Nucia drive along the CV70 through Benimantell and on towards Confrides. Immediately after Km 23, just as you enter Confrides, take the inconspicuous LH turn, which leads up through the very narrow streets of the village. After approx 300 meters take the road going up L, signposted Puerto de Tudons & Font del Arbres. Soon take the R fork up and wind up along this surfaced road 7km to the Font. Ample parking. |
| Start point (Lat/Long) | 38.662995, -0.287447 Click here to view in Google Maps (in a new browser tab) |
| Length (km) | 10.70 |
| Ascent (metres) | 330 |
| Walking time (hours) | 3.50 |
| Total time (hours) | 4.50 |
| Recommendations or Restrictions |
We did this walk yesterday 30/10/2022. It’s no longer possible to do the “easy walk” as the owners of the renovated casa turn people back. We were fortunate not to encounter the owner, but we met a group who had been turned back. To be honest as we walked along the track we could hear the owner whistling, but we just kept our heads down & kept walking. Sure enough when we got to the end of the track the no passage, privado sign was there.
Also like to say aBIG thankyou for your web site & we’d be more than happy to make a financial contribution to your club
Thanks for the comments and sorry about the trouble you had. New “landowners” often get fussy about people walking across their land even though we cause no damage. We’ll try and find an alternative and if we do we will change the route……….