Guadalest Resevoir Circuit
Circular walk around Guadalest water reservoir on mainly quiet track. Good Sunday before lunch walk.
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The grade of this walk is E/A, which means
E – Easy: A walk of up to 4½ hours on good surfaced tracks and less than 200 metres ascent.
A – All on good tracks
| Nearest town | Guadalest |
| Directions to start |
Drive on the CV 755 to southeast from Guadalest. Some 1.5 km from Guadalest , turn sharp L and drive down 1.7 km on a pine shaded road, signposted to the Guadalest reservoir (Embalse de Guadalest) . Park by reservoir. |
| Start point (Lat/Long) | 38.678408, -0.192432 Click here to view in Google Maps (in a new browser tab) |
| Length (km) | 9.40 |
| Ascent (metres) | 50 |
| Walking time (hours) | 2.50 |
| Total time (hours) | 3.00 |
| Recommendations or Restrictions |
Nice easy walk although there is more ascent than 50m, there is about 100m between the lowest and highest points and it undulates quite a bit so the total ascent/descent is a few hundred metres. I’m just mentioning this in case you think it is almost flat, it’s not. The first half of the walk if you go counter clockwise is on the road (only one car on our day) and you get great views of the Castell of Guadalest. The second half is on easy tracks, although be aware that there are two points were the path crosses small streams which may not be entirely dry and could be wet and muddy. We popped into Guadalest after the walk, plenty of places to get a bite, lots of shops selling tourist tat, but a couple have good quality goods.