de la serra de mariola - Parques Naturales - Generalitat Valenciana

Barranc de Garlí
Agres
Barranc del Molí
CV-700
Font de
Bonell
Font de
l’Assut
Refugi
1
Refugi
Fonteta del
Tio Rufino
El Convent
Ombria de Mariola
La Teixera
Microreserva
El Teix
caseta de vigilancia
Cava de
l’Habitació
2
Caveta del Buitre
El Recingle
3 Refugi
Montcabrer
Cava Gran
Miquel Vives i Miralles
Font del Molí Mató,
microreserve
.
In the shade of the snow well
An outing through Mariola’s shady areas
1
Route: The Convent (Agres)- Montcabrer shelter
and cava de La Habitació - Cava Gran icehouse-
Montcabrer shelter - The Convent.
Duration: 3 hours
Distance: 7.5 kilometres
Ascent: 455 metres
Starting from the Convent recreation area, go up
the left-hand slope from which you can see the
Molí ravine and town of Agres. In a few metres
you will come to the foot of the chapel [point 1],
built on the ruins of an old originally Moslem cas-
tle (12 th century). In the 15 th century, the Virgin
Mary appeared to a mutilated shepherd at the top
of a hackberry tree in this same spot. To commemorate
this fact a chapel was built, and later on
the Franciscan convent. Above all in September
this chapel is visited by a long procession of people
from the surrounding area.
The path, steep at first, heads into the ravine,
where it is crossed by many others; in order
to avoid the growing erosion, we recommend
always following the option with the least
slope. This path was used by the ice-makers
who transported the ice on their beasts of