This route begins and ends up in Sant Feliu de Pallerols, municipality to the south of Garrotxa on Hostoles Valley.
It is a roundtrip route of little less than 17 Km and very complete where the river Bruent, flowing of Ter divides the term
and create more than 50 sources of water like the Fountain Teula, Mosquer and Fontana. To the north we have forests of evergreen oaks and oaks,
and to the south, being part of the Natural Space of Collsacabra, Central European and Atlantic forests formed by oaks, beech groves and evergreen oaks...
Departure Point at Sant Feliu de Pallerols (Km.0)
In our route we will also see different churches like Santa Cecilia or Sant Miquel de Pineda, castles like Colltort or Salvador de Puig Alder,
and even volcanos like Traiter or Can Tià.
We will begin the route from the old area of Sant Feliu de Pallerols, where the church highlights. That church was built
in the XVI-XVII centuries, it has a single nave with embedded chapels. We will also be able to see the medieval bridge of Sant Sebastià, the remains of the Castle
of Hóstoles of the XI century as well as the chapel of Nostra Senyora del Roser of the XVI century.
The route that we will make follows the old line way of the train of Olot. This road has been in disuse and now it is used as rail bike that joins
Gerona and Olot.
Once we have left the town, to the right of the rail bike we will find the Office of Tourist Information, where we will be able to obtain information and maps
of the journey.
We will continue on the way and we will enjoy the numerous fountains, as Fountain Teula at only 50m of the exit of the town, we will enjoy the fields of corn,
or the forest as well as the farmhouses and the hermitages that we will be on the road like Santa Cecilia.
A little later we will find the Romanesque church of s. XI named Sant Miquel de Pinena it is no more than 200m away from the rail bike.
This church has a single ship, with a steeple and an elevated apse, later on were added the chapels. It was reconstructed partially after the earthquakes of 1427 that
destroyed it.
If we continue our way, we will meet with a slope that will take us to the Tunnel d'en Bas, it is recommended to continue for the marked journey of the rail bike,
that corresponds to an old highway, because the option of going into the tunnel is not very advisable due to the intense traffic.
This journey has an ascent but the landscape that we will be able to see there is worth it.
Sant Iscle de Colltort (Km. 7.5)
We will go by a small bridge on the river Brugent, we will cross
the road C-152 and we follow it about 50 meters towards to Sant Feliu, until we find a crossing with an asphalted road to Sant Iscle de Colltort.
We will continue ahead until the parish of the same name.
The church of this parish is located to the foot of the Castle of Colltort, and it was original of the XI century, although the current Romanesque construction
was lifted in the XV century. The first paintings of the church still conserved, the curch was reformed in the XVIII century.
Later on we will find an indicator that will warn us that we are near the Castle of Colltort, to about 50 minutes, from where we will be able to enjoy an
impressive panoramic of the valleys of Sant Iscle, Alta Garrotxa and Pirineo. We can also connect with another itinerary, the number 5
Can Xel route that goes to Sant Miquel Sacot. The Castle of Colltort is a feudal castle, it is named for the first time in the year 1017.
At the moment it is in a ramshackle state.
Following the itinerary will go by the volcanos named Can Tià, Tuta and Fontpobra , and later on for the Traiter Volcano.
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