Pyrenees and mountains 📩
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↔️ Distance: 25.2 km
📈 Unevenness: (+845m), (-904m) 📉
🕒 Time: 6h50min (travel time) non-stop).
⚠️ Difficulty: The main difficulty is the distance and the heat in summer.
💧 Water: There are no water sources between La Vajol and La Jonquera. In the final stretch of the stage, starting from Sant Llúcia, there are several points where you can get water.
📌 (0h00min; 0 kms) La Vajol (540m). Cross the village and leave it for the GI-501 road towards La Jonquera. We will follow it until kilometer 3, where a marked path starts towards Santa Eugènia.
📌 (0h50min; 3.7 kms) Carretera – Km3 (316m). We'll follow the trail to...
📌 (1h30min; 6.9 kms) Santa Eugènia (352m). We ignore the track that goes up to the left and continue straight ahead towards the Torrent de Querols. Later on, we face a short but steep climb and continue on through pine and holm oak trees. In this area, the fires have left their mark; La Jonquera can already be seen in the distance; all that remains is to descend. Getting to La Jonquera means a sudden return to the city; the AVE train line and the crowded AP7 highway welcome us. The GR11 runs half a kilometer parallel to the motorway in search of a pedestrian tunnel that we will cross under the motorway and that will take us to the town.
📌 (3h40min; 14.6 kms) La Jonquera (105m). We enter the village, cross to the other side of the river💧 We go down Llobregat Street and then we go down Calle Mayor. When we reach the Town Hall Square, we turn left onto Carrer de Sant Miquel – a narrow passage – then right and then the first left (Carrer del Migidia). The uphill climb begins…
📌 (4h35min; 17.6 km) Santa Llúcia (433m). Just before reaching Santa Llúcia we found a table with a fountain💧. Next to the hermitage we find some more tables and several places prepared to light a fire. We continue up the path through a wooded area devastated by the fire. The upper part is clear, the undergrowth predominates and the rock emerges. To the right we leave the Puig dels Falgers (760), then we pass by the Collet d’en Dutres (774), alongside the top of the Barbota (780) and begin a small descent to the Coll de l’Auleda (697m) crossed by a forest track. We cross it and continue along the path until…
📌 (5h55min; 20.9 kms) Coll de les Canals (715m), where we will again encounter the track that we will follow to the right on a gentle descent.
📌 (6h50min; 25.2 kms) Neighborhood of Requesens (504m). Parking area, stables, Church of the Virgin Mary, Can Seferino and Cantina.
At the entrance to La Vajolon the left hand side, Ca la Conxita (+34 972 535 213 / +34 687 296 037; restaurant@calaconxita.com) has rooms, a shop and offers a bar/restaurant service. Its specialty is traditional Catalan cuisine.
Just before it, on the right hand side, the town hall has a hostel (Sol Ponent) With capacity for 10 people and all new facilities, 2 bathrooms, refrigerator, microwave, cooking space and a spacious living room. The price is 15€ per person, including bed linen; an extra euro for a towel. Reservations: +34 619 916 611; alberg@lavajol.cat).
At La Jonquera There are many hotels and guesthouses: see accommodation. High above La Jonquera we have the Refuge of La Torre de Carmanxel (972 554 975 / 629 79 07 65), a free refuge and exclusively for members of the CEE and mountaineers federated. The keys to the refuge are kept by the local police.
Al end of the stage, Here, with magnificent views of the Requesens Castle, we find the Rural accommodation in Requesens (34 646 179 509; info@fincaderequesens.cat; See map). It has its own bathroom, equipped kitchen and fireplace. Contact in advance. Right next door, the restaurant La Cantina offers a wide menu where you can enjoy the typical cuisine of the area.
Two kilometers from Requesens, Continuing along the GR11, there is the Refuge of the Calç Oven (12 people).
At La VajolCa la Conxita has a small shop selling food and other basic products.
At La Jonquera, There are all kinds of shops, shopping centers (2 kilometers away), supermarkets, etc.
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