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| THE BIRDS AND THE RICE ROUTE |
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Itinerary |
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From L'Ampolla to the Olles Lagoon and the Goleró.
A route suitable for walking or cycling. |
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Distance |
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14 km (by bicycle)
4 Km (on foot from the Olles Lagoon) |
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Approximate
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1 hour 30 minutes (by bicycle)
1 hour 30 minutes (by foot) |
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Dregree of
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Low |
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Gradient |
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Almost completely flat |
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Description |
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This route runs through a part of the protected area of the Ebro Delta National Park and offers an astonishing
variety of scenery. Part of the route coincides with a nature walk, which begins at the Olles Lagoon
and ends at Goleró. From here the route turns back, skirting rice fields to then once again cross the
borders of the protected area.
If you take this walk on foot, the best idea is to go as far as Goleró and return by the same route.
The starting point can be L'Ampolla (10 km, round trip) or the Olles Lagoon car park (4 km round trip).
The Olles Lagoon is surrounded by rice fields and a well-preserved strip of sand dunes that runs beside
the sea in front of the Bay of Fangar. It came about as a result of the processes involved when one of the
Delta's earliest estuaries was created. Despite its small size (54 hectares), its special location has led
to it become a home for a large number of aquatic birds and flora, rarely found in such a small area.
Goleró is at the end of a former branch of the Ebro that connects the river, at the point of the
Isle of Gràcia, with the Bay of Fangar. It could well have been the mouth of the river in the 11th century.
Nowadays, it is used as a drainage channel at the time of the year when the paddy fields are drained before
preparing the land for the next harvest.
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L'Ampolla Town Council • Place Manel Ferrer, 3 • 43895 L’Ampolla • 977593011 •
info@ampolla.org • site map •
legal notice
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