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Walking Route of Bernia’s Mountain Range: Alicante (Spain)Publicado en 18 marzo, 2014

Last Wednesday, at the beginning of the month of March, the Fed mountain Group in Spain went to his monthly

walking track to enjoy the parks, forests and mountains of the Valencian Community.

Our guide Paco took charge of us talking about the beauty of the route we had prepared. ” The Bernia Circuit” ”

The name of “Bernia” always awakes in me echoes of Majorcan resonances , as the Bearn’s or Tramuntana’s

mountain range. In fact, many people from Mallorca came to this part of Alicante, called La-Marina, after the

expulsion of Moriscos about 1610.

Calpe e Ifach a lo lejos

We begin the ascension by “Casas de Bernia “, and right uphills we walked towards the Hole “forat”, the most

difficult part of this side of the mountain. In the “houses” we find some cars and people walking around at the

calm and splendid atmosphere of an almost day of spring. They were pension and retired “tourists foreigners” who

were enjoying an exuberant nature of brown mountain chains that descend abruptly down to the blue

Mediterranean sea forming beautiful volcanic circles. The bright air allowed us to see the crag of Ifach, the

mythical Montgó of Javea, and the promontory of Moraira at the seashore.

While coming up we were discussing the blurry silhouette appearing towards the horizon, opposite to San

Antonio’s cape. Our guide explained to us that this was the high part of the island of Ibiza, in spite of one of us

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Al otra lado, Sierra Gelada, Altea-Benidorm

insisting that it was in fact Majorca. Already at a height of the “Forat” Toni replied that a bit more to the north

there was outlined the island of Majorca, truly in fact what we amazing verified, more than 120km away!

During the ascent we found another “tourists”, slim and tall as Oliver Hardy and with a blond moustache as that of

the walrus, of 70 years, following us without breath. We show him how to come to the forat (the Hole or Tunnel)

and he shot the first photo group of us. The “forat” is the navel or omphalos of the mountain range, which allows

to go on from the north to the southern slope. Actually done by men-hands, as a path and a refuge of smugglers

from other times, it seemed to us as entering into the sacred uterus of the land, which was sheltering in her bosom

the collective history of our people. We communicate with “Oliver” somehow in French and English, to encourage

him to cross the omphalos but we verify that in spite of his energy, the height of his body discouraged him from

going on to another side thorough such a tight tunnel .

El agujero o forat

From the other side we met Hugo, a little five year old french, with his parents. They were from Rheims and in

good Spanish they offered to realize the second photo group. To the other side one could see the bay of Altea, the

cape of Serra Gelada‘s nature reserve Park, and the skyscrapers of Benidorm with the small island beyond, a

cement landscape not matching with the beautiful nature around, according to our friends of Rheims. Closing the

view to the south the Puig Campana and in the limit of the marine horizon Tabarca’s island, showing itself

together with Santa Pola.


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El Puig Campana, cumbre mítica

Fortaleza de Bernia y Alicante

arquitecto italiano Juan Bautista

Antonelli

We continued some 3 km. bordering

the peak and came after to the

remains of a Fort from 1560,

constructed by Philip the second. We

kept charmed with this bastion,

discussing about its origin. Juan, the

historian of the group, told us that it

was in fact the fortress of the

nobility and the emperor of Spain

against the revolts of popular classes

or “agermanados”. Designed by italian architect Juan Bautista Antonelli,

it was a part of the coastal defense system in front of Berbers, Moriscoes and internal revolts. The son of Juan

Bautista worked later at the fortress system of South America’s cities as Cartagena de Indias.

After the sumptuous food and the tasty red wine, Paco the guide,

melancholy, complained of not rising to the peak. We continued the

comfortable path back from the other side and changed twice the slope

to the west, where nature offered us the vision of the Serrella and the

village of Tárbena, where once we ate a delicious paella as a group. In the south hillside, finally, we crossed

through a herd of bulls, that for us seemed to be brave ones, lined up as Berber army, ready for the attack cutting

out the exit and forcing us to return to the fort. Our experienced guide kept calmed and we returned safe down to

the valley, where a meadow waited for us with happy daisies that seemed a beautiful tablecloth with stripes of

bloomed almond-trees.


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Primavera en Bernia

We promise to return to the path once again, yes, to attack the peak of the mountain.

Did you know that valencian Community is the third in Spain in number of Nature Parks.

Valencian Community. Whatever your level, discover our mountains and Nature Parks, walking across European

and local paths, with mountain guides who will introduce you to a whole new world of natural ambiances and

sensations : discover flora and fauna, taste locals culinary specialities

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