Ascent of the La Fuente hillock

342 metres.
Length 3 kms
Difficulty Easy
Duration 45 minutes

Recommendations:

Appropiated climbing footwear should be used. Either boots or sports shoes with a good grip. Avoid the midday heat.

Description:

From Los Belones take the road opposite the Bar Deportivo, Avenida de la fuente, which takes you over the motorway and after driving 1.3 kms you come to the village of Las Barracas. At this crossroads you will see a fountain with a tap, the water flowing directly from the La Fuente hillock, at this crossroads take the left hand fork which is initially tarmac and then turns into a dirt track.

After some hundred metres the road peters out and this is where of an old water deposit there is a visible path that goes up the approximately three quarters of an hour, passing a pine wood, so closed in at times that one believes to be in a much more humid latitude. From the summit the view is difficult to forget.

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