PLA DE PETRACOS (CASTELL DE CASTELLS)

Today we start in Castell de Castells (Marina Alta) direction to Benigembla.

Castell de Castells (from Wikipedia)

The way goes down until it gets next to the river. Few minutes later we will arrive to "Fountain l'Espelda" where we can relax and take some pictures before continue our trail.

After that we will arrive to the Malafi's Ravine. A place listed as patrimonio of humanity.

There we will see amazing places like a big cave and, the most important, an ancient paintings which were made 8.000 years ago and were discovered in 1.980.

Views inside the cave (from Wikimedia Commons)

Information panel about "Pla de Petracos" (from Wikimedia Commons)

Ancient paintings in Malafi's Ravine (from Wikimedia Commons)

Experts assure that, when the paintings were made, the Malafi's Ravine was a place of workship. 

It will not takes us many time. But it is better to enjoy the incredible place we are seeing.

However, these are not the only things we will see. Still there is one more thing to highlight. The hermitage.

Pla de Petracos's hermitage (from Wikimedia Commons)

Link to the track*  (from Pepino Acn. Wikiloc's user)

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