Gorg del Salt, Ermita Santissim Crist

The hike nearby Planes is a rather gentle one. It starts by following the Barranco de la Encantada starting with the Gorg del Salt, a small but nicely located lake. After following the canyon for quite a while, we can take some breathtaking views onto the valley, before the path leads us onto well paved dirt roads. From here on the hike is very easy. After reaching Planes, we take the serpentines up the mountain to get to the Ermita Santissim Crist. Exhausted, we take a longer break and enjoy the view on top of the mountain before going down the easy way on very gentle roads. After a while, we reach our starting point

Feria de Atracciones de Navidad (2021)

Visiting Valencia for Christmas is great and even gets better in the evening. The city itself has a great flair and I really enjoyed my walk from the Estacio del Nord train station towards the harbour for a visit at the local Feria de Atracciones de Navidad – a very large Christmas funfair. Highlight of course was of course  the S.D.C. built variant of the classic Jet Star 2 design by Anton Schwarzkopf, along with the second ever built Reverchon Hang Glider Ala Delta for showman Bañuls or the very exciting Stand-Up Enterprise. 

Sierra de Bèrnia

The hike on Sierra de Bèrnia is a great one. Definitely one of the best hikes, I’ve done so far. Starting from the restaurant Rte. Sierra de Bernia, we make our way towards the Font de Bèrnia, before the climb starts and stuff gets more and more interesting. At one point, we cross the mountain in a very narrow tunnel, whereupon we are rewarded with a breathtaking view of the city of Benidorm. We continue the walk towards the Castell de Bèrnia or Fort de Bèrnia, which was built in the year 1562 to defend the coasts of the Ottoman attacks and demolished 50 years later, so that it couldn’t be used by the Moorish rebels. The path now leads us around the mountain before we reach our starting point.