April 18: Road "knows the region."
Essential registration in the Office of Tourism.
Registration: 15 euros.
Food and travel.
Departure: 8.00 hours Joyman Cafeteria.
Circular route
Portman (Faro) - Lithium-Ashes, by Roman road and return by Forest to Faro.
Duration: 02:00 hours
Distance: 8 km.
Gradient: min.: 2 m.
(Faro Portman), max.
312 meters (drums Ash)
Difficulty: Easy
Locations: Cartagena and La Union
Features:
Path along one of the most interesting natural areas in the Region of Murcia, of historical interest, is passed by a Roman road near the exit that Portman is the "Vila del Paturro, Roman", the visit to Ash battery with Vickers guns and imposing landscape character and ultimate botanical highlighting the large number of "Tetraclinis Articulata" or "Cypress Cartagena", unique in Europe.
This route includes two alternatives of GR92 on its way through ash and Portman, can travel either by the Roman Road or the Battery Bosque to Ashes, the route linking the two routes described forming a circular path.
The route:
From the Lighthouse Portman (La Union-Murcia), this circular route starts by heading Portman Road until the junction with the Portman-Atamaria MU314 13 min., Turns in an easterly direction up the ravine, we find the remains of the Roman road, which are more visible in the final stretch of the climb, road ten feet wide, crossed by pine tree area, thickets, lavadulas, etc.
Appear more scattered "Tetraclinis articulate" or "cypress Cartagena," the place of Europe that we can see more copies and is expanding.
Tips:
The route runs through the Regional Park Calblanque - Peña del Aguila and we must not leave the path and be respectful of the environment.
Bring: Water, hat for the sun (in summer it gets quite warm to.)
Caution in areas of cliffs.
Destination: Calblanque.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Calasparra