The Eagle’s Route

STARTING POINT:
A. Tourist Office
B. Coll de les Portes (Portes mountain pass) – from 50m towards St. Silvestre

POINT OF ARRIVAL:
A. Tourist Office
B. Coll de les Portes (Portes mountain pass) – from 50m towards St. Silvestre

DIFFERENCE IN HEIGHT (metres): A. 1000 m / B. 400 m

TIME-LENGTH (hours and minutes): A. 3h / B. 2h

GRADE OF DIFFICULTY:
A. Medium-High
B. Medium-Low

TYPE OF TRACK: Path and track

DESCRIPTION OF ITINERARY: From the Tourist Office, we cross the road N-260 and go down to the stream. From this point, we take the path on the left (GR11) which goes up to Coll de les Portes. Once we have arrived there, 50 metres away, we find an informative board of the route. Then, we take the track on the right where we find a nest of eagles. We continue straight on until we see Mas Guanter (Country House Guanter). Now, we go down by the path until we arrive to the intersection which goes to Vilamaniscle. From this intersection, we take the track on the left in order to reach the Sant Silvestre Chapel where we can discover the Chapel and the Font del Xai, a fountain. Afterwards, we take the GR11 towards Llançà until we arrive to Coll de les Portes. Finally, we go down until Llançà by the GR11.