Sedella

Canillas de Albaida to Sedella, 11 km - Finca Duende

We had another great walk today in spite of a rain shower mid-morning. We started out dropping steeply down from the village to cross the Río Cájula on a Roman bridge. We then climbed up the other side on what a plaque in the rocks identfied as a calzada Romana. Some of the next parts parts were really steep, but the elevation gain gave beautiful views of Maroma, the highest peak in the range. The rain lasted just long enough to cool us off and stopped as we came to the village of Salares. We continued on to Sedella where we warmed up in a bar while waiting for our ride to Finca Duende.

Our Dutch and German hosts, Heike and Christian, are very generous, not only picking us up, but also fixing a selection of delicious tapas for our dinner. We can hardly believe our luck in finding such a nice place. There was a huge storm after dinner with wind and rain raging outside as I write. Thankfully we are snug inside our little house with a log fire rather than still out on the trail.

Note added after the trip: The route to Sedella went through Salares when we walked in 2013. It has since been changed to enter Sedella from a trail to the northeast rather than by the road from the southeast as we did.Read more