TEULADA BERDICA Railway walk – Tue

Walk leaders: Alex & Elaine

Meeting Point	Car Park Teulada poligono in front of ecopark entrance. GPS: 38°43’43.1″N 0°05’36.4″E
Walking Route	Distance : 4,5 km	Around tracks and paths in countryside of Teulada-Benissa Berdica area
Terrain	Walking Surface	Roads and tracks, part muddy and uneven if wet. Some trail through the fields.
	Ascent	60m ascent over 2 medium steep size hills
Directions to Meeting Point	From Teulada-Moraira: Drive to the bottom of the main dual carriageway. At the first roundabout you take the SECOND exit (the first one takes you back into Teulada or the railway station), and it is at the next roundabout you take the FIRST exit and under the railway. At the next roundabout, turn left, then sharp right into the car park (watch out for cars leaving the car park!). From Gata/Benissa: Take N332 until you reach the roundabout outside Teulada. Turn to Teulada and at the next roundabout, turn right, then sharp right into the car park (watch out for cars leaving the car park!). Park close-by in front of the ecopark entrance.

Walk Description

1. Walk to the entrance of the ecopark. Just before the ecopark, turn right and head up past the car showroom to the top of the newly formed industrial park. Here walk straight ahead to the end of the tarmac.
2. At the end of the tarmac, a gravel track continues parallel to the railway(cami de Berdica). Continue on this track which takes a big curve to the right and left(cami Benissa -Teulada) until it reaches a tarmac road. Go left here(cami de la Pucera) and continue until you reach a 4way crosspoint.
3. At this crosspoint take the second road slightly to the left. Continue along here eventually seeing the orange building of Benissa Station on the left. Pass the station and shortly after joining the station road turn sharp left along the CV-740 and over the narrow railway bridge – CARE HERE!
4. 150m after the bridge is a road on the left (Cami de Berdica). Take this road which runs parallel to the railway, ignoring any side-turnings. 150m past the farthest end of the equestrian centre on the left the road bends towards the railway and there is a road on the right going uphill – take this road.
5. 50M on you pass ‘casa cometa 64b’. Continue on this track and pass an uphill s-bend. After a right bend you reach 5 big pines on the right. Follow the road to the left which slopes slightly uphill. After a right bend you reach a finca ruin on the left and 5 big pines on the right. Follow the road around the ruin to the left which slopes slightly uphill.
6. After 160m you reach a 90° bend to the left(1 field access to the right and 1 straight ahead here). Follow the road to the left which is the cami del Blanc. After 150m the road bends to the right and has a red house on the left side. Continue this road downhill for 630m when it reaches the CV-741 Teulada to Calpe road. Cross the road into the road to Font Horta.
7. At font Horta Immediately after the small bridge over the barranca turn left down a track. Follow this track until you reach the parking in front of Rodafoc. Cross the parking and go left at the roundabout. Follow the pavement until the zebra crossing of the CV-741. Cross the road and go right towards the curtains and blinds shop.
8. Pass in front of the shop and follow the green path around the shop. Continue this path which winds through a small park. You will reach the zebra crossing for the car-park at the end.
9. Go left and reach your cars in the parking.