JALON – The Jalon Loop – Tue

Walk leaders: Barry & Linda

Next to the Information Centre opposite the Aleluya Bar in Jalon , Av. del Rey Juan Carlos I, 51, 03727 Jalón, Alicante. GPS: 38°44’37.3″N 0°01’01.2″W Use View Venue Website below for precise location.
Distance : 4,1 km	Around the valley of Val de Pop
Walking Surface	Almost flat and mainly tarmac roads with a short distance of gravel/dirt.
Ascent	Nil
Coming from Teulada, take the N332 towards Benissa. About 1km after the Benissa (Pedrera) trading estate stay on the new N332 Benissa by-pass, ignoring the signs to the AP7 and Benissa on the right. After about 2km take the first exit signposted for CV749 – Pinos and CV750 Xalo (Jalon). At the roundabout take the 1st exit to Xalo / (Jalon) / Alcalali CV750. Reaching Jalon turn right at the petrol station and then left at the roundabout and follow the main road around Jalon. At the next roundabout take the first exit and after 250 metres you reach the tourist office on the right, opposite the Aleluya Bar and a car park. Park here. Meet the group in front of the tourist information centre.

Walk Description

1. From the tourist information centre, leave the parking entrance and cross the road towards bar Aleluya. Take the road to the left of the bar, Cami Assegador de les Passules, and round the back of Bar Aleluya.
2. Continue on Cami Assegador de les Passules for +- 600m, ignoring 2 side roads to the right. Take the 3th road on the right, Cami Mento. The tarmac ends after about 800m but keep going on the wide gravel path. The path swings right and then after 50m left in front of an elevated house and becomes less defined. After 420m the track narrows and, at a sandy open space, becomes a single track heading south. Take this track which passes by almond trees and through undergrowth for 70m before meeting a wider double track at 90º.
3. Turn left here and after 50m you reach a tarmac road , Cami Fonteta del Pinsa. Continue on this road which you follow for 1 km before it meets a T- junction with the wider road Cami Assegador de les Passules where you turn left.
4. After 180m you reach Cami Pou de l´Assegador on the right. Take this road. Continue on this road for +- 1,2km until you reach a junction at an old well, Pou de L’Assegador, Turn left here on Carrer Esglesia.
5. After 120m on Carrer Iglesia turn left into Calle Santa Barbara and after a further 120m the road turns right into Carrer Gata de Gorgos. At the end of Carrer Gata de Gorgos turn left and follow Carrer de la Verge.
6. At the second road on your left, turn left into Carrer Pallarés. At the end of this road you join the main road CV-750 next to Mas y Mas. Turn left here.
7. After 150 m you reach the starting point again at Bar Aleluya. Parking and tourist office across the road. Enjoy coffee at bar Aleluya