Things to do on a nature and hiking day in Tavernes

Start with an easy route and read the landscape of Tavernes

The best way to start the day is the Path of Senses. It is a complete and accessible proposal because it lets you explore different settings in the municipality without needing a demanding route and, at the same time, helps you understand Tavernes beyond its beach image. The route crosses four different ecosystems —dune, marshland, farmland and forest— and passes through representative places such as the watchtower, Ullal Gran and Clot de la Font. That makes it an excellent route for anyone looking for a varied, pleasant experience with plenty of landscape.

It is a very good way to start the day because it does not force you to choose between inland and coast: it embraces both. You can read the territory through its details, understand how water shapes the surroundings and discover, at a gentle pace, some of the places that give Tavernes its character. It is especially suitable for those who want to walk without rushing, for couples, for families and for visitors looking for a first contact with the city’s natural surroundings.

If you want to extend the plan without leaving this gentler tone, you can also consider other options such as Clot de la Font, a very pleasant natural site for stopping, resting and enjoying a cooler, more sheltered setting, or Racó de Joana – Ullals, which helps you keep discovering a calmer and less demanding part of the landscape. Clot de la Font is a natural spring and an equipped area where you can spend a pleasant time in contact with nature.

If you like combining nature and history

For a day in nature with a very clear heritage layer, the best proposal is the Cova del Bolomor Route. It is an easy, circular and very recognisable route, which makes it especially interesting for a wide audience. The route is 6.7 km long with 270 metres of positive elevation gain and reaches the entrance to Cova del Bolomor, an archaeological site of exceptional importance for understanding the earliest human settlement in Valencian lands.

The strength of this proposal is that it does not stop at the value of the landscape. Here there is also a very deep history, linked to prehistory, fire and the life of the first human groups that inhabited this territory. It is a very suitable route for those who want a mid-morning plan or a lighter day, but with a strong cultural and interpretive dimension.

It is worth explaining this clearly: the route takes you to the Bolomor surroundings, but visiting the archaeological site does not work as a free, improvised entry. If you really want to understand the importance of the cave, it is worth completing the experience by checking the specific information about the visit to Cova del Bolomor, where the full archaeological dimension of the site is properly explained.

Within this same type of plan, you can also complete the day with the route from the Mediterranean Viewpoint to Sant Llorenç Hermitage, a very coherent option for adding a more panoramic perspective to the day.

If you prefer an easy route by bike or on foot

Not all nature tourism has to involve a mountain trail. If what you feel like is a more linear, comfortable plan, suitable for cycling or walking without complications, the best proposal is the Greenway of the Old Railway. It is an easy 29 km route linked to the former Carcaixent-Dénia railway, and it is presented as a route through market gardens, urban centres, sea and mountains that also preserves a very interesting historical layer.

It is a very good option for those looking for another way to discover the territory: more open, more continuous, gentler and very suitable for combining landscape and movement without having to face steep slopes. Here, the main focus is not so much the summit or the climb, but the feeling of travelling through the Valldigna calmly, among fields, stations, old tracks and views that change along the way.

It is also a very useful proposal for groups with different rhythms or for visitors who prefer a more relaxed experience that is still linked to the nature and landscape of Tavernes.