This is a fairly easy walk for the moderately fit. 7.2 kms. 190metres max. displacement. It is mostly level, but you'll want to wear good trainers with some grip, take 1 litre of water and maybe a sandwich or a couple of biscuits in a small rucksack. Mobile phone, switched off just in case of problems, and a pair of Binoculars.
How to get there: From Reus or Salou: Take the Westbound T-11 Reus bypass towards Falset. This ends just past Reus and becomes the N-420, shortly after there's a right turn to Borges del Camp and Alforja (C-242) Follow this to Cornudella de Montsant, passing through there until just as you leave town there's a tarmac track on the left (opposite a sign for Panta de Siurana) which takes you up (3 kms) to the Chapel of Sant Joan de Codolar. It's a narrow track, steep and winding but paved all the way so an ordinary car driven carefully can make it. Park outside the chapel and walk into the yard. Keeping right, you pass between the chapel building and the steep rocks and arrive at a signpost to "Albarca" which you follow. You are now on the GR174 which is signalled periodically with White over red blaze marks. Note that parallel blaze marks mean "correct route" crossed marks mean "wrong route". There's only one point where you can go wrong so watch for it. You continue along the lamost level route 'til you get to the Refuge of Albarca.
The views over the valley are fine, and if there's a breeze it's a special treat. Watch out for local fauna. In Winter and spring you might see wild goats and lots of flowers after rains. In high summer, lizards and the occasional snake.
The return path is the same. When you get back to the Chapel, after a rest go into Cornudella for something to eat or go down to the Siurana reservoir for a swim in summer. You can also rent canoes there in season.
This shows the rock ledge that the trail follows.
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