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LA COSTERA ROUTE
Duration: 4 hours
Level: Easy
Recommendations: Take along drinking water.
Wear suitable shoes.
Avoid walking in the mountains on hot days.
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Fotografía de detalle
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Ficha descriptiva
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This lineal itinerary starts and finishes next to the municipal weigh station of Pozán de Vero. It is suitable for both walking and mountain-biking (except for the last section that goes up to the La Costera viewpoint, which is only accessible on foot.) Part of the route coincides with the cycle path known as “The Vineyard Route” that passes by the villages of Buera, Salas Altas, Salas Bajas, Pozán and Huerta de Vero.
The path climbs steadily until it reaches a cultivated plain. Once there, the route snakes between fields of cereal, vineyards, olive groves and almond tree orchards before arriving at the foot of the Puntón hill.
A path through the woods takes you to the peak, which sits at 633 metres above sea level. From here the splendid views of the Pyrenees, the Sierra de Guara and the Somontano vineyards are a just reward for the climb to the top.
The whole of the route is flanked by Mediterranean crops; vines, cereals, olives and almonds. Man has valued the fertile nature of this area since ancient times; the Romans were already growing vines and crops nearby in El Plano. Today, the Pozán de Vero area is an extensive mosaic of different crops.
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View from the ascent to La Costera
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Vineyards. The Romans knew this plant as vitis, a name that came from the Celtic word wid (bush).
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Almond trees
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View from the Puntón viewpoint; the Sierra de Guara range forms a natural boundary to the north of the region, as the Pyrenees create a boundary between Huesca and France. In addition, the villages of Adahuesca, Radiquero, Alquézar and Asque can be seen.
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