This itinerary visits a part of the section of the Way of Santiago that crosses the Cerdanya.
The itinerary visits a part of the section of the Way of Santiago that crosses the Cerdanya. We have chosen one of the most beautiful stretches and simple: what follows the course of the river Segre and goes of the hermitage of the Remei to the sanctuary of Quadres, place that in mediaeval period was also hospital for pilgrims.
The Way of Santiago, first Cultural Itinerary European, has his origin in the peregrinaciones to Santiago de Compostela (Galicia), that began to realise as a result of the discovery of the rests of the apostle Santiago in the 9th century.
The European routes converged in the Pyrenees, where existed two main ways: the navarro, that crossed Roncesvalles, and the Aragonese, that crossed the mountains by Somport and Jaca. Beside these main routes there was a lot of secondary. One of them went in in Catalonia through the collados of the Perxa and Pimorent, and arrived to Sant Jaume of Rigolisa, in Puigcerdà, capital of the region of the Cerdanya.
All these ways continue valid and are quite transitados, especially in the saint years of Santiago, that celebrate whenever the day of the Saint (25 July) falls in Sunday, as it occurred in the 2004. The Way of Santiago goes through important populations, like Llívia (that it has one of the most ancient pharmacies of Europe), Puigcerdà (commercial and historical location), Bolvir (romance church of Santa Cecília), Bellver (that it offers a lot of possibilities for the practice of the hiking: Way of the Good Men, Route of the Segadores, GR 150…) or Martinet.
During the 13th and 14th centuries, the sanctuary of Quadres was considered like a domus hospitalis, a hospital of travellers. The primitive building was of the 12th century, although in the 17th century built a new temple. The archaeologic excavations have allowed to take out to the light some elements of the ancient romance building, between them two windows. From Bellver is worthwhile to approach to Santa Eugènia of Nerellà, with a romance church declared Historical Monument-Artistic that conserves the only bell tower of tower of style lombardo integer of the region. This bell tower has an inclination of 1,25 metres, by what knows it to him like the “tower of Step ceretana”.
From Puigcerdà, take the road N-260 to The Seu d'Urgell. In followed arrive to Bolvir of Cerdanya. We turn to the right by the first bifurcation to the village and immediately follow the sign that indicates «Tower of the Remei». After visiting 50 metres find the hermitage of the Remei, where can leave the car; also we can continue some 50 metres more, going past of the entrance of the hotel Tower of the Remei, and park in a descampado that there is in front.
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| Girona | 1 | 10 Km. | 50 m. | 50 m. | Easy |  |
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Place |
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Length |
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| Girona | 1 | 10 Km. |
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Difficulty |
Type route |
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| 50 m. | 50 m. | Easy | |
1. Bolvir Of Cerdanya to Isòvol
50 m
50 m
The route begins by this same way asphalted of the parking, since the Way of Santiago comes of Puigcerdà. Looking the hermitage ahead, manually left there are explanatory signposts of the route. We have to begin to walk in direction to Bolvir, desandando the way realised in car.
We arrive to the core of the village and cross it until giving with the road N-260. We cross it and we find a way with a sign that indicates «Grinded» (mill) and a small stick of signaling of the Way of Santiago. After a stretch asphalted of a pair of kilometres that advances between farms, the distance continues parallel to the river, that will cross a pair of times in two kilometres. We arrive to the mill of Ger, that at present is private. We follow always the main way, that is quite wide. In spite of the confluencia of several also wide ways, the route does not have loss, as it is marked at all times with small sticks of signaling. The itinerary discurre by beautiful meadows, with beautiful seen of the plain ceretana.
To the kilometre 7 of the route arrive to the santuariode the Mare of Déu of Quadres. The way follows, without problems, until arriving again to the road N-260, in the vicinities of Isòvol.
Extension of the route: The Way of Santiago in the Cerdanya begins in Llívia and finishes in Martinet. In total are some 40 kilometres that divide in 5 stretches. The one who have done is the stretch 3. To continue to the 4, the way remains interrupted in Isòvol and restarts near of Cut. Our recommendation is to go in car until Cut and there do the stretch 5, that goes of Santa Maria of Cut (important building of big dimensions that received a community canonical from the 10th century) until Martinet, going through Bellver of Cerdanya. The another option is to begin it in the stretch 2, that goes of Puigcerdà to the hermitage of the Remei. In any case, as it goes through important populations, with quite a lot of options of accommodation, is an ideal way to do in diverse stages.
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Thank you very much By the information!!
It would like me do this way, but expand it, as the idea is to walk during 10 days. You know where it could achieve information of this same route, but longer?
Thank you!!