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Para este jueves de diciembre, fecha entre dos festivos, y a pesar de poder encontrarme con medio mundo en mi caminata, he decidido realizar una ruta cercana y cómoda.
Me encamino a la zona de las ‘Casetes de Meleja’, a las afueras de la población de Santa Pola, lugar donde dejo aparcado mi auto e inicio el itinerario previsto.
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Desde el depósito de agua tomo la pista ‘Camí del Far’ (PR-CV 61) y a los pocos metros me dirijo, a mano izquierda y por sendero, hacia la carretera del faro.
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Atravieso el ‘Barranco de Lillo’ y, unos cien metros antes de llegar al asfalto, cojo un desvío, a la derecha, que llaman ‘Senda del Conejo’.
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Este camino culebrea hasta llegar a la zona de la ‘Casa de la Pinada’, una importante casa de campo, ahora totalmente en ruinas.
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Desde aquí, me dirijo por camino paralelo a la carretera del faro para llegar, por la derecha, a una de las pistas que conecta con el ‘Camí del Far’ (PR-CV 61), pasando, antes, por el ‘Aljub del Tío Manyo’.
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Después de unos 400 metros de pista en dirección este, tomo un desvío a la derecha, hacia el sur, que me lleva al ‘Camí de la Torre’ y, 700 metros más allá, a la ‘Senda de Roberto Castro’.
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Continúo en dirección sur, por pista, para llegar a la ‘Torre Escaletes’, una de las 26 torres vigías de la costa alicantina; ésta en concreto construida entre los siglos XV y XVI.
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Comienza, desde aquí, el regreso al punto de inicio.
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Tomo ahora la pista cementada, hacia el oeste durante 300 metros, para incorporarme por la derecha a la ‘Senda de la Torre’ que, en dirección norte/noroeste, me lleva al paraje de la ‘Foia Roja’, a la PR-CV 61, al depósito de agua y al coche.
Vuelvo a casa.
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Valoración: 2**
Recomendable: Eso, siempre. Ha sido una caminata de 12 kilómetros, con muy poco desnivel, hechos en tiempo más que aceptable y en una mañana despejada, fresca y agradable.
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