THE ADAC’S CYCLOTOURISM ROUTES

Nº 16

AROUND LLAGOSTERA

Cassà de la Selva – Via Verda el Carrilet de Girona a Sant Feliu de Guíxols – Urb. els Escuts – Llagostera – Urb. Mont-rei – Ermita de Sant Vicenç d’Esclet – Cassà de la Selva

Description of the cycling route:

This cycling route runs through the region of El Gironès between the small towns of Cassà de la Selva and Llagostera and gives you a taste of the region of La Selva near Caldes de Malavella.

The route is circular, like many other routes that the ADAC describes on this website. It starts in Cassà de la Selva, in front of the old railway station of the so-called carrilet, the small train which once ran between Girona and Sant Feliu de Guíxols, and whose track is today a Green Way. First, the route will follow the Green Way for a while in the direction of Llagostera. However, we will soon leave the Green Way, because we already know it quite well and want to follow other less well-known routes…

Trying to avoid big hills, you will continue along a route at the feet of the Gavarres, cycling through oak-, holm oak- and pinewoods, and through some cultivated fields, on quiet mud tracks.  Near Llagostera, you will come to the Green Way again and just cross it. At the same point, you will have to cross the C-253 road (which runs between Vidreres, Llagostera and Platja d’Aro); this could be a dangerous spot and this is why we propose another option (see below). You will cross this route again a bit later, but this time you will have fun cycling through a very amusing tunnel where you will  have to mind your heads –it is a bit low- and your feet –there is often a little water in it!- (it is not deep and it has a hard floor). Some signposts for the “Carril Verd” (the Green Way) and “Carril Groc” (the Yellow Way) at this place will show you some other routes for bicycles.

You will then cycle around the southern and western parts of Llagostera and on the way back cycle northwards; here you will see less woodland and more cultivated fields. The route will become flatter and will continue along mud tracks. You will find some streams with no fords and you will have to go through the water!… and the hermitage of Sant Vicenç d’Esclet just before arriving in Cassà de la Selva, where the route will end at the same carrilet railway station where you started.

We often use some parts of this route as an alternative to the Green Way from Girona to Sant Feliu de Guíxols; these are three parallel routes which are connected at the beginning and end and which each reveal very different places.

NOTES:

-          OPTION:  Near Llagostera, you find road C-253 (which runs between Vidreres, Llagostera and Platja d’Aro); it is often very busy with traffic and it can be dangerous to cross it. We recommend the OPTION that you can see marked with points on the map and in the road book. The route is shortened by about 2 km. and the first part runs along the Green Way in the direction of Llagostera.

-          You will find BAR and RESTAURANT services in Cassà de la Selva, the restaurant Panedes near the residential area (Urbanització) “Els Escuts”, and beside the Green Way in the outskirts of Llagostera.

English version: Sara Puigdemont and Vivien Greatorex

General examples of road types 

KM

35