About Clots de Sant Julià
Comment by Bravissima about Clots de Sant Julià:
Clots de Sant Julià, located in the beautiful Costa Brava, is a fascinating place full of history and natural charm. This ancient quarry, used from the Iberian era to the medieval period, offers a unique experience of exploration and connection with nature. Although it is currently undergoing restoration and has restricted access, those who have had the chance to explore its trails highly recommend a visit.
Some of the key features that highlight Clots de Sant Julià include:
- Historical charm: A site with rich history, where you can appreciate limestone formations and remnants of ancient human activities.
- Ideal for excursions: Despite limited access, the surroundings are perfect for peaceful walks in breathtaking natural settings.
- Conservation and respect: Visitors are encouraged to respect this space, helping to keep it clean and in its natural state.
- Family-friendly: Although there are some slippery areas, it is a great place to enjoy with family, always with caution.
Come discover a magical corner where nature and history intertwine, and seize the opportunity to appreciate this unique space in the Baix Empordà.
Clots de Sant Julià: Reviews
Fantastic experience:
Curious and recommended visit to an ancient quarry used from the time of the Iberians to the medieval period. It is currently under restoration. But it is definitely worth a visit.
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A quick entrance. They are tidying it up so that people can visit it. A bit strange altogether as there was trash with little sticks on top to mark them, but they were not piled up, rather scattered in a weird way. Once properly arranged, it could be a nice place to visit. It seems that since the Iron Age it was a quarry that was even used to obtain stones for Ullastret and Peratallada.
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Place with charm and history. For the past few months, there have been fences and tape to prevent people from passing so they don't get hurt.
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Access temporarily prohibited.
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Curious place with a special charm.
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Very curious excursion with a spectacular landscape
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A place with a special charm
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Very interesting. In different seasonal times and at different hours of the day, it is worth enjoying the contrasts of colors and lights of a place where vegetation, rocky areas, and ancient humanizing remnants make a permanent song to nature.
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Currently closed
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For a short and quiet walk. A curious place to see with a marked route. Very good work by the volunteer caretakers.
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Interesting
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As in any natural space, one must respect the environment!!!
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An interesting place with curious limestone formations worth visiting. Currently under construction with restricted access.
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A hiking route without much complication, a pleasant path to take.
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Positive experience:
A curious place, composed of depressions of some depth surrounded by vertical stone walls and connected by a kind of trenches.
They look like natural formations perhaps enlarged or later adapted by human hands.
Currently, access is restricted due to archaeological issues.
But it is interesting and, to geology enthusiasts like me, they will like it.
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Beautiful walk, ideal for easy hiking without difficulty
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Site of the ancient quarries that must be visited with respect and without altering anything in the environment.
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Very quiet beautiful
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A beautiful place to see in the Baix Empordà
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The cleaning has improved a lot
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Very beautiful and magical place. Ancient quarry of the Iberians.
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Positive experience: Not much to see. Basically, a small forest with ancient quarries. Nice to walk around.
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Unusual place. It is not for crowds or noisy visits. No children, the paths are complicated. A landscape that looks like another planet in the middle of a storybook forest. Please DO NOT POLLUTE OR THROW TRASH OR SHOUT. At this moment it is partially closed.
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A magical place!
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Beautiful area for a hike. The route is not very long, it takes no more than 1 hour to complete while stopping at all the excavations. Easy to do, it can be done with children, although you need to watch out for some slippery areas. There are piles of stones on the ground to mark the path.
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Interesting place and easily accessible.
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A very cool place to disconnect from the day to day
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Little known place in Empordà where you can enjoy the ancient quarries that were used to build the village of Ullastret. The walk is definitely worth it.
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Super cool!!
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Highly recommended visit
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A very curious place to know. It's not well marked. More care and control should be taken.
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First of all, I want to ask for RESPECT, to nature, to the stones, and to the people for such a magical place. An Iberian quarry of historical interest where you can lose yourself while walking along the paths that are preserved by the friends of Clots. You can access it from different places by taking a hike. Let's preserve our history!
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Very good and recommendable
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It is an impressive, mysterious, and mystical place. I recommend going with someone who knows it. There may be a risk of falling.
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Historical nature
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It's a magical place
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Un lloc per descobrir i protegir per la seva (la nostra) història. Un lloc que ha estat molt temps oblidat i poc valorat.
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At the very least, a curious place to see, although very fragile, so we must be very respectful of the environment.
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Well, a very fun excursion to go with children, and take a walk up and down the forest. It's a protected area, and there is no parking or picnic area or anything like that.
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An impressive place, both for its scenic value and its historical value that is very directly related to the extraction of stone for the creation of Ullastret Ibera or the walls of Empuries as it is believed. It is worth discovering.
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Amazing.
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Magical but labyrinthine place, full of corners and paths that you don't know where they will lead you.
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Forest maze where you can get lost and have a pleasant getaway. As you walk, it seems like an ordinary forest, but from time to time you come across the 'clots' and are surprised at how in this hardly accessible place they were able to carve and transport the stone for the construction of Ullastret.
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A twenty-minute walk to the site, starting from the church of Canapost. If one puts themselves in the shoes of what the stonemasons suffered there, it gives more importance to the place. In the middle of the forest, and not very well signposted, but it is fine.
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Easy route to do, but hard to find. I recommend following a route from Wikiloc. The place is beautiful, and once you are there, the walk can be done in about 45 minutes.
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Impressive!
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Positive experience: Fascinating. Great for kids to explore.
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An amazing place...
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It’s quite hidden! Following the GR you reach the quarry. Afterwards, you have to follow the markers to do the complete circuit and see all the pits. The paths that are blocked with branches indicate that this is not the right way. To reach the pits, you need to go to the village of Canapost. Don’t follow this route from maps because it leads you nowhere! (well, yes, to a private farmhouse!) The coordinates are wrong...
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Very curious place
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Iberian quarry, very magical place
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Impressive spot in the midst of Empordà, an ancient quarry for the Roman constructions of Ullastret
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Very nice
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Discovering this ancient quarry from such distant times hidden by the forest and weeds is quite an adventure. If the forest keeps growing, it will be completely hidden.
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