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Windmills of Jávea

Windmills of Jávea

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Windmills of Jávea

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Parc Natural del Montgó

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Location: Jávea/Xàbia, Marquesado, Alicante, Spain

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1. Molinos de la Marina Alta — circular por la Ruta Área Recreativa - Molins (verde oscuro)

4.42km

01:09

30m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Miradores de Jávea — circular route

7.43km

02:19

180m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Molinos de la Marina Alta — circular por la Ruta Torre del Gerro - Molins (marrón claro)

7.77km

02:15

200m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Annika & Tobias

January 8, 2023

The remaining ruins of the former wheat mills still bear witness to the time when agriculture was of greater importance in the region. Some of them are now privately owned.
It is not known exactly when the mills were built. The last reference to the company probably dates back to 1911.

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JakobusPilger

March 12, 2024

Nowadays they are actually just monuments to a long tradition of craftsmanship: the heavy millstones were moved solely using the power of the wind as driving energy and, for example, grains were ground into flour (grain mills) or oil was pressed from olive fruits (oil mills). Sometimes - although rarely - the windmills also had the function of a pumping station and transported water to a higher level.
But Miguel de CERVANTES (1547 to 1616) also set a literary monument to the technical monument of the Molinos: the most famous figure of the author, who is considered the national poet of Spain and whose work can certainly be valued as world literature: “Don QUIXOTE”, also known as “Knight “of the sad figure” and always accompanied by his loyal squire Sancho Panza, in one of the fictional stories he fights a - of course hopeless - battle against windmills in which he believes he recognizes four-armed giants.

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Suscha

September 6, 2023

Only the first part up from the harbor is a bit strenuous. The rest is promenade with plenty of views. If you only want to visit the mills briefly, there is a small parking lot. From the mills down to Javea there are 3 options. One is marked, the others are not.

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Location: Jávea/Xàbia, Marquesado, Alicante, Spain

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Windmills of Jávea

1. Molinos de la Marina Alta — circular por la Ruta Área Recreativa - Molins (verde oscuro)

2. Miradores de Jávea — circular route

3. Molinos de la Marina Alta — circular por la Ruta Torre del Gerro - Molins (marrón claro)

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