산투 이두/산 비토 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

A look back is often worthwhile ;-)

A long, narrow road leads to this parking lot and picnic area. From here, you can enjoy a wonderful hike above the river.

There are magical natural pools here.

Here a beautiful hidden rest area invites you to take a break.

The second, perhaps the most impressive, has as protagonist what is still "in the scala de in the contissa". It is a route that the Carroz family once had to follow to reach their castle in Ales. The road was particularly steep and difficult to cross. According to legend, the Count of Mandas, in love with one of the Count of Quirra's daughters, asked her to marry him. Lei, In order to immediately dampen his attempts at conquest, she promised to only marry him if, with four white horses and a carriage, he managed to climb the Sa Scala de Sa Contissa. It is said that the count was successful in his plan and the woman had to follow him, leaving Quirra. But reached the ladder, her heart broke with pain in her chest and she died in the arms of her fiancé.

They have made the castle famous even some legends, more or less well known, certainly endowed with a mysterious and melancholic charm. The first tells about Berengario Carroz who, although married, fell in love with Donna Eleonora Manriquez. This was the cousin of the Queen of Aragon and to marry her, he wants the legend, had his wife killed, falsely accusing her of treason.

History of the Castello di QuirraThe castle was then handed over to the House of Aragon after the Spanish and Catalan invasion in 1324. In 1363 the Catalan Berenguer Carròs i Llòria became Count of Quirra and thus the owner of the castle. And then over a century or two a series of legends began to be told.

The path is not difficult to walk, the upper section is even paved. The last few meters into the castle courtyard are for climbing.