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Santa Creu de Elena Viewpoint – Levitating Rock Formation loop from la Selva de Mar

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Santa Creu de Elena Viewpoint – Levitating Rock Formation loop from la Selva de Mar

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Santa Creu de Elena Viewpoint – Levitating Rock Formation loop from la Selva de Mar

03:18

8.94km

500m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

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Parc Natural del Cap de Creus

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.44 km

Coll del Perer

Mountain Pass

3.67 km

Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes

Highlight • Religious Site

Good parking lot, ideally located for hikes on the Way of St. James or just to Sant Pere de Rodes

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4.13 km

Santa Creu de Elena Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful monastery with audio guide

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4.21 km

Hermitage of Saint Helena of Rodes

Highlight • Religious Site

The urban structure of Santa Creu de Rodes corresponds to a closed town, that is to say, a town where the rear facades of the houses functioned as walls and where it could only be accessed through the fortified portals.

Its nerve center was the church square, around which the houses are located. Separated by the streets that lead there. These are large buildings (between 70 and 100 m²), with a ground floor, one floor, and roofed with tiles, which often had a patio, vegetable garden or corral.

Santa Creu de Rodes was born and grew in the shadow of the monastery of Sant Pere and was a prosperous place where fairs and markets were held, where hoteliers, tailors, bakers, shoemakers, blacksmiths, tavern keepers or notaries, among others, offered their services to everyone who arrived, especially to the many pilgrims who went to the monastery.

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4.29 km

Levitating Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

Great view of the sea

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4.39 km

Menhir de Santa Elena

Highlight • Monument

It was discovered in 2008 by the geologist Carles Roqué.
Located about 60 m above the medieval town of Santa Creu de Rodes
It is an ancient phallic-shaped upright stone, made of local granite, currently overturned, but probably close to its original location.
the construction date corresponds to the second half of the IV millennium BC, this chronology is given by the relationship that can be made with the nearby megalithic complexes.

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4.61 km

Mountain hut

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5.57 km

Sant Salvador de Verdera Castle Ruins

Highlight • Castle

Ruins of a medieval castle at the highest point of the Sierra de Rodes, 670 meters high, in the heart of the Cabo de Creus Natural Park and very close to the Monastery of San Pedro de Rodes. From this point there is a spectacular view of the monastery itself, as well as the entire Cap de Creus and the Empordà.

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6.40 km

Sant Pere de Rodes Monastery

Highlight • Religious Site

Benedictine monastery located in the municipal term of Port de la Selva, in the province of Gerona. Built at the foot of the mountain of Verdera under the ruins of the castle of San Salvador de Verdera. It has an exceptional view over the bay of Llançà and Port de la Selva, within the natural park of Cap de Creus.

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8.94 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.73 km

2.49 km

1.77 km

567 m

374 m

Surfaces

4.93 km

1.65 km

1.33 km

824 m

161 m

Elevation

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Santa Creu de Elena Viewpoint – Levitating Rock Formation loop from la Selva de Mar

Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes

Santa Creu de Elena Viewpoint

Hermitage of Saint Helena of Rodes

Levitating Rock Formation

Menhir de Santa Elena

Mountain hut

Sant Salvador de Verdera Castle Ruins

Sant Pere de Rodes Monastery

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