El Montgó

The Montgó is one of the treasures of the city of Dénia, being declared a natural park in 1987, as a result of its fauna, its flora and its landscape values. In this park we find more than 600 plant species, distributed among 753 m. Of altitude. They emphasize the coscojar, the cantuesar, the fennel marine, the violet rocky Valencian, the scabiosa rock, the black Sabina or the palmetto. Regarding the animal world, there are birds such as the yellow-legged gull or the Audouin gull, and various raptors, reptiles, amphibians and mammals (rabbits, genets, dormice, ...) It offers several hiking trails with which you can also enjoy the walk, with wonderful views of both the mountain and the sea that we find at your feet. A giant stone on the coast of Alicante Excellent A huge stone sentinel emerges in the plain of orange trees, near the coast of Jávea and Denia. For geologists, the Montgó is the result of a folding occurred about 10 million years ago, when the African and European continent collided; the horizontal plates that lay under the sea fractured and the most fragile areas emerged to the surface. But for those who love hiking and mountaineering, it is an attractive and solitary giant in the middle of the plain of Alicante, which cries out for being promoted to its summit. The characteristic silhouette of the Montgó, silent watchman of all the historical avatars that have occurred on this shore of the Mediterranean, separates the Alicante municipalities of Jávea and Denia. It is one of the natural parks richest in flora of the Alicante province, with 600 different vegetal species, among them Aleppo pine, lavender, Kermes oak and marine fennel. The ascent to its summit, at 753 meters of altitude, is very easy and suitable for all those who have a minimum of physical conditions. From above the view is lost to north and south by the twists and turns of a coast where the spaces that still preserve a bit of its original plant cover, such as Cape San Antonio, with the erased brick fever of the last decade are alternated . There are two ways to approach the mountain. The most direct and shortest is from the Les Planes shooting range, which is accessed from the Jávea road to Denia. Over here there is an hour and a half at a good pace to the top. From Denia the road is much longer, but allows you to enjoy the northern slope of the sierra. A wooden cross marks the top of the Montgó. With a bit of good sight and on a clear day you can see to the south the rocky and slender farallón of the Peñón de Ifach, standing out from the ocean blue, off the coast of Calpe.