Girona Natura WalksHortes de Santa Eugènia
Hortes de Santa Eugènia Description of the routeThis itinerary
will reveal the importance of industry and vegetable gardens for
the old village of Santa Eugènia de Ter, which is currently one of
the most popular quarters of the city of Girona.In that sense, the
route makes it easy to interpret the new uses of spaces: how we've
gone from professional market gardens to urban ones; how the old
factory has become a cultural venue; how a farmhouse has become a
civic centre; or how marginal spaces have been turned into urban
wetlands.
This itinerary which is approximately 2,2 km in long, is flat
and practicable for persons with reduced mobility. This means that
there may be certain isolated difficulties, but the route is
usable. Most of the itinerary is on compacted but non-asphalted
earth. There are a few areas that are irregular or where there are
stones and/or sand.
The information contained in this brochure is available on the
Natura Local app, complete with audio descriptions, subtitles and
sign-language interpretation.
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1. STARTING POINTThe itinerary begins at this car park located
next to the Avinguda Josep Tarradellas. This avenue runs alongside
the Güell river, one of the four rivers that cross the city of
Girona, and which flows into the river Ter a few metres from this
point.
2. THE REC TRAIENT AND SOCIAL VEGETABLE GARDENSThe Rec Traient
(Traient irrigation channel) collects the surplus water that flows
from the different channels that water the vegetable gardens. After
it is diverted from the river Ter, 6 km upstream, the water returns
to the river. Throughout its course, the vegetation (rushes, reeds
and willows) points to the presence of water.The vegetable gardens
that can be seen from this area are council-owned, and can be
rented. The quarter of Santa Eugènia's cultural diversity is
reflected by the variety of plants that are grown. Next to the
vegetables traditionally grown in the region, it's not uncommon to
find peanuts, okra, coriander or mint.
3. CAL GRAS, CA L’ESCOLÀ AND REC MONARScattered around the
Hortes (vegetable gardens) area, there are a number of country
houses and gardeners' houses, like the ones we find at this point:
Ca l’Escolà (straight ahead) and Cal Gras (to the right).The canal
is the Monar irrigation channel, which carries water diverted from
the river Ter's right bank at the Pilastra dam, located at the edge
of the villages of Bescanó and Salt. The irrigation channels waters
the vegetables gardens in Salt and Girona and drains into the
Onyar, in the city.Mentions of it date back to the 11th century,
and it was apparently built by the counts of Girona. It has been
used for agricultural and industrial purposes, and played an
important role in the industrialisation of Salt (the Gasol, Coma
and Cros factories, among others), Santa Eugènia (the Marfà
factory) and the Mercadal quarter of Girona, where the most
prominent factories (Grober) set up in the 19th century.
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Sortida 6BGirona Oest
Hortes deSanta EugèniaOlot,
50 km
Palamós,45 km
Sant Feliu de Guíxols,33 km
França, 65 kmFigueres, 45 km
Barcelona, 100 kmAeroport, 10 km
Sortida 7Girona Sud
Sortida 6Girona Nord
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Turisme actiu a Girona Ruta de Sant MiquelGirona Natura Walks
Hortes de Santa Eugènia
More information about nature routesaround Girona
www.girona.cat/turisme
Hortes de Santa Eugènia itinerary (circular route)
Distance: 2,2 km Approximate time: 1 h 15 min Difficulty: Easy
Maximum height: 75 m
4. THE OLD VILLAGE OF SANTA EUGÈNIA, CAN NINETES AND THE MARFÀ
FACTORYSanta Eugènia de Ter was a municipality that was annexed to
Girona in 1963. The most important traces of its old quarter are
Can Ninetes and the old Marfà textile factory, which currently
serve as a civic centre and a cultural facility, respectively. The
stately mansion next to Can Ninetes belonged to the factory owners.
The itinerary continues along Carrer de Baix, a well-kept example
of working-class terraced-houses.
7. CAN PO VELLCan Po Vell, is an old vegetable-gardener's house.
It has been restored, and since it stands at a strategic location
amidst the Hortes (vegetables gardens), it currently serves as the
Municipal school-workshop where construction workers and gardeners
are trained. .
8. CARRILET GREENWAYAt this point, the route crosses the
Carrilet Greenway. This cycling-tourism itinerary makes use of the
disused narrow-gauge railway line connecting Girona and Olot (54
km), later continuing to Sant Feliu de Guíxols (39.7 km). Here the
Green Trail coincides with the Ruta del Ter (Ter route), which in
turn follows the course of the river Ter, from the Pyrenees until
the sea.
9. WETLANDS OF SANTA EUGÈNIA (I)The wetlands of Santa Eugènia
were created in 2008 on a piece of land that had served for many
years for waste recovery. The water that fills them comes from the
irrigation channels that water the vegetables gardens before
returning to the river Ter. The river passes behind the hillock,
and is flanked by a lush forest of alders, poplars and ash
trees.
10. WETLANDS OF SANTA EUGÈNIA (II)At this point, which is
nearing the end of the itinerary, we find a second wetland. Unlike
the previous ones, which are open to the public, access to these
wetlands is restricted to research activities and the protection of
fauna and flora.
5. CAN PAQUETILLACan Paquetilla is a plastered and painted
country house dating from the 1950s, whose traditional architecture
is that of the last generation of Catalan country houses, in the
form of a single, large-sized construction with a gable roof. These
buildings are an essential part of the Hortes' agricultural
landscape and history.
6. PUBLIC WASH-HOUSEThis public wash-house, which was restored
in 2007, is an example of vernacular architecture from the start of
the 20th century. Doing the laundry there—an activity that was
exclusively performed by women in those days—was commonplace well
into the 20th century, when the first electrical appliances began
to appear, making it possible to carry out the task at home.
Wash-houses proved highly convenient for women, who no longer had
to walk down to the river to do the laundry, but could instead do
so near, home, standing up and under a roof. The wash-house was
also a place for socialising and finding out what was going on in
the village. In Catalan, fer safareig (doing the laundry at a
wash-house) also means to gossip.
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