Safor es Más

Festival celebrated in the towns of La Safor owing to the religious festivities taking place throughout the year. Cultural activities and medieval markets are organised, with typical food and meals and artisan products. Residents all come together to prepare the food and games for the enjoyment of townspeople and visitors alike. The Community of La Safor raffles prizes to people attending a minimum of 5 festivals.

This route lets you know the footprint of the most universal Valencian family, the Borjas. World are known as the Borgia, the Italian way of writing the name. Popes Calixtus III and Alexander VI, Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, and San Francisco de Borja are the most famous members of this lineage since Canals and Xativa, to Valencia, came to Rome and returned to Valencia to re-land the Duchy of Gandia .

Alfauir 

Municipality of single beauty.It has cultural and natural values that are worth a visit.From the village,built on the rests of an ancient muslim farmstead,there is Saint Jerónimo Monastery and one can enjoy walking amongst orange trees and Mediterranean mount.

Gandia 

Se organizan visitas individuales o en grupo para la observación de aves y parajes naturales de La Safor y del resto de España. Disfrutarás de la naturaleza, especialmente de la avifauna. También se realizan actividades de educación ambiental, anillamiento científico de aves y visitas locales.

This is a journey through the land of three literature classics of the Valencian Golden Age: Ausias Marc, Joanot Martorell and Joan Rois de Corella. These three writers are related to the court of the duke Alfons d’Arago, the so-called El Vell (the Old one), at the Gandia Palace. Visitors will evoke the Valencian 15th century and, at the same time, they will enjoy the cultural heritage, the sea, the mountains, the food and the wine. They will also listen to the local people speaking a language, the catalan, that echoes the immortal words of these three most universal Valencian writers.

Gandia West side of Gandía Municipatlity.

Diverse routes can be run,depending on the difficulty wished and on what one wants to see: -Monastery route:From Marxuquera hermitage one can get to Saint Jerónimo de Cobalta Monastery in Alfauir through a diversion after about two kilometres of way. -Font del Lloret cyclotourist route:Gandía to Barx way with some curves and technical ups ending at Font del Lloret.Middle level. -Barranc de Borrel-Portalet ecotourist route:about 2 kilometres long,it crosses the Barranc de Borrel up to Portalet through land paths and stones. -Morabito-Cova de les Meravelles route:departing from Gandía and taking the diversion towards Convento de San Jeroni we will find the "Cova Negra-Meravelles" way,which will lead us to an area with orange trees where there is the Morabito.

Route that links the monasteries that are scattered throughout the region to the town of Alzira. The route can be done in two ways, either by road in a car or on foot along the GR-236. The hiking trail meanders along rural paths, over mountains and through medieval landscapes of great historical interest. The route connects the Monastery of Santa María de la Valldigna in Simat and the Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba in Alfauir, with other neighbouring monasteries: Convent of the Corpus Christi, Convent of Aigues Vives and the Monastery of Santa María de la Murta, all located in districts close to La Safor.

Xeresa 

Esta ruta tiene su inicio en el Ayuntamiento de Xeresa y se dirige a la Pedrera, antigua zona de extracción de piedra calcárea que después sería utilizada en algunas fachadas de la población. La ruta nos muestra el modo de vida y los métodos de extracción utilizados por esta actividad que era llevada a cabo por una familia de origen alcoyano llamada Miralles.

For centuries,bell towersbecame the soundtrack of the populations in La Safor.In order to make up the trascendent historical signification of bells in La Safor a series of diverse routes have been established linking all the municipality.Submerge in the past through the sound of our patrimony.The routes are: 1.-The sounds of sea edge. 2.-The sounds of Gandía. 3.-The sounds of Serpis. 4.-The sounds of Valldigna,Mondúver and Costa Norte. 5.-The sounds of Vernissa.

The value of the ecosystems of La Safor is undeniable. Wetlands with unique flora and fauna and gorgeous landscapes and Mediterranean forest ecosystems in areas with enormous geological importance, comprise a region rich in experience for hikers. There are a large number of short distance routes (PR) in La Safor, which make it easy for all types of visitors to have the chance to enjoy the scenery and outings into nature. Both the Community of La Safor and the Government of Valencia have published support materials so that you can fully take advantage of all that the region has to offer.