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Cim de la Safor

Cim de la Safor is the summit of a limestone massif that straddles the border between the provinces of Valencia and Alicante, rising to 1,013 metres just above the cherry-growing villages of the Vall de Gallinera. It is a serious, rewarding day hike rather than a walk-up viewpoint: a rocky, steep peak wrapped in holm-oak forest and fragrant maquis, with a 360-degree panorama that reaches the Mediterranean on one side and the mountain walls of the interior on the other. Climbers come for the abrupt, rocky cirque that gives the range its character, for the old snow well and natural rock arch encountered near the top, and for the view — sea, the orange groves of the Serpis lowlands and, on clear days, the silhouette of Ibiza on the horizon. Multiple signposted and semi-signposted routes lead up from the Vall de Gallinera side and from the village of L'Orxa, making it a classic among Valencian and Alicante walkers.