Starting Point: Parking Restaurant El Molí de l'Escala. Route: Circular. Distance: 6km. Time: 3 hours. Difficulty: Easy
Set out from Molí de l’Escala Les Corts farmhouses. Past the Mill sluice gate, on the left are some remains of Sant Vicenç de Les Corts Romanesque hermitage. Stay along this track and as you walk between the two fortified farmhouses gaze at their towers. Look for Mas Torreportes to take a right turn to start a short climb over the hill. This will lead towards the Tourism office at the northern entrance to l’Escala
Mas Sastruc, keep going all the while on a straight line heading North-East along Camí Vell a les Corts. As you reach la Coma (Hill), you will see the fence circling the Archaeology Museum of Catalunya-Empúries site . Follow along this fence towards Sant Martí d’Empúries hamlet, whose church and rooftops will be now in sight. Look for the 260 year old listed pine tree Pinus Pinea. Before you reach Sant Martí d’Empúries, and without entering the village, step onto Passeig d’Empúries and turn right towards l’Escala. This stretch involves a good long walk (around 2.5 km long), passing in front of a string of beaches, namely Moll Grec Muscleres Portitxol Rec del Molí
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Les Corts farmhouses consist of Molí de Sant Vicenç (18th Cent.) and the fortified farmhouses Mas Feliu (Can Baix) and Mas Torreportes (Can Noguera), both with circular defence towers. Beside the Mill, there are the remains of Sant Vicenç Romanesque church , where the main road, the Camí d’Empúries, passed. Regarding Santa Magdalena’s church (6th-10th Cents.), we can see it is preRomanesque, very similar to that of Santa Creu de Rodes (both formerly belonged to the Bishop of Empúries). Passeig d’Empúries (Empúries Promenade), which was inaugurated in 1992 as part of the Barcelona '92 Olympic Games , to welcome the arrival of the Olympic flame.