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Start: drive to El Cortalet, South-East of Castello d'Empuriès, and park in the paying car park (€5 in September 2015).
Red-White GR®92 signposting
(S/E) From the car park, head for the building that serves as a reception point and hands out information about the park. With your back to the entrance courtyard, take a few steps to the right, where you'll find information and signposting. Turn left on the GR®92 (mediterrani) towards La Platja - Riu Fluvia.
Follow a narrow path that crosses a footbridge and soon joins a wider track. Continue along this left-hand path, equipped with benches and observation areas, which will be the main path to the beach.
Pass a wildlife recovery centre on your right (not open to visitors), make a left/right turn and continue along the path.
100 m further on, turn left at the crossroads to reach the Aguait de las Gantes, a discreet wildlife observation facility.
Please note: Information panels on the fauna are available at all observatories.
(1) Retrace your steps to the main path and continue left.
20 m further on, a footbridge on the right gives you a bird's-eye view of a fallow deer park and its hedges equipped with platforms housing stork nests (Observatori de les Daines).
Return to the main path and turn right for about 300 m to reach the Observatori Casot de la Bomba on the left.
Return to the main path again and turn left for around 500 m to reach the footbridge on the left, which leads to the Pallejà Observatory.
(2) Turn around and continue left on the GR®, crossing a footbridge and a barrier to reach a U-shaped junction.
Without signposting
(3) Temporarily leave the left-hand path and go right along the pond (benches on the right-hand side allow you to take another break to observe the wildlife).
100m further on, on the right, is the Observatori d'en Biel, the only two-story building.
Return to the path and continue right towards the clearly visible towers.
Go past the toilets (on your right) and reach the first tower, the Observatori Senillosa; the other three are old silos and not accessible.
(4) A first flight of 79 steps gives you a good view of the surrounding area, but the additional 13 steps offer an even more interesting panorama and a viewpoint indicator.
Descend and retrace your steps to the junction with the GR® and the benches on your left.
Red-White GR®92 signposting
(3) Turn right and follow the path alongside the pond. Some 250 m further on, on your left, is the Aguait del Gall Marí, a shelter offering views over the larger pond. Continue along the path, which bends right and left (path on right inaccessible). Cross a long footbridge over a wetland to reach a crossroads.
Turn left and 10m further on, you'll find the left-hand access to Aguait Del Bruel (5).
(5) Return to the path and turn left. 200 m further on, the path bends to the left as you approach buildings. Shortly afterwards, just before crossing a canal, turn left to reach l'Aguait de la Massona.
(6) Return to the main path, turn left, cross the canal and continue. Immediately afterwards, come to a water-regulation system and follow the campsite buildings to a barrier.
Go through it and turn left to climb a footbridge that leads to the Observatori les Arpelles (open-air). Follow the path to the left to reach the Platja de Can Comes.
Yellow signposting
(7) Follow the beach to the left, keeping to the right of the large planted stakes that delimit the park.
After about 1.8km of beach, the posts turn 90° to the left. Don't follow them any further, but go a little further to the right, aiming for a watchtower and yellow signs
Please note: Naturist area at this point.
(8) At the signs, turn left towards El Cortalet on a stony track. Parallel to this path is a footpath that allows you to avoid the path, which is often flooded, and follow it to a crossroads. Turn left to reach a crossroads 100 m further on.
(9) Leave the right-hand path, which leads to other observation areas, and continue straight on towards El Cortalet, staying on the main path.
At a crossroads with a signpost and wildlife information panel, turn left to find l'Aguait dels Roncaires.
(10) Return to the path and go left until you reach a barrier. Take the path to the left, then left again 20 m further on to reach the Aguait Quim Franch.
Retrace your steps and turn left to find El Cortalet and the car park (S/E).
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