The best waterfall hikes and walks around Embassament d'Ulldecona

Fredes is the northernmost town in the Valencian Community. It belongs to the municipality of La Pobla de Benifassà, in the province of Castellón, Baix Maestrat county. It is located at an altitude of 1090 meters, in the middle of the Tinença de Benifassà natural park. The village has a fountain and a bar restaurant, although it has limited hours and it is convenient to check if it is open. It also has a couple of tourist apartments, located in the same building as the restaurant bar.

When the path enters the Barranc de la Ronyosa, a passage opens between the Mola del Ferri to the north and the Mola de Magraner to the south, narrowing noticeably. The high walls and the balsams that we are seeing make it very attractive. It goes without saying that in case of heavy rains some problem may arise to go around it.

This abandoned and dilapidated Mas would not be different from many others that are in the same conditions but, its location and the open space where the era is located, allows you to have fantastic panoramic views. It's worth stopping and enjoying the view or grabbing a bite.

The Parish Church of Sant Abdó and Sant Senén de Fredes, also known as the Church of the Saints of the Stone, is a Catholic religious building, which is located in the town center of Fredes in the Baix Maestrat region. It is listed as an Asset of local relevance, with the category of Monument of local interest. It is a temple, with a single nave and masonry factory, with ashlar reinforcements in the corners, of great simplicity. Inside it stands out the existence of a high choir and outside its bell tower. The bell tower is ashlar, slender and simple, with loopholes and openings for the bell in the form of a semicircular arch. The church has its origin in the foundation, in 1261, of a temple by monks of the Order of the Cistercian, who were in the Monastery of Santa María, in this location with the intention of creating a new population center , Freds. The original temple suffered several damages throughout history, mainly due to military conflicts, so its walls were in very poor condition. This led to the completion of a new temple dated 1725.

Fountain magnificently arranged inside the dry stone wall of a bank. Also watch out for a trough outside.

Imposing natural passage between large walls that was part of the old road that joined Fredes with La Senia. On the steep path, coming from Fredes, we find several basins and cavities of different depths. If we continue, without crossing the Portell, in the direction of Punta del Solà d'en Brull (E.) we will be able to see the Foradada de la Cova del llop and the magnificent Cova de l'Aire.

It is at the confluence of four ravines, the Fou ravine (or Sénia river), the Teulatí ravine, the Tenalla ravine and the Pobla ravine (or green river). It supplies water to the irrigation communities of Ulldecona, Sénia, Sant Rafel and Rossell. It was built during the sixties, financed by the farmers of Ulldecona, a fact that gives it its name; it occupies an extension of 817 ha and has a capacity of 11 hm3. It has a gravity rush, which is 54 m high and 180 m wide. This reservoir belongs to the Xúquer Hydrographic Confederation. There is a track in a northerly direction that runs along the western edge in its entirety and then forks to go to La Tenalla to the west or La Fou to the east.

we find it in the Tenalla recreational area in the middle of the Font de l'Ombria flora micro reserve, which is about 250 meters away, it protects a habitat of black pines (habitat 9530) that contain specimens of the emblematic endemism of the massif from the Ports Pinguicula dertosensis (spring violet). This plant has the peculiarity of having sticky glands on its leaves where insects are trapped and which constitute a source of nutrients for these carnivorous plants. Free refuge that can be used as a shelter, I have also seen some camping in the vicinity. It should be taken into account that, although it can be reached by car, you may find the track closed with a chain at its beginning, in the small car park of La Cova dels Ferrins. It is the favorite place for visitors to Salt de Robert and also the routes to Portell de l'Infern and the Canal de la Casa Forestal de la Tenalla.