LOCATION OF THE SANCTUARY OF THE VIRGIN OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL OF MONTE PICAYO, SAGUNTO (SPAIN)
location of the sanctuary
The Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Miraculous Medal is located near the top of Mount Picayo (372 m.), in the part belonging to the municipality of Sagunto, province of Valencia (Spain). It is located about 24 km from the city of Valencia and 287 meters above sea level.
The coordinates to program the GPS are:
39 38 26.87″ N and 0 19′ 08.21″ W
To get to the Sanctuary you have to do the following route:
Take the CV21 motorway exit towards the town of Puzol. Go to the Alfinach urbanization, whose entrance can be seen in the following image:
Then, go straight until you reach the roundabout in the image, where you have to turn right towards the “American School of Valencia”:
This street takes us to the Urbanization Los Monasterios, at the entrance of which stands a beautiful column of about 12 m. , center of a roundabout where the security post and the Hermitage of the urbanization are:
Next, you have to go straight on along the path indicated in the following photo and which has a slight slope:
When you reach the next roundabout, you will see the giant fountain in the image:
At this roundabout, take the exit indicated in the following image:
Immediately you will see the sign that indicates the name of the avenue, which is “Font de Na Jordana”, as indicated in the following image:
On this avenue, at the height of the soccer field 7, you can park your vehicle. You will see a dirt forest track (not paved) that heads to the left towards the mountain (see image).
At this time, we are only 3 km from the Sanctuary and it is recommended to go on foot because the path is narrow and strewn with stones.
After about a kilometer, the floor of the track changes from dirt to concrete. This fairly steep section ends on a paved road. Turning to the right, just ten meters away, we have the “Claro de Luna” viewpoint, from which we can see Sagunto and the Valencian coast.
You have to turn right again to take another unpaved forest track, signposted as you can see in the image. It’s the last 700 meters.