Discover what are permanent orientation circuits and everything you need to know to enjoy them. We select the most outstanding in some autonomous communities.
What is orienteering sport?
The orientation It is a sporting practice that consists of travel an itinerary marked on a mapand with control points on the ground, in the shortest possible time. The instruments for this are a map and one compass of orientation. But in addition to competitive sportit is also very fun to practice it in a playful way. For this we have different ones throughout the country. permanent orientation circuits outdoors, whose route we can take forgetting about the stopwatch.
Permanent Orientation Circuit (CPO)
A Permanent Orientation Circuit (CPO) is a approved space to practice orienteering sport. In this way, it has a fixed itinerary and controls so that users can follow it, and are installed in both urban sites and natural environments. In this way, it can make it easier to know the cultural, tourist and natural heritage of the different municipalities of the country.
Types of circuits
In general, the circuits They are available with different difficulty levels. These are usually indicated by colors, among which you will find the initiation levelfor beginners and people with reduced mobility, the easy level, the medium levelthe advanced level and the expert level, the most difficult and with longest route lengths.
In addition, you will find circuits prepared in such a way that, if you wish, you can use a app mobile to verify passage through the different checkpoints. You may also find QR codes in the different beacons. This is especially useful in most tourist circuitswhich run through the historic helmets of towns and cities. You can download the plans on the internet or get information at the different tourist offices.
Castile-La Mancha
The Network of Permanent Orientation Circuits of Castilla-La Mancha It has 19 circuits distributed in its provinces. Among all of them it is possible to highlight two of high tourist interest in Royal Cityif we take into account the high cultural heritage of the urban route through which they run. The COP of Tomelloso Center will allow you to discover places such as the historic inn of the Portalsthe church of the Assumption of Our Lady, the Antonio López Torres Museumthe chimneys of the old alcohol factories and the food market.
With the COP of Alba Argamasilla you will discover the House of Medranothe church of San Juan Bautista, the Academics’ pharmacy, the Grand Prior Canalthe Pósito de la Tercia and the house of the bachelor Sansón Carrasco. And the COP of Albaicín Criptanensewhich constitutes a mixed circuit that runs through the urban area and the Sierra de los Molinos, and the COP of Yestein Albacete, with which to visit that town-fortress in another way.
Canary Islands
In the Canary Islands You will find eight orientation circuits with different difficulties. So you can follow the CPO of Arucasthe CPO of San Juan Park in Telde and the CPO of Agüimes (GC) to know these locations in Gran Canaria, and the CPO Village of Mazo in La Palma, among others. It is possible to find out about all of them and the activities carried out around this sporting practice in Canary Islands Orientation.
Castile and León
In Burgos You will find three circuits of this type: COP of Castillo, COP of Parque de la Quinta and COP of Parque de Fuentes Blancas. and in Soria You will find others in the Valonsadero Park, Castillo Park, Márgenes del Duero, Santa Clara Park and Alameda de Cervantes Park, perfect for enjoying the active tourism. The COP of Velilla of the Carrión-Areños river and the COP of Magaz de Pisuerga in Palencia.
Catalonia
Catalonia accommodates a large number of orientation circuitsso you will see that it is easy to discover this wonderful land in a completely different way. To do this, don’t miss the COP Montjuic in Barcelonahe Calella Permanent Orienteering Circuit and the Orienteering Circuit: gardens of the old town and Devesa park in Girona.
Andalusia
In Andalusia You will also find great permanent orientation circuits, such as the one in Dehesa Nueva in Aznalcazarthat of the Muela Park in Viso del Alcor and that of the Dehesa de Doña María in Dos Hermanas, in Seville; the COP of Benarraba in Malaga and the permanent sports orientation tours through Pradollano-Sierra Nevadain Monachil (Granada).
These are just some of the many that await you throughout the country. Do you dare to practice orienteering to enjoy a particular form of active tourism?
