The route is marked with scallop ceramics. Canals is named after the canals that cross the town. Then you enter through the Avenida de la Ermita and turn right along the cypress walk that brings you closer to the Ermita del Cristo de la Salud (Chapel of the Christ of Health). A few metres further on, turn left onto Jaume I avenue, where there is a milestone indicating the way to Santiago. Continue along it and pass in front of the Market, where the pilgrims’ hostel (first floor) is located. You reach the Pont del Riu square, turn left onto Sant Roc street and you reach Plaça de la Vila, where the Town Hall is located.
- Town Hall: Plaza de la Vila, 9. Tel: 962 240 126
- Municipal Pilgrims’ Hostel: Closed.
- Local Police: Calle del Cronista Sivera Font.
Follow Remei Street, Church Street and Plaza Mayor. The church is dedicated to San Antonio Abad, built in the 13th century and reconstructed in the 17th century, with the Tau de los Antonianos in its grille.
On the night of 16 January, the feast of Saint Anthony is celebrated by burning an immense bonfire made of wood brought from the forest and begun to be collected on 8 December. This accumulated wood surpasses the height of the church tower, stacked in such a way that when it burns it collapses towards the inside of the pyre: it is the highest bonfire of all those planted in the Valencian Community to celebrate the winter equinox.
At the edge of the road stands the Tower, the rest of the palace of the Borja, where Calixto III was born. What used to be the oratory of the house has now been transformed into a chapel to serve the neighbourhood.
Canals also had a hospital for passers-by and pilgrims, in what is now house number 5 on Hospital Street, which functioned until 1860. In the Plaza de la Trinidad there is still a house that belonged to the Knights Templar of Montesa.
The exit from Canals is along Carrer Mayor, Carrer del Salvador and Carrer de la Torreta, where there is a cross with a green cross (representative of the Inquisition) on the same corner of Carrer Calixto III, which leads to the Plaça de L’Institut and Camí de les Moles. After passing the Cemetery, the path goes down towards the old mill, turn left crossing the river Canyoles by an asphalted ford. After a few metres, turn left and exit onto the Mangay path. So far 2.8 km. At the end of the road you will see the ruins of the castle and the possession of the Order of Montesa, depository of the goods of the Templars and Hospitallers. It is located in the town of Montesa, about 2 km to our right.
It is necessary to follow the Camí Mangay until finding again the river, that is crossed by asphalted road, turns to the left and continues until Vallada. In this section you will not fail to see on your left a finger-shaped peak, “el Penyó”, 689 meters high.
The path that is now called Camí Marni will take you to Vallada without setbacks, except for the detour that the overpasses make you take. When you reach a point where you see the village and the path ends in a wide space, take the path on the left, pass over the river Canyoles along an asphalted section, when you reach the height of a house on your right, the path turns to the right and along a path brings us closer to the Jardi de la Vila, where the monument to the Way of Saint James is located.