Flying on the Fuentespalda zip line
Have the feeling of flying. And let that feeling last for more than a minute . And that when we think we are floating in the air we begin to be aware of the speed at which we are going. Pure adrenaline.
This is a trip on the longest zip line in Europe. So you can cross the skies of sourcepalda , a small town in Teruel for a few weeks.
It all started with an idea thrown into the air by a group of friends, including the current mayor, being in the Hermitage of San Miguel on top of a mountain. Seeing another mountain in front, imagine how much fun it would be to fly from one peak to another, passing over the roofs of the town of Fuentespalda. And since sometimes dreams end up materializing, the zip line project begins to take shape.
This is how you will fly on the longest zip line in Europe
IS IT POSSIBLE TO BUILD IT?
A team of engineers conducts a study of technical feasibility of the project and set yes. But for this you would have to tend the longest cable between two pilasters ever installed. Funding for the project is secured and construction begins.
Months of work, helicopters and other machines specifically designed to be able to lay the cable almost two kilometers (1980 meters, 100 meters longer than the Valdeblore zip line, which until now held the first position **) **, which never touched the ground. And finished the works, Last July the “longest zip line in Europe” was inaugurated.
HOW IS THE ZIPLINE?
It consists of two steel cables almost two kilometers between two mountains , without intermediate pilasters. Be part of an altitude of just over a thousand meters and you reach another mountain almost eight hundred meters , saving more than two hundred meters of unevenness that are covered at a speed of more than a hundred kilometers per hour.
Besides, the Fuentespalda zip line this adapted for people with reduced mobility , being in this case, the longest accessible for this group. For this, different harnesses have been set up that adapt to the characteristics and needs of each person so that they can also make this trip in complete safety.
Obviously, there are **weight limitations (minimum 50kgs. and maximum 110kgs.)** and it is necessary to wear comfortable clothing and closed shoes. The zip line works every day during vacation periods and the rest of the year only on weekends and bridges.
HOW IS THE JOURNEY?
After reserving the date and time for our adventure on the Fuentespalda Zipline website, we will receive information about the activity. For minimize the impact in a natural environment such as the two mountains that join the zip line, it has been established that access to departure and arrival is done by vehicles of the organization itself , who pick up the participants in the village and lead them to the exit.
There the pertinent checks are made and they will help us to put on the harness. And to fly! The harnesses hold us lying face down, increasing the feeling of floating in the air, because we don't even see the cable that holds us.
After the flight and the post-adrenaline euphoria subsided, the members of the organization They will also pick us up on arrival and drive us back to Fuentespalda.
AFTER THE FLIGHT, WHAT DO WE DO?
It is fortunate that this flight landed in the Matarraña Well, we have flown over and now we have under our feet one of the most beautiful regions of Aragon. Dotted with medieval towns (several of them play in the league of “Most beautiful villages in Spain”, Mediterranean forests and a multitude of active tourism proposals: Mountain biking, climbing, trekking and the natural area of Puertos de Beceite .
El Matarraña has a huge range of accommodation, from campsites and rural houses to luxury hotels. The same can be said of restaurants, there are options for all types of diners and pockets. It's worth the trip, word.