El Molino Waterfall: recreational area (Quesa)

The El Molino Waterfall natural area and recreational area is located barely two kilometres from the town, in the ravine on the Escalona River. It is an area that can be accessed by vehicle, or by following the Route of the Springs from the town.

Around the area and on the banks of the river we find Quesa’s most fertile arable land, which until just a few decades ago was home to a significant proportion of the vegetable plots inherited from the Moors. They are flat fields that are fed by the irrigation channel that collects water from the ravine and El Puñal spring, which you will find right above the ridge or waterfall that gives its name to the natural area.

The El Molino Waterfall has recently been refurbished as a recreational area. It has been equipped with picnic tables, explanatory panels and directional signs for the Route of the Springs, which will complete your visit to the site.

At the foot of the waterfall are the remains of the well-known Molino de los Leandros mill. It is a mill house of uncertain origin; however, it is known that at the end of the 19th century it was owned by Leandro Pla Mut. In the first half of the 20th century, it was inherited by his son Manuel Pla Mut and it operated at full capacity during the post-war era, especially in the black market period. Its owners recall that people from the town would visit the mill to collect their molinà of wheat and corn flour. People from Tous, Carlet and Carcaixent would also come to use the mill, travelling up the river with horses. The Molino de Los Leandros mill stopped operating in the 1950s, its last miller was Manuel Pla Alcocer. Next to the mill, there was a vegetable plot covering “five hanegadas” (around four hectares) and a rustic wash house that you will find along the trail.