Discover Peñiscola
City in the Sea
A rock in the sea
Peñiscola's Castle, to the north of the Valencian Community, is in a privileged point of the Spanish Mediterranean. The 79 km2 of extension of his municipality, 17 of which pass parallel to the littoral, distribute equitably between the forest surfaces and the hot Mediterranean cultures, between which there are not absent the orange tree, the olive tree and the almond-tree.
13th century castle
The ancient, crowned city for the one that was a mansion of the Pope Benedicto XIII, a castle - strength of s. The XIVth, it occupies an impressive crag that raises 64 meters on the blue of the sea; joined the continent for a cord of sand that time behind was swept by the waves during the temporary ones, transforming to the city in an ephemeral island. In contrast with the old town, they find the new streets and avenues of the tourist zone. Hot waters in summer and autumn, distribute between the extensive beaches of thin sand to the north of the citadel and beautiful coves flanked by abrupt cliffs in the south.
