Hostal 236 Torreblanca
C/ San Antonio, 236 Torreblanca, Castellon Province, Valencian Country, Spain and Canary Islands
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Alcossebre walks
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The Castle and its old walled town are delightful and interesting, with the connections to “Papa Luna”. Apparently the town is one of only 3 Papal Sees which include Rome and Avignon. It was also fun watching the fishing boats come in and seeing them unload their catches, including loads of prawns and calamari.
We do feel there ...
Into Spain
5th Jan
We might have stayed longer in St Cyprien but the weather turned cold (it's all relative!) and windy so we headed south into Spain where we found ourselves a little bit of paradise. The campsite is small and quiet, with excellent ...
Hostia del Mar
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Later
We arrived at a beautiful hotel by the seaside. It made me really wish we had travelled in Summer! The town itself was a little sleepy, perhaps because it wasn't peak season. I could imagine old couples retiring there.
The real attraction is the Castillo del Papa Luna, ...
Goodbye Burriana, Hello Hilz
We had been waiting for Hilary Little to join us once again and she arrived by train from Valencia. Having finished working as Chief Stewardess on a Super Poweryacht in Turkey she had flown to Spain to catch up with us and hitch a ride to Gibraltar. With HIlz and backpack (it hasn't got any smaller) installed we said our final farewells to Lorraine and Benito and cast the ...
Valencia and Memories
... the family could no longer afford to feed. He would point to the large cockatoo wind-vane on the roof and say "Look at that strange bird" . While the child gazed upwards the father would slip away into the crowd. If luck was on the de facto orphan's side he might find work as a market porter or labourer.
We checked out the Gothic La Lonja and the Turia Fountain, but Helen and John decided against climbing ...


