Castellón (Province) - Castellón (Provinz)

The Province of Castellón(Valencian: Castelló) lies in the autonomous region Valencia. Southern neighboring province is Valencia, it also borders on the Catalonian province Tarragona, to the Teruel Province in Aragon as well as to the Mediterranean, its coast is under the name Costa del Azahar known.

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Location of the province of Castellón in Spain

Regions

Castelló is one of the most mountainous provinces in the country. About 30% of its 600,000 inhabitants live in the capital, the majority live in the coastal towns of the Costa del Azahar, and the hinterland is sparsely populated. The archipelago lies off the coast Islas Columbretes.

places

Map of Castellón (province)
Castelló de la Plana
  • 1 Castelló de la PlanaWebsite of this institutionCastelló de la Plana in the Wikipedia encyclopediaCastelló de la Plana in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsCastelló de la Plana (Q15092) in the Wikidata database(Castellón de la Plana), Provincial capital
  • 2 Vila-realWebsite of this institutionVila-real in the Wikivoyage travel guide in another languageVila-real in the Wikipedia encyclopediaVila-real in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsVila-real (Q12292) in the Wikidata database(Villarreal)
  • 3 BorrianaWebsite of this institutionBorriana in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageBorriana in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBorriana in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBorriana (Q385070) in the Wikidata database(Burriana)
  • 4 VinaròsWebsite of this institutionVinaròs in the Wikipedia encyclopediaVinaròs in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsVinaròs (Q917888) in the Wikidata database(Vinaroz)
Prat de Cabanes-Torreblanca Natural Park
  • 5 BenicarlóWebsite of this institutionBenicarló in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBenicarló in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBenicarló (Q817302) in the Wikidata database
  • 6 OndaWebsite of this institutionOnda in the Wikipedia encyclopediaOnda in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsOnda (Q984821) in the Wikidata database
  • 7 MorellaWebsite of this institutionMorella in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageMorella in the Wikipedia encyclopediaMorella in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMorella (Q732907) in the Wikidata database - Medieval city surrounded by well-preserved walls
  • 8 Ares del MaestreWebsite of this institutionAres del Maestre in the Wikipedia encyclopediaAres del Maestre in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryAres del Maestre (Q785949) in the Wikidata database
  • 9 SegorbeWebsite of this institutionSegorbe in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageSegorbe in the encyclopedia WikipediaSegorbe in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSegorbe (Q750968) in the Wikidata database(Sogorb)

Other goals

Valltorta: prehistoric painting
  • Tirig is a small village in the comarca l'Alt Maestrat. In his vicinity is the Barranco de la Valltorta. There are several rock overhangs on the edges of the gorge, too Abri called. The most famous of these is the cave 1 Cova dels Cavalls(Cueva de los Caballos), it is one of the most important cave painting sites in Spain. In the immediate vicinity there are several more of these caves, which are part of the UNESCO World Heritage.
Museo de la Valltorta. Tel.: 964 33 60 10. Open: Tue-Sun, May-Sept 10 am-2pm and 5 pm-8pm, Oct-Apr 10 am-2pm and 4-7pm.Price: free entry.
The museum is at the entrance to the Barranco
  • El Prat de Cabanes-Torreblanca Natural Park, Wetland near the village of Torreblanca
  • Sierra de Irta Natural Park at the locality of Peñíscola
  • Sierra de Espadán 'Natural Park

background

Ares del Maestre

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The official languages ​​are Valencian and Spanish

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