Peniscola Spain Costa del Azahar
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5 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Ponant (2 Cruises)

Star Clippers (3 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

Near the fishing harbour, at the very foot of the fortified headland. Everything after that is on foot: the old town has to be earned, up whitewashed, cobbled, sloping lanes.
It takes moderate effort and good shoes. The cobbles, polished by centuries, turn slippery if you come down too fast. You pass through the Portal de Sant Pere or the Portal Fosc, vaulted gateways in the walls, stopping at the viewpoints between houses.
The fortress crowning the rock, built by the Templars around the turn of the fourteenth century on the remains of an Arab citadel. From 1415 to 1423 it was the residence of Benedict XIII, the Papa Luna, the Avignon pope who took refuge here during the Western Schism. Allow about an hour for the vaulted halls, the parade court and the terraces.
The castle, the rampart walk, the Bufador, then the beach or the fishing harbour. It is all within a few hundred metres and no excursion is needed.
A natural shaft cut through the rock that connects with the sea. In heavy swell the water breathes noisily under the feet of passers-by. Children love it; so do photographers.
Yes. Charlton Heston filmed El Cid here in 1961, and more recently Game of Thrones used it as the city of Meereen. Walking the lanes, you understand the location scouts: every corner looks ready for the next scene.
Yes. North of the rock a sand beach runs more than five kilometres along the modern resort. That is the contrast of this call: the old rock on one side, the long beach on the other.
The trawlers coming in late in the afternoon, unloading their crates under a din of gulls. It is free, unchanging, and a reminder that the Spanish Mediterranean is still a workplace. The small maritime museum in the upper town tells that story.
Yes, the Sierra de Irta to the south protects one of the region's last wild coastlines: pebble coves and rosemary hills follow one another without a single building. It is the perfect counterweight to the resort next door.
A cold orxata, the emblematic drink of the Valencia region, made from tiger nuts. It is the pause to take on the way down from the castle, when the light softens on the lanes.