Peñíscola

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Environement in Peñíscola

Peñíscola raises upon a rock of 54 m. of height. . The castle, situated in the summit of this rock, was built by the Templarios in the XIII th. Century. It was the residence of the Pope between 1411 and 1423, at the time of Benedicto XIII, also known as the Papa Luna. The castle is surrounded by impressive walls. Previously, the city was completely surrounded by the sea.

You can still see the rings attached to the wall where the ships were moored. Inside it has beautiful gardens with views of the endless Mediterranean Sea. The stables, battlements and other medieval buildings will take you back in time with your imagination.

But Peñíscola also keeps for the visitor corners and alleys where you can get lost, hearing only the sound of the shoes upon the paved soil. Even today, the huge mass of the castle still impresses locals and visitors alike. In the fishing port the visitor can admire how the auction of fresh fish that arrives daily at five o’clock in the afternoon takes place. There is nothing like enjoying the sea that surrounds this city to remember an unforgettable holiday.

Castle

Beaches in Peñíscola

In Peñíscola you will find 2 types of beach:

Urban beaches

With fine golden sands, like the North Beach, it is more than 6 kilometres long, all of it bordered by a promenade for pedestrians and bicycles, currently recovered and transformed for the most part according to its ancestral appearance, that is, with dunes between the promenade and the beach itself.

Natural and wild beaches and coves:

Located on the south coast of the town and made up of the most varied and diverse materials, from fine sandy beaches at the foot of ancient natural dunes to pebble coves, passing through beaches and coves formed by millions of small millimetric particles of shells.

Beaches

Castle

The Templar-Pontifical Castle of Peñíscola is the fortress that occupies the highest part of the rock on which the ancient city of Peñíscola stands. Peñíscola Castle is a completely walled fortress, connected to the mainland by a narrow spit of sand.

Construction began in 1294 and was completed twelve years later in 1307. Those who possessed the resources and power in those times to undertake and complete a work of this magnitude so quickly were none other than the enigmatic Knights Templar. They built the castle in the image and likeness of those they had built before in the Holy Land. The monument currently retains all the particularities of a Templar work, being one of the clearest examples of these characteristics.