Castellon, thermal region of Aquatherma in Spain

Castellón
The province of Castellón ...................................... The province of Castellon is an important destination for spanish tourism; visitors stay mainly in the villages of the beach,while the interior continues to be depopulated. However interior Castellon has innumerable possibilities to be an important tourist destination in the world of rural, active and ecological tourism, sector which counts a greater number of followers, some of them wish to spend their holidays in contact with nature and to share the activities of the rural world.
	Castellón of Plana is the most septentrional province of Comunidad Valenciana. It has always been able to harmonize its 120 km of coast with an interior undulating and various, so it is the second most mountainous province of Spain with the peak of Penyagolosa of 1812 meters altitude, the roof of Communidad Valenciana. Castellón offers with pride the flower of its orange trees of the littoral and the rosemary of its mountains, configuring a great range of colors and flavours.
The traveller meets there forests, rivers, mountains, beaches of clean and fine sand, the history, the tradition and the culture, all the ingredients of a complete tourist offer to enjoy day after day like Els Ports, Maestrat, Tinança, Alcalaten, Palancia or Mijares. You can drink in his fountains, enjoy and admire the beauty of his monuments, or in front of a good table taste the various and rich gastronomy of the sea and the mountain in some typical restaurants.
	The city ................. Capital CASTELLÓN is a town of approximately 150000 inhabitants, pleasant and modern with only 800 years of history, which includes splendid tourist installations, a great beach of 14 km, a sporting offer supplements and an ideal temperature.You will be be able to benefit from the unforgettable holidays which encourage the most demanding tourists to come again.
Landscapes ....................... Among the tourist possibilities that the villages of interior Castellon offer to their visitors, the landscape is one of most important; let us not forget that the province of Castellon is the second more mountainous of Spain, and that there are emblematic places like: the summit of the Penyagolosa mount, which with 1813 meters is the top highest of the three provinces of Valencia, Tinença de Benifassà, where the hayedo is the southernmost of Europe.
	Rivers ............ Rivers Mijares and Palancia, bordered by immense pine forests and many sources, much among them minero-medicinal, the grounds retorcidas of Els Ports and El Maestrazgo.
In the villages, one meets the traditional tourist services: hotels (some installed in old palates or houses rehabilitated for this purpose) camp-sites with modern infrastructures, restaurants of traditional kitchen, etc.
	One also finds services allowing all the possible sports activities in mountain, such as: climbing, horse riding, VTT, pedestrian excursion, parapente, etc.
Contacts ............... Patronato provincial de Turismo Penyeta Roja - 12004 Castellón Tel (964) 65 98 83 - fax (964) 35 98 70