Saturday 30th December 2023
After spending time again at the local market we all decided to spend the afternoon taking a trip to Castell de Guadalest.
We stopped en route just short of our destination at what turned out to be a motorbike museum.
We didn’t feel inclined to pay the entrance fee but it was a good stopover to take a few photos.
Next door to the museum was a shop selling local artefacts and foodstuffs, wine, nuts,oranges, lemons. honey being just a few of the items. They had for sale pottery and also cotton rugs, Michelle took a liking to two to replace the ones in Homer that recently had a bath in pineapple juice😵💫 they had a lot of wine for sale and I found a bottle of port from Oporto which was also purchased. We drove on from there stopping on occasion for photo opportunities.
The road twisted and turned its way gradually climbing higher and higher and the outline of The Castell became more apparent as we got closer.
There were problems with the car park payment barriers but a council attendant ran back and forth to the car park entrances to collect the 2 euro fee. Below our car park was another large one where motorhomes could stay overnight for 6 euros.
The route to the upper level was via the village streets, I didn’t make it to the top but Alison and Peter did.
Below the castle in the valley is a huge reservoir which currently has very little water in it, we have been told it hasn’t rained for months in this region. The reservoir supplies the tourist towns on the coast with its drinking water.
You had to pay a small fee and climb more steep steps to get to the very top, sadly my legs aren’t up to it so we wandered around the lower level instead.
Michelle and I walked slowly back down hill and explored the shops meeting up with Alison and Peter in the car park, we drove back in the twilight with it being dark when we returned home, it was interesting to see the lights of houses appearing on the hills.
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