Castellón

Castellón + Costa del Azahar

The orange coast and the tile towns

The province is best known to international visitors for its beach towns — Benicàssim and Peñíscola in particular — and to Spanish visitors for its ceramic and tile industry. The Azahar coast (named for the orange blossom scent of the citrus orchards that once covered the coastal plain) runs from Vinaròs in the north to Sagunt in the south. Castelló de la Plana and Vila-Real anchor the industrial interior, the latter known internationally through its football club, Villarreal CF, which regularly competes in European competition despite its small-city base.

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Signature Moments

• A week in Benicàssim — morning coffee at a café near the seafront, afternoon football training, evenings in the town plaza — the Costa del Azahar in summer when it belongs to the people who actually live there
• Arriving at the fountain in Plaça Major — in the old center of Castelló de la Plana under El Fadri tower and the cathedral to explore the fish market in Mercat Central at lunchtime

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Castellón is most naturally experienced as part of a Valencian journey — the coast north of Valencia, the football towns of the interior, and the beach culture of Benicàssim each revealing a different register of Mediterranean Spanish life.

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