{"id":3315,"date":"2020-02-01T22:50:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T22:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=3315"},"modified":"2020-02-02T11:13:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T11:13:28","slug":"eurotrip-8-2020-day-19-to-21-high-life-of-morella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=3315","title":{"rendered":"Eurotrip 8, 2020 \u2013 Day 19 to 21, High life of Morella\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nothing much to report on Days 18 and 19. Recovering from previous excursions and taking care of a few jobs. Services on the bikes and another refill of the Safefill gas bottle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time we had been recommended a different service station – Bencinas Gasolinera. This is closer to Bonterra Park and there was a chap roaming around the pumps helping out. We had no problems filling the gas bottle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-ordinates are: 40\u00b000’18.3″N 0\u00b003’21.5″W<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday we decided to drive to Morella. We left behind a hot sunny day at Benicassim (high temperatures are around 21 degrees at the moment) and Joe thought shorts and a t-shirt were the order or the day. What we hadn’t bargained for was that Morella is some way in land, at an elevation of nearly 4,000 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And there are still large deposits of snow all around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snow and shorts at 4000 ft, Morella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Morella is known for the iconic Castillo de Morella that towers above the city atop a massive rock. The castle houses a former prison, the governor’s palace and a parade ground. Gothic architecture and medieval city walls are other highlights of both the castle and town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the view of Morella as we approached on the N232.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Morella in the distance<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We entered the old town through Porta de la Nevera and found a place to have a quick snack and a beer – restaurant que de que, Morealla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Puerta de la Nevera, Morella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sidestreet in the Old Town, Morella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As well as the Castillo, the town is renowned for it wollen rugs and meringues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The main street running through the old town, Morella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Castillo was just 3.5 Euros to enter and fully worth this trivial sum. In all, the fitbit recorded us ascending 60 floors in the afternoon, such was the position of the Castillo on top of the mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selection of photos from the Castillo, Morella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Main Gate, Castillo de Morella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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View over the countryside from Castillo Morella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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View of the Castillo de Morella from the Old Town<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Another view over the Old Town of Morella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The main road past Morella is the N232 which heads North to Zaragoza. In the Morella area are some spectacular hill climbs and hairpin bends. It seems that in 2 years time and after an expenditure of Euros 43m, the road will be straightened by utilising a series of viaducts and tunnels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New road construction on the N 232<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nothing much to report on Days 18 and 19. Recovering from previous excursions and taking care of a few jobs. Services on the bikes and another refill of the Safefill gas bottle. This time we had been recommended a different service station – Bencinas Gasolinera. This is closer to Bonterra Park and there was a … Continue reading Eurotrip 8, 2020 \u2013 Day 19 to 21, High life of Morella\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2020-europe-spain","category-2020-europe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3315"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3320,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3315\/revisions\/3320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}