Discover Pina de Montalgrao – Holiday Apartment Between Mountains and Culture

Pina de Montalgrao lies on a plateau at an altitude of more than 1,000 metres. The Ermita de Santa Bárbara offers expansive views across areas of Valencia, Castellón and Teruel; on clear days, the Columbretes Islands can even be seen. For your planning, you can consider the landscape, local history, feast days and hiking trails as separate areas of focus.

Nature

The Ermita de Santa Bárbara stands on Pico Pina at an altitude of 1,401 metres and is surrounded by pine forests and a recreation area. The recreation area at Santa Bárbara has a covered fire and cooking area, a picnic area, a fountain and a shelter. At 1,405 metres, Santa Bárbara is the highest point in the municipality and is located in mountains with Scots pine and Pyrenean oak trees. Pina de Montalgrao has grain fields surrounded by mountains.

Culture and History

The parish church of Pina de Montalgrao is dedicated to El Salvador, also known as San Salvador, and has a crenellated, walled complex made of ashlar and rubble masonry. The entrance to the Ethnological Museum of Pina de Montalgrao is located at the Plaza Mayor. The Plaza Mayor is home to the town hall of Pina de Montalgrao, a building constructed in the Aragonese style in the 17th century and characterised by arcades. El Horno Moruno preserves an old wood-fired oven in which bread was once baked, as well as an exhibition of various tools used to make baked goods. The Cueva de la Cerdaña is considered a sanctuary from the Iberian period that was closely associated with the veneration of nature.

Festivals and Trails

The festivities in honour of San Salvador, the patron saint of Pina de Montalgrao, usually include a programme of events with dances, bull-related events and other activities. On 6 August, the patron saint's day, a mass and a dance take place in the square.

Fuentevieja and Fuente del Ballestero are each listed as locations along different hiking trails in Pina de Montalgrao. These hiking trails feature various springs, some of them natural, that are worth visiting. The different focuses of mountain landscapes, buildings, festivals and springs can be weighed alongside one another when planning your trip.

When choosing a holiday apartment in Pina de Montalgrao, you can check the travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions separately. These three factors can be considered alongside your personal focus on landscapes, culture, feast days or hiking trails; you can consider them in the order that best suits your own planning. For stays in Pina de Montalgrao, you can also weigh up whether your trip should be shaped more by nature, culture, feast days or the listed hiking-trail locations.

More local pages: Salsadella, Geldo, Santa Magdalena De Pulpis, Barracas, Vistabella Del Maestrazgo, Burriana, Fuentes De Ayódar and La Vall D'uixó.

For the higher-level travel overview: Castellon.