Vilafamés – Holiday apartments between art, history and nature

MACVAC houses more than a thousand works of art in Vilafamés. It is housed in the Palau del Batlle, a 15th-century palace. Guided tours are offered at MACVAC, during which experts explain the paintings.

Culture and history

Vilafamés Castle has Andalusian origins. The Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción contains a main altarpiece from the early 17th century. The historic ensemble of Vilafamés is surrounded by a wall built in the 14th century. The Iglesia de la Sangre is classified as a Bien de Interés Cultural.

The Iberian archaeological site of “Els Estrets - El Racó de Rata” dates from the late Iberian period, from the 3rd to the 1st century BC. It includes walls, dwellings, and square and round towers. The Campo de Aviación de Vilafamés was built in 1937 by the government of the Second Spanish Republic; it includes more than 200 metres of trenches.

The Ruta de los artistas leads to artists who acquired houses in Vilafamés, including Vicente Aguilera, Joaquín Michavila, Juan Daniel Domínguez «Progreso», Gabriel Cantalapiedra, José Palanca, Agustín de Celis, Miranda d'Amico, José Agost, Manuel Menán, Uiso Alemany, Juan Reus, Francisco Lozano, Manuel Viola, Lorenzo Frechilla, Isabel Vilar, Eduardo Sanz, Teresa Eguibar, Manolo Salmanca, Roberta Matheu, Julio Salvatierra, Manolo Safont, Beatriz Buttmann, Nassio Bayarri and Vicent Varella.

Nature and trails

Roques de Mallasén is a geological formation from the Triassic, characterised by continental red sandstone. A large reddish sedimentary rock is known as “rodeno”. The PNM Sant Miquel lies south of Vilafamés on Mount Mollet. It includes trails around the Ermita de San Miquel, dating from around 1640.

The Cova del Bolimini has a large interior space that visitors can admire. The cave at Tossal de la Font contains the oldest traces of human settlement in Vilafamés; they are 90,000 to 70,000 years old and are attributed to Homo neanderthalensis.

Activities and events

The Trail Running Center is a permanent tourist and sports facility in the natural surroundings of Vilafamés, designed for trail running. It has a permanently marked network of trails with official trail-running signage. The center also includes a reception facility with changing rooms, lockers and showers.

The ebike por Vilafamés tour is a self-guided tour with routes from two hours in duration and offers various levels of difficulty. Route length and difficulty provide two different points of comparison for planning the day.

Vilafamés 1900 recreates 40 scenes of everyday life from the early 20th century with live performances and contemporary everyday characters in the historic ensemble. The Festival Internacional de Cine de Vilafamés takes place annually. The celebrations include a pilgrimage to the Ermita de San Miguel, where the town’s patron saint is venerated.

More places to look up:Assuévar, La Vall D'uixó, Olocau Del Rey, Cirat, Vallat, Aín, Navajas and Benicassim.

Getting around locally

The streets in the centre of Vilafamés are mostly pedestrian streets. There is free public parking on the outskirts of Vilafamés.

To the higher-level travel overview: Castellon.