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Fun Photo Friday — El Castell de Guadalest and Castell de Santa Bàrbara Favorites


Guadalest Lamplight

This week’s Fun Photo Friday concludes this portion of our most recent trip. I hope you enjoyed the journey.

The Stone Wall
It’s All in the Focus
Budding Cactus in Sunlight
Goodies for Sale
AYUNTAMIENTO DE ALICANTE ALUMBRADO PUBLICO (Valencian for Alicante City Hall Public Lighting)
Hard Chapel to Reach

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El Castell de Guadalest, Spain


El Castell de Guadalest (The Castle of Guadalest)

After leaving Alicante, our next tour destination was the quaint Valencian village of El Castell de Guadalest, often referred to as just Guadalest. High atop a crag that juts upward on the northeastern side of the village sits an 11th century castle, as you can see in the photo above, and again here:

San José Castle overlooking the village of Guadalest
Map of Guadalest (castle upper right)

The narrow streets of Guadalest are lined with whitewashed charm with myriad stores catering to the many tourists who frequent the village:

Guadalest, Valencia, Spain

The shops are definitely both fun and colorful:

Guadalest

We spent about 90 minutes here, and just wandered around town as some of the more adventurous among our tour trekked up to the castle. Here’s a sampling of the sights that await you here in Guadalest:

On Wednesday I’ll take you back to Alicante for a visual tour of the castle that once protected that major port city.

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