Culla
Member of Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España
Templar knights bought Culla and all its lands in 1303, and the castle then stayed with their heirs, the Order of Montesa, until the 19th century. The village sits on a 1,121 m mountain in the Alt Maestrat, its streets still following their medieval plan, amid deep ravines, caves and potholes. Below it, the Montlleó river runs through canyons reachable only from Culla.
Highlights
- Castle remains: the Torre de Frare Pere and the barbican gate with Montesa arms
- Church of El Salvador, with a 15th-century Gothic stone statue of the Saviour
- La Presó, a medieval granary used as a prison in the Carlist wars
- Disused watermills along the Molinell river, among springs and caves
- Mirador del Terrat, with wide views over the surrounding comarca
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Culla (ES), Culla (EN), Culla (Spagna)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 503
Things to see
Events through the year
- Fiesta de San Pedro Mártir y San Antonio AbadLes Albaes folk songs, the Coqueta cake handed out, then Corregudes
- Corpus Christi processionBanners, flower altars and children sounding the Pixurrulls
- Feast of Saint Christopher
- Pilgrimage to Sant Joan de PenyagolosaWalk to the hermitage in Vistabella, held since the 14th century
- Patronal festivities of CullaFor the Assumption, Saint Roch and the Saviour
- Fiesta de San Miguel
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Culla). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Translated and adapted from open data: Calendario de fiestas locales, Diputación de Castellón (CC BY 4.0).
Local food & wine
- Rabbit with rovellón mushroomsDishRabbit in a sauce of saffron milk cap mushrooms
- Kid with white snailsDish
- Longanizas and morcillas with alioliCured meat
- PerolDish
- PaellaDish
Adapted from Wikipedia (Culla). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
4 places to stay within 3 km
- Hostels 2
- Campsites 2
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
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