Castellón is well-known for its beautiful beaches, is the perfect destination for your trip or rural getaway. Its coast is known as the Costa del Azahar with many spots to lie down and relax, such as Oropesa or Peñíscola, the last one with a beautiful historical centre and castle.
But if you're looking for a different kind of stay, we also have room for partying in towns such as Benicassim, where the famous FIB music festival has been held since 1995, each year with more visitors. But in most coastal towns you will also find a great variety of leisure activities to do.
If in your search for rural tourism in Castellón what you're looking for are beautiful landscapes, you can also find here natural reserves that are part of the biggest protected natural extension of the Comunidad Valenciana. Two of them are the Sierra de Irta and the Sierra de Espadán, and we also recommend visiting the grottos at the Grutas de San José.
Finally, let us tell yo about the gastronomy in this province and how it changes from the areas near the coast, where you'll find rice, cooked with vegetables, is the essence of all dishes, to the gastronomy in the inland, where pork products become more relevant as the result of the traditional January slaughtering, providing with delicious grilled pork dishes and cold meats.
