HIKING · SIERRA CALDERONAThe Garbí viewpoint
Fifteen minutes from Calma Villa rises the most famous balcony of the Sierra Calderona: the Garbí, a ledge of reddish rock slabs hanging 600 metres above the sea. From it…
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HIKING · SIERRA CALDERONALa Mola de Segart
A limestone butte that looks like a natural castle: La Mola de Segart is the most photogenic summit close to the villa. Its flat top, at 565 metres, rewards you with a fu…
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EASY WALK · SERRAPorta Coeli Charterhouse
In the Lullén valley, nestled among orchards, cypresses and one of the lushest pine forests of the Calderona, the charterhouse of Porta Coeli — "heaven's gate" — has stoo…
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WATERFALLS & SWIMMING · NAVAJASThe Bride's Leap (Salto de la Novia)
Twenty minutes from the villa, the Palancia river plunges thirty metres down a moss-covered wall of tufa. This is the Salto de la Novia — the Bride's Leap — the most famo…
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HERITAGE · A STROLL FROM THE VILLAThe Arab baths of Torres Torres
No car needed: in Torres Torres itself, a short walk from Calma Villa, hides one of the best-preserved Arab bathhouses in Spain — a complete 14th-century hammam, a Nation…
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CYCLING & WALKING · FROM THE DOORSTEPOjos Negros Greenway
Running 160 kilometres from Teruel to Sagunto, the Ojos Negros greenway is the longest in Spain — and it passes practically by Calma Villa's front door: the Algimia de Al…
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THE SURPRISE · ALTURACueva Santa Sanctuary
Few places in the region surprise like this one: a sanctuary whose 17th-century chapel lies more than twenty metres underground, inside a karst sinkhole in the mountains.…
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HISTORY · 15 MINUTES AWAYSagunto: 2,500 years above the Mediterranean
Few towns pack so much history onto one hill: the Iberian Arse — whose siege by Hannibal sparked the Second Punic War —, Roman Saguntum, the Moorish medina and the mediev…
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CULTURE & FIESTA · 15 MINUTES AWAYSegorbe and its Bulls & Horses Entry
Historic capital of the Alto Palancia and an episcopal seat since the Middle Ages, Segorbe is a small golden-stone city with a medieval aqueduct, a fine table and a Septe…
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CITY ESCAPE · 40 MINUTES AWAYValencia in a day
Spain's third city is just 35–40 minutes from Calma Villa: close enough to spend the day — or even just the evening — and come home to the silence of the Calderona.…
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BEACHES · BLUE FLAGThe sea, 20 minutes away
One of Calma Villa's great luxuries is choosing every morning between mountains and sea: the Blue Flag beaches of Sagunto and Canet are barely 20 minutes away. The perfec…
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THE STAR DAY TRIP · ALTO MIJARESMontanejos: the Fuente de los Baños
A canyon of reddish walls where the Mijares river flows through turquoise pools, and a spring that gushes at a constant 25 °C every day of the year: Montanejos is inland …
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GASTRONOMY · FROM VILLA TO TABLEWhere to eat: our village-by-village guide
You are in the land of wood-fired rice, Serrana de Espadán olive oil, Calderona honey and just-picked oranges. This is our honest pick of where to eat well near the villa…
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