Simat+de+Valldigna+to+Rotova

Simat de Valldigna
We enjoyed the 13th century monastery at Simat de Valldigna, but were conscious of how many English tourists were there - this may be near enough to the coast and/or Alicante to attract them. Mostly older couples, and not obnoxious, but it was strange to hear so much English. + Towns with monuments naturally attract more tourists. Again, the tourist office, which should have been open, was closed : ) (CV 675)

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After that we ran into hoardes of people camped out along the crazy winding roads leading up to Barx - and everyone staring at us in surprise as we drove upwards - having experienced this on our last trip when a road was blocked due to a pilgrimage to a Saint's ermita, we knew sth was up. We asked some of the bystanders - it was a car rally and it was about to start! We had probably just got onto the road before they blocked it, certainly we were the last car along there before the start.



Backroad to Rotova (+ Monastery of San Jeronimo).
This area has some quite impressive estates in parts. Lots of orange trees.

Beautiful hills and mountains scenery leading back down towards Gandia. Suddenly the road takes a more rustic turn through fields and then woodland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery_of_Sant_Jeroni_de_Cotalba View leaving the monastery: main road and Rotova


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