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FREE TOUR CASTELLÓ, FROM LA RAJOLA TO THE 21st CENTURY TILE

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Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Languages: English and Spanish
Guru: Viento CS
Registered on 1 June 2023
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At Viento-CS we are specialists in making known a great unknown, the city of Castellón de La Plana. We like to go further when it comes to telling the history and stories behind each of the corners of our city. Come meet us. Come and see Castellón.
Free reservation and cancellation
Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

Castelló has an Open Air Museum where you can discover colours, shapes, symbology and stories and all of this embodied in a unique and surprising medium: Ceramics .

First Spanish city attached to the European Route of Ceramics, where the You will find modernist buildings, urban spaces, 18th century chapels, Baroque churches or current buildings.

Since medieval times, the city has generated a "Rajolera" industry that over time increased its value and artistic importance, filling the city and all its corners with ceramics. A two-hour visit to the most beautiful corners of the city.

Itinerary


We will leave at 11:00 a.m. from Parque Ribalta , where we will introduce ceramics, emphasizing the crucial moment for the development of the city, which was the arrival of the railway in 1862 , up to the present day.


Up close, we will give due account of the Modernist Houses next to one of the most emblematic and beloved monuments of the people of Castellón, La Farola , built by the famous architect Francesc Maristany .

The walk will take us to the Post Office Building , which, as a curiosity, its 1926 ceramics use the institution's corporate colors, we will continue along the emblematic Calle Colón until we reach Calle Enmedio , which houses treasures wonderfully decorated with ceramics, such as the House of the Four Cantons .

We will visit a dairy , an insecticide store and a giant ficus where ceramics will be the real protagonist.

We will go through a mysterious alley , we will discover ceramics from the 18th century in the middle of the street and we will give way to the Great Mural of the Finca Diago , an exhibition of ceramics from the 60s .

And we will finish in the Plaza de Na Violant D'Hongría , where we will briefly review the life of this character, key in the dawn of the City of Castelló and in the founding of the Kingdom of Valencia , through the most contemporary ceramics .


Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:
Parc Ribalta, Passeig de Ribalta, 1, 12002 Castelló de la Plana, Castelló, Spain
We are waiting for you at the corner of Parque Ribalta and Plaza de la Independencia at the indicated time.
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How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).


Who is this tour for?

Accessibility
Suitable for people with reduced mobility.
Groups
Does not accept large group bookings.
Pets
Suitable for bringing pets.

What should I know?

Minimum attendees
Requires a minimum of 5 people to conduct the tour.
Additional costs
The tour does not require payment for entries or additional expenses.
Free cancellation
If you cannot attend the tour, please cancel the reservation, otherwise the guide will be waiting for you.
Payment methods
Electronic or card payment accepted.
FREE TOUR CASTELLÓ, FROM LA RAJOLA TO THE 21st CENTURY TILE
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