PEÑISCOLA
SATELLITE VIEW LOCAL TOURIST OFFICE METEO NEXT 10 DAYS City on the Sea Peñiscola (City on the Sea) Pope Luna I remember my very first visit to Peñiscola many years ago. I had bought a well known American, world famous, travel guide and the section on Peñiscola attracted me because it was said that the town of Peñiscola together with its spectacular castle was completely cut off from the mainland by the sea. I was looking forward to seeing this somewhat different setting, but was most disappointed when I found that there was a reasonably constructed asphalt road connecting the castle and the old town to the mainland. Even more so when being told that it had always been thus. Anyway this failing was soon forgotten as this particular fortress, allegedly constructed by the 'Knights Templers' did present a remarkable sight. Even more so in that it was the home of the last Spanish Pope, Benedicto VIII, know as 'Pope Papa Luna'. An...