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| Colegio Santo Domingo and the last remaining gate of the city wall |
When we arrived in Orihuela in the evening, we took a walk through the centre and immediately decided we will need more time for this historic town.
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| Looking into the Cathedral |
The next day, we visited the Colegio Santo Domingo, which was an important university and is now a big school. It is the biggest national monument of Valencia province with 18.000 square meters. The library of the university was the first public library in Spain founded in the 16th century.
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| Colegio Santo Domingo |
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| Colegio Santo Domingo |
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| Colegio Santo Domingo |
The church of the complex fascinated us with its abundant baroque interior.
From the centre leads a street up to the Seminar of the Dominicans and further around the mountain until we reached the palm grove of Orihuela – the second largest after Elche.
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| Stone Arch gives a nice view down to Orihuela |
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| Palm grove of Orihuela |
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| Flower of the day |
In the afternoon, we decided to discover also the coast of Orihuela. We drove to Cabo Roig, where we found a parking directly at the coast path which we used for a walk. (Parking: 37.917018, -0.721493)
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| Chiringuito at La Caleta |
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| Coast path at Cabo Roig |
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| Nice walk in the late afternoon |
The next day, the Medival Market of Orihuela started, so we drove back and spent another night at the parking in Orihuela (38.087266, -0.937973).
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