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View west.
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Castillo de Xivert is located in Parc Natural de la Serra d'Irta overlooking the town of Alcala de Xivert. These types of forts are common along the Mediterranean coast line though their condition varies. Castillo de Xivert has undergone some reconstruction and in my opinion it was done extremely well. The castle still has an ancient ruins feel but has interpretive signs and enough core infrastructure to help one understand how the castle was designed. I absolutely loved the fact that there is no one there and you're free to kind of clamber around the fortress Indiana Jones style. It was completely free of charge though that also means there weren't any services available (no bathrooms) but it's still totally worth it.
We were with a local and we took a back way through some orange groves from Alcossebre. At the parking lot there are signs funneling you to a slightly adventurous walking trail but since our crowd was a little on the older side we took a more circuitous though flatter and less scenic road. It was funny because when we arrived to the castle there was someone bent over exhausted and she eagerly asked us if the way we came was more comfortable than the normal route. Lucky for her our local friend, Antonio, had the answer!
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Southeastern side.
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Artistic interpretation of the eastern side. You have to climb a very sketchy wall to access here.
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Love the high walls.
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View to the south.
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