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MESÓN DEL PASTOR €€
( 964 16 02 49;
www.hoteldelpastor.com
, in Spanish; Cuesta Jovaní 5-7; mains
€7-14, menús €14-24; lunch Thu-Tue, dinner Sat)
Bedecked with the restaurant's
trophies and diplomas, the dining room is all about robust mountain cuisine: thick
gruels in winter, rabbit, juicy sausages, partridge, wild boar and goat.
Mountain Cuisine
If You Like...
Castles
If you like Morella and its evocative castle, you'll love these hilltop fortresses:
1 XÀTIVA
(adult/child €2.10/1.10; 10am-6pm or 7pm Tue-Sun)
A mighty castle strung
along the Serra Vernissa with spectacular views, south of Valencia.
2 CASTILLO DE LA ATALAYA, VILLENA
(admission free by guided visit)
Dramatic 12th-century castle inland from Valen-
cia's Costa Blanca.
3 ORIHUELA
Muslim-era battlements overlook Orihuela's old quarter in Valencia province.
4 PEÑÍSCOLA
(adult/under 10yr €3.50/free; 9.30am-9.30pm Easter-mid-Oct,
10.30am-5.30pm rest of year)
Fourteenth-century Knights Templar castle above
this whitewashed and cobbled Valencian village.
Information
The
tourist office
( 964 17 30 32;
www.morella.net
; Plaza San Miguel 3;
10am-2pm & 4-6pm or 7pm Mon-Sat, 10am-2pm Sun Apr-Oct, closed Mon Nov-Mar)
is
behind Torres de San Miguel, twin 14th-century towers flanking the main entrance
gate.
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