Masía (farmhouse) tradition in Els Ports Curiosity · Vilafranca, Els Ports, Castellón Image of Vilafranca, not of the place itself. The masía, the traditional dwelling and farming holding of medieval origin, spread across Els Ports with the arrival of Aragonese and Catalan settlers in the 13th and 14th centuries; for centuries its 'masovers' have been the great custodians of the comarca's ethnological heritage. Photo: Pau Monfort Monfort (CC0) What to see and do in Vilafranca