Logbook · 10 places

Ravine of the Mills of Ares del Maestrat

Ares del Maestrat, L'Alt Maestrat, Castellón

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 2 Nature · 2 Activities · 1 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

Spain › Valencian Community › Castellón › L'Alt Maestrat › Ares del Maestrat › Ravine of the Mills of Ares del Maestrat

Ravine of the Mills of Ares del Maestrat

Monument · Ares del Maestrat, L'Alt Maestrat, Castellón

The Barranc dels Molins, in the municipality of Ares del Maestrat, is an ethnological site that preserves a group of five water mills from the 17th and 18th centuries, evidence of the town's traditional flour-milling activity. It was listed as a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) in 2009, a protection that also covers the Font dels Regatxols spring and the adjoining wash-house. The five mills can be visited along the local Camí dels Molins trail, signposted as SL-CV 45, and one of them, the Molí del Sol de la Costa, has been restored as a museum and interpretation centre for the ravine.

Photo: William Colom (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

What to see and do in Ares del Maestrat