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What to see and do in Benicolet

What to see and do in Benicolet (La Vall d'Albaida, Valencia): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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What to see and do in Benicolet

Benicolet
Village
Benicolet is a municipality of La Vall d'Albaida of Muslim origin, situated on a plain next to the Vernisa river, at the foot of a hill. It was conquered by James I and ceded in 1258 to Juan de Bardají; in 1609, before the expulsion of the Moriscos, it was inhabited by 35 Morisco families, and it later became part of the barony of Luchente and the marquisate of Dos Aguas. It lives from agriculture, with dry-farmed olive trees and irrigated orange and stone-fruit trees, although in recent years the abandonment of land has given rise to the Preus justos per a la Vall movement. It preserves the parish church of San Juan Bautista, founded in 1530, and riuraus, traditional buildings for drying raisins. It has 610 inhabitants (INE 2025).
Riuraus of Benicolet and Montitxelvo
Curiosity
Traditional rustic constructions, originally built for drying raisins, characteristic of the rural landscape of the Vall d'Albaida. They protected bunches of muscatel grapes set out to dry from rain and damp, generally facing south, with an open space or drying yard in front where the fruit received direct sunlight; the largest examples have up to two sections with between ten and fourteen openings or ulls. They emerged in the 19th century amid the expansion of raisin growing, and the first documented reference appears in Madoz's geographical dictionary, in the middle of that century. Since 2007 the Riuraus Vius association has promoted their conservation as cultural heritage.