Spain – Benicasim (En)
We went to Benicasim without knowing what to expect; the only thing I’d heard about this town was its music festival. Along the seafront, we discovered a route of modernist villas and a 16th-century tower. There’s also a very popular park with a miniature train that runs through it, which Ben really enjoyed.
Where to stay
We went to the town’s motorhome area, but it was too small to manoeuvre and park, so we decided to go to the Lidl motorhome parking area (40.056717, 0.069575 lat, long), which has two spaces. The spaces are very large, and manoeuvring is easy. It’s opposite Burger King and next to the supermarket for grocery shopping. There are no facilities, but you can use the restrooms at the supermarket and Burger King. It’s very safe, and there are rubbish bins. If you’re travelling with dogs, there’s a dog park nearby. It’s a 10-minute walk to the town centre and the seafront promenade. We stayed for two days with another campervan. I recommend it for visiting the town.
What to see
Looking for directions to the beach, I saw a park called Trenet Park, an outdoor theme park where you can watch and ride miniature trains running on real tracks, with scale models of steam, diesel, and electric locomotives. Ben loved it and took loads of pictures, as the train even went through tunnels and over bridges. So cute!
From the train park, you go down to the beach, where we walked along the promenade and saw the modernist villas, built between the 19th and 20th centuries.
Heading to the other side of the promenade, you’ll reach the tourist office and the 16th-century San Vicente Tower. It’s a Renaissance watchtower built between 1597 and 1599 for protection against pirates and privateers. The tower is open to visitors, although we only peeked inside.
We wandered through the streets to the centre to see the Church of Saint Thomas of Villanova, but it wasn’t open.
After doing our shopping, the next day we went to the Ebro Delta National Park, the most important aquatic region in Catalonia due to its diversity of fauna and flora, which you will be able to see in the next blog.
