The “prettiest village in Spain” claim has some stiff competition in my experience, but Morella is certainly impressive. After our lovely, rural-feeling morning circumnavigation, we paid €5 at a little gate and climbed to the top. Gorgeous view down onto the rooftops – red Terra Cotta for nearly everything except the occasional blue dome (signifying prosperity) for the churches.

100 or so steep, steep steps to the top. Much of what’s left is C15; of that, quite a bit was torn down in the C18 to make way for cannons when the Spanish were defending themselves against the French.