After lunch at the waterfall town we headed back up into the mountains. The views were gorgeous and we stopped along the way to take pictures. Rounding more corners we could see a village up on the mountain. It was too hard for Eli to enjoy the views and watch the road so he pulled over into a parking lot at the bottom of this village wall.
Wow! It was an incredible stop. We found ourselves in a village built by the Moors over a thousand years ago. The fortress above the village withstood an earthquake in 1644 and an attack by Austrian Archduke Charles who tried to blast his way into possession during the War of Spanish Succession. Because of the shortage of space and the irregular building site the church belfry had to be placed on an adjacent pinnacle which is perfect for pictures.
The water in the reservoir was a turquoise color and in spite of the cold wind blowing while we were there we loved the sights, sounds and smells (hot coffee) of our late afternoon stop.
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