image: The students of the Degree in Criminology and Security of the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló Castelló de la Plana is perceived as a safe city according to the 1st Survey on the Perception of Safety and Victimisation Castelló 2023 carried out by the Legal and Criminological Clinic of the Universitat Jaume I which explains that 11.3% of the people surveyed perceive the city as a totally safe place The percentage of insecurity (rating of one and two) is only reported by 10.3% the data reveal that the areas with the greatest feeling of safety are the south and centre north and west areas with 3.5 and finally the Grau with 3.4 The areas considered the most unsafe are Ribalta Park (36.9%) West Park (5.8%) and the San Agustín Group (3.9%) As for the situations that generate most insecurity the most frequently mentioned are robbery with violence (18%) sexual assaults (15.5%) and home burglaries (15%) and the least mentioned are terrorism (3.5%) and corruption (2%) And the crimes perceived as most frequent in the city are crimes against property injuries (6.8%) and sexual assaults (5.8%) The factors identified by those surveyed as the cause of the perception of insecurity in the city were the lack of police presence (16.1%) the ineffectiveness of the judicial system (15.8%) the neglected state of some neighbourhoods (15.1%) or drug trafficking (14.8%) and the causes of crime were the lack of values instilled by the family (18.6%); the malfunctioning of the judicial system (18.1%) only a quarter of those surveyed indicated having requested the intervention of the State security forces during 2023 and 14.3% indicated having experienced a crime during the same period 40.7% indicate that they do know family members or friends who have suffered a crime robbery with force (12.3%) or cybercrime (10.5%) Most of the victims filed a police or judicial report and six out of ten did so with the National Police Those who did not do so claimed that ‘reporting is useless’ or that ‘the incident was unimportant’ as the main reason but 19.2% said that they did not do so out of fear and 3.8% because of the waiting time at official facilities The report also includes an assessment of the security forces and bodies The results show that the National Police is the most highly rated when it comes to protecting citizens or attending to victims of crime while the Local Police is the most highly rated when it comes to resolving private conflicts or dealing with noise nuisance of all kinds The assessment of the performance of the Local Police by neighbourhoods shows that the central and southern areas (which have the highest perception of safety) are the least satisfied with the municipal security force the eastern and northern areas have slightly higher satisfaction And the most satisfied neighbourhoods were the west and Grau areas The questionnaire has taken into account the questions included in the study on citizen safety and victimisation by the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) and a previous survey carried out by the same research team in the city of Ibiza The sample of 400 people includes a representation of neighbourhoods (27) in the seven postcodes and different age groups (from 18 onwards) The results show a higher representation of young people aged 18-29 and more women than men (the percentage is higher in terms of population) The report has been directed by lecturers Esteban Morelle-Hungría and Jacqueline Carvalho da Silva and Anna Raiga i Vives as coordinators; members of the Legal and Criminological Clinic of the UJI with the participation of Gonzalo Remolí López Eduardo Giménez Ruiz and Amanda Pérez Silvestre students of the Degree in Criminology and Security of the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló The Legal and Criminological Clinic of the Faculty of Law and Economics is a learning space in which students put into practice the knowledge acquired throughout their undergraduate and postgraduate training through the development of an experience in which they act as professional jurists and criminologists by analysing and solving practical cases raised by real applicants under the guidance and supervision of university professors and professionals in the legal and criminological field The full report can be consulted in the UJI repository I Encuesta de percepción de seguridad y victimización Castellón 2023 Inseguridad y políticas públicas de seguridad en el ámbito municipal are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system Copyright © 2025 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Oct 31 (EFE).- Emergency services were still working on Thursday to clear debris a day after a devastating storm left at least 95 dead in Spain The torrential rains that have fallen in recent hours are beginning to lose intensity although severe rainfall warnings are still in place in 12 Spanish provinces including Tarragona in the northeast and Castellón in the east which is on orange alert for predicted rainfall of nearly 40 liters in one hour or 100 liters in 12 hours according to the latest forecast by the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is scheduled to visit Valencia on Thursday and be briefed about the progress of the emergency operations Thursday is the first of three days of official mourning declared by the Spanish government after the floods caused by the storm that has devastated the Valencian Community and parts of Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia set up by the government to coordinate rescue operations will hold a meeting on Thursday and analyze the impact of the catastrophe in order to activate the necessary aid the worst affected by the rainfall and floods and where at least 92 people have died firefighters continue to work mainly on the ground the Valencian government’s Emergency Coordination Center said More than 447 people from the towns most affected by the floods are still staying in shelters and 112 have received 21 cases of essential supplies since 10 pm on Wednesday Spanish power company Iberdrola has already restored supply to 42,000 of the 155,000 households affected by floods in Valencia In other affected areas of the country such as Albacete the search for five missing people in Letur resumed early on Thursday Secretary of State for the Environment Hugo Morán said that the predictions and analysis worked “perfectly” but “the response mechanisms” did not adequately incorporate the alerts “The prediction and analysis mechanisms have worked perfectly they have been able to warn days in advance of what is going to happen; however the subsequent response mechanisms have not adequately incorporated these warning messages,” he told EFE from the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) being held in Cali “These natural phenomena with which we were used to living are acquiring dimensions that are unknown and the response mechanisms are not adequate for those dimensions,” Morán added especially in the coastal and inland areas of the north and due to storms An orange alert has been issued in the pre-coastal and southern coastal areas of the province of Tarragona in the northeastern Catalonia while the rest of the community is under yellow alert the rains are also easing after the strong intensity of the last few hours and only the provinces of Cádiz Seville and Huelva remain under yellow alert for rainfall who receive FIVB Volleyball Empowerment support earn France silver at the Castellon de la Plana Futures in Spain Lisa Luini & Desy Poiesz of the Netherlands secure bronze also with support from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment USA’s Madelyne Anderson & Brook Bauer top the podium Two teams benefitting from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment support made the podium at the women’s Castellon de la Plana Futures on the Beach Pro Tour Elsa Descamps & Romane Sobezalz of France took silver while Lisa Luini & Desy Poiesz of the Netherlands celebrated the bronze Madelyne Anderson & Brook Bauer of the USA topped the podium in Spain to claim their second consecutive Beach Pro Tour gold France’s national beach volleyball pairs have been trained by a fully staffed coaching team headed by Brazilian specialist Lissandro Carvalho with coach support funding from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment totalling CHF 795,000 so far The Federation Francaise de Volleyball has also received CHF 4,500 in beach volleyball equipment The Nederlandse Volleybalbond (NEVOBO) has so far been granted a total of CHF 144,000 in national beach volleyball teams coach support Their women’s pairs work under the guidance of coach Nina te Lintel Hekkert The Castellon de la Plana silver was the first Beach Pro Tour medal for both 28-year-old Elsa Descamps and 17-year-old Romane Sobezalz the sixth-seeded French team reached the final on a 4-1 win-loss record They lost the Pool C winners’ match to third-seeded Luini & Poiesz but then got back at the Dutch duo in a tight 2-1 (22-24 15-13) semifinal comeback (pictured in the main photo; credits: cev.eu) to secure a place in the final Before losing to the French pair in the semifinals 21-year-old Lisa Luini & Desy Poiesz had not dropped a single set in four matches played in the tournament The bronze was also decided in a three-set turnaround 15-9) victory over fourth-seeded Menia Bentele & Muriel Bossart of Switzerland to pick up the duo’s second Tour medal in a row after the Leuven Futures silver at their previous appearance Poiesz also earned an Ios Futures gold and the U21 world title The 2024 Castellon de la Plana Futures podium (Photo credits: cev.eu) USA’s Anderson & Bauer went through the tournament undefeated in five matches played They did not drop a single set on the way to the last four but then they were pushed to three sets in both the semifinals and the final Anderson & Bauer came back from a set down to beat Bentele & Bossart of Switzerland in a 2-1 (19-21 they did the same in the gold medal showdown against Descamps & Sobezalz on the way to a 2-1 (19-21 Before claiming their second Beach Pro Tour medal as a team 22-year-old Anderson had collected two golds and a silver and 26-year-old Bauer had picked up one silver 25 women’s teams representing 13 different countries took part in the Castellon de la Plana Futures The next Futures tournaments are scheduled to take place from 5 to 8 December in Marica Castellon de la Plana Futures: results and standings The FIVB is the governing body responsible for all forms of Volleyball on a global level Working closely with national federations and private enterprises to develop Volleyball as a popular media and entertainment sport FIVB Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Château Les Tourelles Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 1006 Lausanne Switzerland Phone: +41 213 453 535 Fax: +41 213 453 545 Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative Vaillo + Irigaray and BAAS Arquitectura have together won the restricted competition to build a higher conservatory of music and dance in Castellón de la Plana The ‘campus’ embraces a large open inner space This garden is intended as a place for interaction between students and will serve as a venue for different open-air activities establishing a continuous pedestrian route that passes by the Auditorium The circular outdoor auditorium is situated at one of the corners of the patio The three independent buildings are separated by the accesses to the inner garden the volume is topped with a roof whose slope starts low and rises gradually to block the view of the residential blocks behind The two facades are made up of lines of screened ceramic concrete pillars that hold up slabs of cross-laminated timber the most public and shared spaces – such as the four auditoriums and the accessways to the three buildings – are connected by a perimeter porch leading out to the garden that acts as a cloister there arent any match using your search terms Green Ammonia Market Analysis: Industry Market Size Copyright © ChemAnalyst - 2020 | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy It takes you no time to discover that Castellon de la Plana is Pablo Hernandez’s city. Halfway along Carrer d’Alloza, a pretty line of boutiques running through the centre of Castellon, is Hat-Trick by Pablo Hernandez, a sports shop he launched five years ago and surely the only store in Spain with Leeds United’s second kit in its window The mannequin has ‘Hernandez 19’ on its back Hat-trick is run by Hernandez’s sister and his father is also in there with her this evening watching as a colourful selection of football boots are positioned and re-positioned on the wall The Spanish season has started and the staff look busy laying out new merchandise and sifting through the stock Hernandez’s fingerprints are everywhere and towards the changing rooms, one of his old Valencia shirts hangs between a Real Madrid top taken from Iker Casillas and a Barcelona top traded with Xavi has a basement full of the shirts gathered by Hernandez over the years Hernandez is there to greet CD Castellon’s players every time they walk into the club’s ground a supporter of the black and whites and a junior there before Valencia got wind of his talent and Castellon marked his international debut for Spain in 2009 by hanging a large picture of him near their tunnel Hernandez signed it later with a message of gratitude and Castellon’s motto: Pam Pam Orellut a goalkeeper called Jose Alanga and an ebony elephant he placed behind his net for good luck is a mystery to outsiders but Hernandez knows his history He knows it so well and values it so much that when Castellon were at death’s door two years ago – heavily in debt shedding support and no more than a den of alleged impropriety – he and his dad threw their lot in with a consortium of local investors who stepped forward to help before the club pushed their luck too far It was June 2017 and the message was plain “We were told that by the end of the month someone puts money in or Castellon is going to die,” Alfonso says and neither he nor Hernandez felt like sitting on their hands This is Pablo’s city and in part because of him a short drive from Valencia and just inland from the Mediterranean coast epitomised by banners on government buildings telling refugees they are welcome Hernandez could virtually see the sea from the 10th floor of the yellow-brick apartment block he grew up in on Carrer Del Pintor Carbo a street which was once surrounded by orange trees but has houses and a supermarket built beside it now The flat was modest but the family were happy and Hernandez attended La Consolacion “He took a football to school every day,” Alfonso says and Hernandez had a knack of persuading staff there to knock it about with him in reception remembers him as “very intelligent” but saw someone who “preferred to catch a ball and play in the square than catch a book and read it.” Alfonso who regularly took a then fair-haired Hernandez to a rectangle of sandy soil behind their apartment to train with boys’ club Rafalafena “Pablo could be a very good student when he chose to be,” Alfonso jokes, sticking out an arm, “but it was always football, from when he was this high.” Rafalafena made a little cash when Hernandez joined Swansea from Valencia in 2012, benefiting from FIFA’s youth development compensation scheme the scrap of land they used as a pitch was replaced with a modern artificial grass surface now live a two-minute drive from their old flat in a townhouse with marble stairs which kill the heat of the day instantly There is nothing of their boy in the living room but Alfonso takes off his sunglasses and points us upstairs to the top floor of the house where he and Carmen have created a museum filled with mementos. It’s a collection of everything: Hernandez’s medal and boots from the League Cup final Swansea won six years ago trophies and photos and a set of Russian dolls decorated with the numbers of his old Valencia team-mates Alfonso lines them up in a row: David Villa he hung a freshly-framed Leeds shirt in one of two remaining spaces The Athletic asks if he is saving the other for the day when Leeds and Hernandez are promoted a retired central defender and a legend of Castellon who has known the midfielder since they were kids was taken by Hernandez’s knack of “fighting and becoming the best player everywhere he played” but in many respects Hernandez had to He was a teenager when he left Castellon for Valencia’s academy and life away from home was hard Valencia would phone us and say that he needed to find a way to cope better.” They made daily trips 50 miles down the motorway to offer moral support and help him to settle in “We did a lot of driving for Pablo,” she says Carmen lays out a pile of green and blue folders with newspaper cuttings from Hernandez’s career “We’ve got three boxes of these,” she says and she never tires of sifting through them The reports and the interviews make the point about how far Hernandez had to travel before he was established enough to call the shots and opt for transfers to Wales There were domestic loans at Onda and Cadiz a year with Getafe and a season back in Castellon where the head coach refused to play him after his defection to Valencia “I didn’t think Pablo would ever want to leave football but there were times when you thought he might have to,” Carmen says The museum and the cuttings are a quiet expression of oozing pride and among it all nothing makes his parents’ eyes light up more than a photo of Gaizka Mendieta presenting a primary-school aged Hernandez with a medal Mendieta was also a product of Castellon’s academy and back then Hernandez had posters of him on the wall It was history like that which Hernandez wanted to preserve for a club who in spite of everything are preparing for their centenary in three years’ time For most of their 97 years, CD Castellon lived a happy existence. They were a La Liga team for 11 seasons Copa del Rey finalists in 1973 and represented – albeit briefly – by players of the stature of Mendieta and Vincente Del Bosque they have the biggest crowds in Spain’s third tier and set a Spanish record for season tickets sold in division four during 2017-18 There are no delusions of grandeur in a region where Valencia and Villarreal sit on their doorstep but everyone is agreed on one thing: the Albinegros – much like Hernandez’s current English club – are selling themselves short after Castellon’s last promotion to the second division a consortium fronted by agent Jose Manuel Garcia Osuna ex-Levante president Antonio Blasco and others became the club’s majority shareholder Castellon’s financial position was healthy but the takeover by Castellnou 2005 SL began a chain of events which is keeping the Spanish justice system busy today Castellon built up debts of around £5 million and the owners were accused of draining money from the accounts through false invoices and transfers in which the fees received by Castellon were lower than the sums paid out by the teams buying their players Judicial proceedings are still pending and they deny the charges Results relegated Castellon in 2010 and the club were punished over non-payment of wages to players and staff with demotion to the fourth division 12 months later close to £300,000 was owed and Castellon appeared to be virtually bankrupt their players protested by sitting down on the pitch midway through the match to the applause of a fed-up travelling crowd Salaries continued to go unpaid and Castellon’s position worsened “Sometimes I went for months without money,” says Alberto Lopez former manager Frank Castello left with the parting shot that he had “never worked for such a bad president.” The crisis peaked in early 2017 and in that period Hernandez began thinking about the possibility of supporting a fresh buy-out a wealthy businessman from Castellon whose family ran a successful ceramics firm was ready to lead an investment plan and Hernandez and his father decided to join not only agreed to join the Capital Albinegro consortium but agreed to quit Lugo in the second division to play a final season with Castillon in tier four “Everyone was saying Castellon has died or is going to die,” he says Dealbert’s friendship with Hernandez goes back to the days when they travelled on the same bus to training with Castellon’s academy Dealbert played more than 200 times for the club before following Hernandez to Valencia in 2009 O’Leary’s line-up trips off his tongue: “Viduka The offices give an impression of organisation and structure where previously Capital Albinegro found none rarely gives interviews but is happy to speak about what he encountered back in 2017 helped by a £2 million injection of cash from Montesinos and Dealbert has reached the point where he can almost laugh about the tension of the past two years The impact of the takeover was immediate and Cruz — no longer able to exert any day-to-day influence — was removed from the fray completely when Capital Albinegro bought six million shares from him at the start of 2018 At the end of the consortium’s first season in charge Castellon won promotion via the division four play-offs “I find it difficult to express emotion but for the fans and for us relief for sure.” Supporters invaded the pitch at full-time and celebrated by jumping into the fountain on the roundabout outside the stadium Hernandez has promised to dive in himself if the club make it back to the second division valued the input of Hernandez and Dealbert Their presence gave the 2017 takeover aesthetic appeal and credibility “It’s not only about the money you put in,” Montesinos says “It’s about the social responsibility you take I knew the supporters would see them and say they’re working hard and supporting this project Hernandez and Dealbert divorced themselves temporarily from the club’s operations due to disagreements over the ideas of a new shareholder brought more money to Castellon in 2018 but caused instability prompting two changes of head coach last season and a run of results which required a 94th-minute victory on the final day to avoid relegation allowing Montesinos to regain a majority stake and Dealbert to resume his job continues to act as a sporting advisor from a distance “There were a lot of mistakes last season,” Dealbert says “When a new owner goes into a club with a lot of money the owners of this club need to be from Castellon not people from another city who don’t feel like that.” Hernandez was elsewhere on the night of Castellon’s 2018 promotion back in Leeds awaiting the first session of pre-season training under Marcelo Bielsa the following day He found himself in a petrol station as the second leg of the play-off against Portugalete raged relying on mobile footage and radio coverage to keep him in touch he gave an instinctive cheer to the bemusement of others who were there stayed in Spain to be at the match and knew how much the moment meant to him Their father’s career speaks for itself but their mother Mar and Sergio grew up close to Castellon in nearby Borriol where golf was their life was finished in 1978 and in the early days Mar’s father was its club professional and her mother worked in the shop the Garcias bought the place and have run it ever since It sits in the hills above the Mediterranean up a sweeping road which overlooks the blue wash and the packed high-rises in Castellon’s city centre There are clay tennis courts on the complex and a football pitch where the Castellon squad train occasionally Sergio’s career has taken him to a new life based in Texas USA but there is something of Hernandez about him in the affection he has for his hometown and the greens and fairways where it all began His purple 2012 Ryder Cup shirt is signed and framed at the course’s entrance and cabinets are filled with his trophies On the day after he won The Masters in 2017 the car park was swamped by journalists and media outlets Mar was a talented golfer in her own right “We played on that course from day one,” she says and staff there remember her Sergio and their older brother Victor pitching and putting in the afternoons Sergio’s father made clubs for him specially to help his development at a stage when a full-sized bag was asking too much is making a fist of following his uncle down the golfing path Alfonso’s phone has a video of a left-handed Eric cracking a ball off the tee and clean down the fairway in front of him but there is also footage of him burying a shot into the roof of the net during an indoor kickabout at Thorp Arch Hernandez has seen to it that he can dream about playing for Castellon too Sergio and Hernandez became friends while the latter was playing for Valencia having attended the same secondary school without crossing paths Mar was worried about Hernandez when he first talked about buying into Castellon I said to him that he didn’t need to put his attention elsewhere,” she says “He was an active footballer and so far from home but his drive to save the team it made me change my opinion.” Dealbert felt the same about Hernandez’s commitment In his performances for Leeds it has never been apparent that Hernandez had the pressure of Castellon on his mind the past two years have been two of his best Dealbert laughs and throws his hands in the air I think he could play in the top league in Spain now.” It was one thing trying to enjoy Castellon’s promotion from afar while pondering what the first day of training with Bielsa would bring It was another last season when Leeds’ defeat in the Championship play-off semi-finals fell four days before the match against Barcelona B which saved Castellon from an immediate relegation All three goals in Castellon’s 2-1 victory came in the last 10 minutes and the winner from Cesar Diaz scored from a free-kick which flew in despite him losing his footing was as precious as the goal which took them up Twelve months of progress were on very thin ice but Diaz kept it intact Castellon have started this season by taking four points from two games.  “It’s good to start well,” Dealbert says Nou Estadi Castalia is an old-school stadium two-tiered with a capacity of 14,000 and uncovered on three sides It was rebuilt on the same spot as its predecessor in 1986 and turned by 90 degrees after various goalkeepers complained about the sun shining in their eyes The city owns the ground and Castellon have no interest in buying it — or not at a time when they have better things to spend money on. A raft of black and white seats were replaced this summer and three workmen with electric blowers spent Tuesday afternoon clearing rubbish from the terraces, in time to host an Under-21 international between Spain and Montenegro next week It would be a modest stage for a footballer like Hernandez to grace but Castellon hope he will play for them before he retires finally recording the senior debut he never made as a junior Hernandez is not short of love at Elland Road, a footballer whose finesse makes many wish they had seen him in Leeds in his prime, but he will have a decision to make next summer if the club remain in the Championship. Promotion to the Premier League would automatically extend his contract by 12 months owing to a clause agreed in 2017 a finale back in Spain could hold some appeal “It’s always been a dream of Pablo’s to play for Castellon,” Alfonso says But he knows how well Hernandez and Leeds have dovetailed and the caveat to any thought of Hernandez donning the black and white shirt before he signs off his career is that the club would need to be higher up the Spanish pyramid than Segunda B (the country’s third division) Castellon turn 100 in 2022 and want second division status – and fully professional opposition – by the time they reach their centenary “The club has to go step by step,” Dealbert says “The objective is the second division but football is football.” he and Capital Albinegro are happy to have a club to build Montesinos feared Castellon going out of business would hit the city hard and felt immediate investment in 2017 was the only alternative to a bitter fate “It was necessary to make a solution,” he says “When we saw that the club was dying we said We can’t leave the club to die.’ So we did what we had to do then and you can see the difference We’ll do what we have to do now but we don’t want to run too fast and break everything.” Castellon have dealt with a critical pile of tax debt and enlightened a crowd who were at the end of their tether Montesinos is drawing up a scheme to allow fans to buy shares in the club and Castellon’s youth teams have 600 boys and girls in them Hernandez posted an Instagram image of the pitch at Nou Estadi Castalia packed with supporters waving black and white flags Alfonso and Carmen’s house is a tribute to him a private acknowledgement of all Hernandez has achieved They have as much admiration for his part in keeping Castellon’s heart beating prepares to say goodbye and jump into his car an unflappable man whose matter-of-fact manner does a good job of disguising the tension of the project they took on Castellon were sinking like a lead weight with little or no hope Phil grew up near Edinburgh in Scotland and joined The Athletic in 2019 as its Leeds United writer. He is now lead writer of The Athletic FC newsletter. He previously worked for the Yorkshire Evening Post as its chief football writer. 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climate facts from the world’s leading source analyse the trends and explain how our planet is changing We meet the experts on the front line of climate change who explore new strategies to mitigate and adapt When you think of ideal holiday destinations there’s little doubt Spain is right up there Having attracted sun-seekers for nearly a century it has something different to offer for almost every kind of tourist climate change is increasingly affecting tourists’ plans with record-breaking temperatures forcing them to reconsider when they head off on their Spanish adventure School holidays also tend to see prices skyrocket across Europe Savvy travellers are increasingly choosing shoulder season getaways to make the most of their destination at an affordable price - and a reasonable temperature Spanish holiday home provider Spain-Holiday.com has done some digging into the best places to visit in the year’s first shoulder season - that is March until June Thanks to its privileged position in southern Europe much of Spain is fairly warm all year around getaways are at their most pleasant in the shoulder season when temperatures are still balmy but not at their highest Spain-Holiday analysed a number of factors which can make or break a trip They looked into average daytime temperatures average UV rating and a 'humidity discomfort' level - or how uncomfortable the atmosphere actually feels - in March it not only has a long stretch of beach but also boasts a thriving cultural visitors can expect balmy temperatures of between 19C and 26C A warning, though, the UV rating in Valencia is fairly high throughout the shoulder season meaning that it’s important to wear sunscreen - especially when levels peak at ‘very high’ during June landscaped gardens and many squares to explore it has a wide range of temperatures throughout the shoulder season It goes from around 18C in April to a significantly toastier 27C in June Spain-Holiday advises that the closer you get to summer the more likely the humidity will become harder to tolerate Close to the Portuguese border, Huelva arguably offers the best climate if you’re a lover of hot weather It is around 21C in April and there are averages of 28C in June Huelva offers delicate natural landscapes thanks to its location in the foothills of Sierra Morena as well as seemingly endless charm and historical sites If you’re unsure where exactly to visit, you can’t go wrong with the areas around Valencia As well as the city itself and Castellon de la Plana Guardamar del Segura and Santa Pola all score highly on Spain-Holiday’s list the only places not on the east coast of Spain are the aforementioned Huelva and Cadiz Wherever you choose to go in Spain during shoulder season Unspoilt beaches and dramatic mountain ranges offer a diverse range of shore excursions the capital of Spain’s Castellón region enabling cruise operators to offer their guests the opportunity to discover a region full of history Cruise ships dock in the Port of Castellón at a dedicated berth which was first opened in 2011 and is 350 metres long with a 16-metre draft There is also a large parking area available for excursion buses and a free shuttle bus service from the port to the centre of town Castellón has made a concerted effort to attract cruise ships in recent years forming the Castellón Cruise Club to bring together all the authorities in the area that are involved in cruise tourism the association has developed the ‘Castellon Cruise Friendly’ quality certificate which is granted to local businesses that meet multiple requirements when serving cruise visitors This helps cruise lines plan their excursions when visiting the region An excursion into Castellón de la Plana allows visitors to explore the city’s architectural heritage by walking through the old streets and plazas an ornate post office and theatre built in 1894 a Gothic church first constructed in the 13th century and rebuilt twice after it was destroyed by fire and conflict The city has extensive travel connections to the rest of Spain by road allowing cruise guests to travel to the city of Valencia in less than an hour The nearby airport at Vilanova d’Alcolea is 30 minutes away while the high-speed train service will soon allow travel to any destination in Spain within four hours Following the road to the north will take cruise guests to the popular destination of Peñiscola they can see the castle that served as the papal palace of the Antipope Benedict XIII whose coat of arms can still be seen on Saint Peter’s Gate at the entrance to the town the castle’s original 14th century fortifications have been used as a filming location for TV series Game of Thrones Another highlight of the region is the ancient hilltop town of Morella which has traces of human habitation going back over 6,000 years guests will travel through the Els Ports National Park a mountainous region filled with rock formations and chasms visitors will get a view of the 14th century castle which dominates the skyline from its perch on top of the large rock that the rest of the town surrounds Guided tours will take tourists through the narrow streets and steep alleyways Vincent Ferrer is reputed to have performed a miracle Castellón is a destination that will provide cruise lines with a wealth of opportunities for excursions that enable guests to explore the history of Spain This article was first published in the 2019 issue of Cruise & Ferry Itinerary Planning All information was correct at the time of printing Subscribe to Cruise & Ferry Itinerary Planning for FREE here to get the next issue delivered directly to your inbox or your door Tags: Spain   shore excursions   Castellón   Peñiscola The most popular stories of the month delivered to your inbox By 2018-01-24T10:55:57+00:00 SPAIN: National operator RENFE began operating high speed services between Madrid and Castelló de la Plana on January 23 Running over the high speed line from Madrid Atocha to Valencia and then on the 1 668 mm gauge Mediterranean Corridor to Castelló where a third rail has been laid on one track to accommodate 1 435 mm gauge trains the service is initially limited to three trips a day from Castelló to Madrid and two in the reverse direction Castelló has previously had a direct service to Madrid operated by Alvia gauge-changing trainsets The fastest AVE timing is 2 h 32 min by the 09.40 weekday departure from Madrid when Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy travelled on a special train from Madrid to Castelló He was accompanied by Development Minister Íñigo de la Serna and President of the Valencia regional government Ximo Puig Total cost of the project to provide dual gauge between Valencia and Castelló is €355m of which €178m has been spent under the now-completed first phase Track layouts and interlockings have been modified at 12 stations while resignalling has involved the installation of 290 axle-counters and 198 balises for the ASFA train protection system A new double-track alignment has been built over 1 km at Nules-La Vilavella raising the maximum speed through this curved section to 170 km/h As well as converting the second track to dual gauge between Valencia and Castelló according to the Ministry of Development work will commence in 2019 on construction of a dedicated high speed line which could be finished by 2022 RENFE is offering Madrid – Castelló promotional fares of €25 for travel until March 11 The operator said that it had sold 4 700 tickets in the first five days after bookings opened SPAIN: The board of infrastructure manager ADIF has approved the award of a €31∙7m contract for electrification at 25 kV 50 Hz of the 1 668 mm gauge route between Salamanca and Fuentes de Oñoro on the Portuguese border Installation of 2 x 25 kV overhead line equipment for operation .. SPAIN: The OGI gauge-changing axle for freight wagons designed to operate on both 1 435 mm and 1 668 mm gauge has completed Phase 1 of its testing programme SPAIN: Tendering is to start in 2019 for a high speed line between Valencia and Castelló according to Development Minister Íñigo de la Serna the 62 km double-track alignment is to be designed for operation at up to 350 km/h Under the Mediterranean Corridor programme Site powered by Webvision Cloud Best in Travel is here! Discover 2025’s destinations The 30 best countries, cities and regions to visit in 2025 Plan your trip with Elsewhere, by Lonely Planet See where a Lonely Planet Membership takes you Subscribe to our weekly newsletters to get the latest travel news, expert advice, and insider recommendations Explore the world with our detailed, insightful guidebooks Stay ahead of the curve with our guidebooks Uncover exciting new ways to explore iconic destinations Every month, we release new books into the wild Search Search Close 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of quiet coves and built-up resorts at its best just before or just after the peak months of July and August the more workaday fishing port of Vinarós or the town of Benicàssim now a lively resort famous for its festival but once the summer retreat of the urban elite whose houses can still be seen along the seafront Dominating the northern stretch of coast, Peñíscola is a handsome medieval walled town sitting high on a rocky isthmus Its crowning glory is its 14th-century castle which was built by the Knights Templar on the remains of an Arab fortress The castle would later become the home of ‘Papa Luna’ as the Spanish know deposed Pope Benedict XIII Peñíscola’s other great claim to fame (in addition to its more recent portrayal as the city of Meereen in Season 6 of Game of Thrones) is as the setting for parts of El Cid They only add to the atmosphere of the picturesque old town whose winding cobbled streets are undeniably touristy but is still a charming place to while away an afternoon you’ll need to walk north away from the town or otherwise there are a couple of rocky coves to explore to the south A world apart from the frenetic coastal strip of the Castellón region the Maestrazgo (not to be confused with the adjacent Aragonese county of the same name) is a vast and sparsely inhabited region of low mountains and hilltop villages grazed by Merino sheep – another legacy of the Moorish invasion were responsible for the terracing of foothills meaning that crops could be grown on this inhospitable soil Another distinctive feature of the landscape are the long threads of dry-stone walling, a local craft so prized that a group of Maestrazgo villages have applied to Unesco for Intangible Cultural Heritage status, and the town of Vilafranca has an entire (and surprisingly interesting) museum dedicated to it, the Museo de Pedra en Sec from mountain biking to canyoning and spelunking and the area holds some splendid hiking and driving: as well as Vilafranca towns to look out for include Morella and north of it a peaceful place with a huddle of medieval buildings and some prehistoric cave paintings a lively town of grand buildings and tourist-free restaurants The coastal town of Benicàssim erupts every July for one of Spain’s biggest music festivals the Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (FIB) who descend in their tens of thousands for a line-up that in 2017 includes the Red Hot Chili Peppers as well Spanish favourites Los Planetas and Love of Lesbian It’s not hard to see what lies at the heart of its popularity with young foreigners more accustomed to UK prices and Glastonbury mud and what it lacks in rolling meadows FIB makes up for with the nearby beach which is where exhausted party people sleep off the excesses of the night before a hat and comfortable trainers (you’ll be four days walking on concrete) it’s worth shelling out for a VIP ticket or glamping since the campsites can get absolutely rammed which pulls in some of the best-known names from dub Toots and the Maytals and Mad Professor head a star-studded bill Much has been written about the approach to Morella which rises from the landscape like the fortress of an evil cartoon king the serfs’ houses huddled at the foot of its rather gloomy castle It is an undeniably spectacular sight from afar and is no less atmospheric (just a little less intimidating) within The city walls – an impressive two kilometres long – are still intact and punctuated with six gateways and 14 towers some of which have been turned into quirky museums charting aspects of the town’s history You could spend a day just wandering its narrow streets and sampling the local delicacies – sheep’s milk cheese artisanal honey – or shopping for textiles (blanket- and rug-weaving is a local speciality) and it’s worth factoring in time for lunch Morella has a good selection of restaurants where you can try the locally produced lamb and charcuterie as well as the paella and rice dishes more typical of the Castellón coast Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET) said some areas recorded their highest daily rainfall totals in more than 30 years.  La Pobla Tornesa recorded 197.6mm of rain in 24 hours to 01 April 48 mm of rain fell in 4 hours in Vilafamés The worst affected areas were the towns of Almassora The provincial government also reported some flooding in Benicàssim Firefighters were called on to rescue 91 people trapped in their homes or vehicles in over 40 rescue operations mostly in Almassora but also in Borriana and Oropesa del Mar Firefighters were wearing masks during rescue operations to protect from the COVID-19 virus 🚒 Els bombers de la Diputació @SIAB_Castellon han rescatat 91 persones de l'interior dels seus habitatges i vehicles durant l'últim episodi de fortes pluges 📲 https://t.co/ccrXMsR3Tm pic.twitter.com/Wdp7yVWUvX — Diputació de Castelló (@dipcas) April 2, 2020 — CPBC (@SIAB_Castellon) April 1, 2020 📸 Imatges dels #BombersForestals ahir treballant en el buidatge d'aigua a Almassora. Durant la nit @SIAB_Castellon ha continuat treballant amb les incidències produïdes tan a Almassora com a Burriana. pic.twitter.com/TsoBueqMJ1 — GVA 112CV (@GVA112) April 2, 2020 Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList AVAMET (Associació Valenciana de Meteorologia) said several locations in the city of Valencia recorded more than 200 mm of rain in 24 hours to 03 May 2022 The weather station at Camins al Grau in the city recorded 260.9 mm Further heavy rainfall fell early on 04 May Emergency Services 112 Valencia reported Algemesí municipality saw 70.4 m of rain in 4 hours early on 04 May firefighters rescued several occupants of vehicles trapped in flood waters in Paterna Firefighters carried out over 50 interventions and local police 94 interventions At least four road tunnels in the city were flooded Some schools have been closed and rail services interrupted or suspended Other areas of the country have also seen severe weather in recent days hail and heavy rain caused flooding and damages in parts of the Murcia Region Murcia emergency services said around 30 mm of rain fell in 1 hour on 02 May 2022 Emergency services (112 Murcia) responded to 48 weather-related incidents An intense hailstorm caused damages in Bullas Hail and heavy rain also affected areas further north including 16 interventions for flood water clearance — Bombers Consorci VLC (@BombersValencia) May 4, 2022 — AEMET_C. Valenciana (@AEMET_CValencia) May 3, 2022 Se activa los planes municipales de emergencia de #Caravaca y #Cehegín https://t.co/alHo6tGmoO pic.twitter.com/7lmwZU2e9f — 112 Región de Murcia (@112rmurcia) May 2, 2022 Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Flooding damaged homes and roads in the coastal town of Benicàssim Emergency services received 167 calls for assistance Teams responded to flooding of around 50 homes Firefighters rescued 3 people who were trapped inside their vehicles on flooded roads They also helped evacuated one person from a flooded home Traffic along the major highway N-340 was temporarily suspended near Castellón de la Plana Flooding was also reported in the town of Sagunto State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) in Valencia reported 155.4 mm of rain fell in Benicàssim in 24 hours on 29 August which is the highest value recorded in 24 hours in the month of August in the province of Castellón This is the second spate of flash flooding in southern Spain within the last few days. On 25 August flash floods swept through Burunchel and nearby areas in Jaén Province — CPBC (@SIAB_Castellon) August 29, 2021 — VOST Comunitat Valenciana (@VOSTcvalenciana) August 29, 2021 El Puerto de sagunto. @Valencia_WX @AEMET_CValencia @apuntoratge @oratgenet @PardoMerelo pic.twitter.com/Q6bzCZP4fU — Minerva GG (@minervagra) August 30, 2021 El dato de precipitación de de hoy en Benicàssim, 155.4 l/m2, es el valor más alto registrado en 24 horas en un mes de agosto en la provincia de Castellón. Este es el listado de registros de 100 mm o más en agosto en la provincia. pic.twitter.com/6Co0gOBn0p — AEMET_C. Valenciana (@AEMET_CValencia) August 29, 2021 Animals 24-7 March 12, 2024 By Spain––A soon-to-launch biomedical research animal tissue supplier called aRukon founded by Jaume I University scientist Javier Burgos promises to significantly reduce laboratory animal use by enabling researchers to make more efficient use of each animal killed for a test sample The Javier Burgos at Jaume I University in Castellon de la Plana is not the same Spanish-born Javier Burgos who two generations ago was among the leading advocates of “scientific antivivisectionism.” But the two men named Javier Burgos share some focal ideas one of which is that scientists should not be using multi-millions of animals per year in often redundant and repetitive experiments frequently done just to confirm the findings from past experiments might have been indirectly inspired by British biomedical researchers and professors William Russell (1925-2006) and Rex Burch (1925-1996) Russell and Burch in 1959 introduced the “Three Rs” approach of replacement  and refinement of methods to limit the suffering and use of animals in laboratories in a book entitled The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique Though never a big seller and now completely out of print The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique remains among the most influential books ever published in the biomedical research field chiefly for stimulating the imaginations of scientists who wish to use fewer animals whether for humane reasons or just to save money in an era when a single crab-eating macaque can cost $25,000 and up Scientists around the world who never heard of Russell and Burch know the “Three Rs” approach if only because their supervisory budget analysts insist they must engineer it into every grant proposal explained science journalist María de los Ángeles Orfila of Montevideo published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science “Millions of tissue and organ samples from animal experiments go to waste  left forgotten in the back of lab freezers or destroyed to free up space.” The Javier Burgos at Jaume I University believes that aRukon can reduce this waste of animals’ lives and body parts by enabling researchers to sell unused animal samples to other laboratories through an online exchange “I have often found myself in front of an open freezer  faced with the challenging decision of determining which samples to discard,” that Javier Burgos told María de los Ángeles Orfila “Panic sets in when the freezer reaches full capacity,”  Burgos said Using a platform developed by the information technology company Semicrol with funding from Spain’s State Research Agency “On aRukon—which is free to access—scientists will be able to list a wide range of animal samples for sale  but it should be far less than the cost of buying a ‘new’  animal “Researchers can’t give away samples for free  however,”  María de los Ángeles Orfila added because “Burgos believes the platform will only succeed if scientists receive a cash incentive to pass on their samples “The platform charges a commission for transporting the samples to the buyer,”  Burgos told María de los Ángeles Orfila  “and will handle the entire door-to-door journey through specialized companies  Sellers must show that samples submitted to aRukon comply with animal welfare legislation in their country of origin.” Burgos has already attracted pledges of participation from scientists at 30 different universities “representing about 10% of the institutes that conduct animal experiments in the country  Two institutions outside of Spain have also signed on,”  the beginning of potential international reach Burgos “hopes sharing unwanted samples will reduce overall animal use,”  María de los Ángeles Orfila wrote  “particularly if the platform gains traction around Europe.”  “Each match between researchers on our platform is a life saved for an animal.” “The Biobanks & Biomodels Platform of the Carlos III Health Institute a repository that has so far focused solely on human samples and tissue cultures will soon allow researchers in Spain to share animal samples  scientists won’t be able to sell the samples “These efforts are complementary,”  Carlos III Health Institute director and veterinarian Alberto Centeno told María de los Ángeles Orfila “We are all aligned on this journey to ensure that animals are not unnecessarily sacrificed,”  Centeno finished “Portrait of a Kleptomaniac” and “Woman Suffering from Obsessive Envy,” by Théodore Géricault as the Javier Burgos of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Jaume I University is formally known has been “researching and managing research in the field of biomedicine since the 1990s,”  his LinkedIn page says working both within academia and for biopharmaceutical companies  focusing on “neurodegenerative diseases and “Portrait of a Man Suffering from Delusions of Military Command” and “Woman addicted to Gambling” by Théodore Géricault  the series [of ten paintings] was lost – until 1863 when French historian Louis Vardiot rediscovered five of the paintings They were in an attic in the German city of Baden-Baden and belonged to one of Georget’s disciples “Today these paintings are exhibited in five museums around the world Experts praise them as some of Géricault’s best works of his final years.” the Javier Burgos of Jaume I University went looking for the five missing paintings two in the possession of private collectors and one in the Louvre art museum in Paris principally because they conflict with traditional belief have been published by The Lancet Neurology one of the most prestigious of peer-reviewed medical journals  now age 79 and living in the Los Angeles area about 170 miles northwest of Castello de la Plana and Jaume I University After studies at Barcelona University and the Universite de Paris (La Sorbonne) the other Javier Burgos emigrated to the U.S. standing for Students United to Prevent Experiments on Sentient Subjects SUPRESS was one of several U.S.-based quasi-affiliates of CIVIS the Center for Scientific Information on Vivisection founded in 1974 in Switzerland by former auto racer and novelist Hans Ruesch (1913-2007) (See Fauci vs. the White Coat Waste Project: did Hans Ruesch sire the conflict?)  The Slaughter of The Innocent (1978) and The Naked Empress (1982) were instrumental in boosting support for the early animal rights movement despite Ruesch’s own personal antipathy toward most of the animal rights movement and almost everything it stood for besides anti-vivisectionist views that helped his book sales CIVIS chapters and quasi-chapters including SUPRESS lost much of their momentum and leadership to other organizations by the late 1980s as Ruesch became embroiled in often one-sided disputes with perceived rivals whose organization eventually retitled itself The Nature of Wellness SUPRESS under Burgos produced the 1986 antivivisection documentary Hidden Crimes  An updated version of Hidden Crimes called Lethal Medicine appeared from The Nature of Wellness in 1997 “The slogan ‘animal rights’ was created in the late 1970s by the biomedical research industry in order to defuse any credible opposition to animal experimentation and testing on medical and scientific grounds.” was chiefly popularized by Animal Rights International founder Henry Spira  whose signal accomplishments included the 1976-1977 campaign that ended 18 years of sex experiments on maimed and disfigured cats at the American Museum of Natural history persuading the cosmetics makers Avon and Revlon to quit animal testing in 1980 and winning a 1984 pledge from Procter & Gamble to fund the development of alternatives to animal testing Procter & Gamble had spent $480 million toward fulfilling the pledge introducing more non-animal testing methods approved by governmental agencies than all other institutions combined (See Henry Spira, 71, founder of the animal rights movement.) The Javier Burgos of SUPRESS and The Nature of Wellness contended in public statements at least through 2013 that an “impending total collapse of health care in the U.S and in Europe is directly linked to the fact that  medical research has been based on the unscientific concept of  ‘experimental research,’  rather than on clinical research and prevention.” this Javier Burgos held that animal experiments are invalid predictors of the effects of drugs and medical procedures on humans because animals are inherently too different from humans to permit accurate cross-species extrapolation Introduced by anti-vivisectionists more than two generations before Charles Darwin authored The Origin of Species (1859) this approach was eroded by advances in genetic research which have increasingly established how closely humans are related to other species––even mollusks while whole organisms may respond very differently to particular conditions or substances specific tissues or systems sometimes respond identically As the science of the “scientific” argument that Ruesch and Burgos favored changed the emphasis of anti-vivisection campaigning tilted heavily toward making the case that animals should not be experimented on because they are sentient beings enough like humans to deserve equivalent moral consideration Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email March 12, 2024 at 3:29 pm I was a member of an AV organization affiliated with SUPRESS and TNoW and have been thinking of that Javier Burgos Many thanks for the update and for this timely article Sie haben erfolgreich Ihre Einwilligung in die Nutzung von Transfermarkt mit Tracking und Cookies widerrufen Sie können sich jetzt zwischen dem Contentpass-Abo und der Nutzung mit personalisierter Werbung This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page An EU-funded project has built a combined pedestrian and cycle path between the coastal municipalities of Cabanes and Torreblanca in the province of Castellón part of the Valencia autonomous community of Spain Running through the El Prat de Cabanes-Torreblanca natural park the path – which takes the name of the park – has a total length of 12.8 km The project included the adaptation of two 3.16 km-long footpaths the regional ministry will create a signposted cycle and pedestrian route in the coastal area of Cabanes and Torreblanca fulfilling the objectives of promoting natural and cultural heritage and connecting people with natural spaces via accessible cycle paths.” The route is the first section of cycle path in the Valencia autonomous community to be integrated into the EuroVelo cycle network The conception of the El Prat de Cabanes-Torreblanca route as an integral part of a network of cycling and pedestrian routes rather than as an isolated local or municipal route is novel for the autonomous community Several similar routes are scattered throughout its territory the EuroVelo Mediterranean Route is being developed with the aim of creating a cycle route connecting Cádiz in the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia As well as advancing the development of the Mediterranean Route the El Prat de Cabanes-Torreblanca path constitutes a northwards continuation of the cycle lane that runs between Benicàssim and Oropesa del Mar By increasing the length of cycle paths in the area it contributes to the creation of a regional network for non-motorised transport Promoted by the Directorate-General of Public Works of the Valencian Regional Ministry of Housing the El Prat de Cabanes-Torreblanca route has been built primarily to enable people to reach the area’s green spaces more easily by bicycle or on foot More than 8 000 residents now have easy access to the region’s network of cycle paths and footpaths thanks to the project Foremost among the local green spaces is the El Prat de Cabanes-Torreblanca natural park which is a site of great ecological significance which link a multitude of visitor attractions of a cultural Raising awareness of the natural and cultural heritage of the park and the surrounding area through the project has already generated new economic activity a number of local companies began offering cycle tourism services Total investment for the project “El Prat de Cabanes-Torreblanca natural park pedestrian-cycle route (Castellón)” is EUR 376 376 with the EU’s European Regional Development Fund contributing EUR 188 188 through the “Comunidad Valenciana” Operational Programme for the 2014-2020 programming period The investment falls under the priority “Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency” Subdirección General de Gestión del FEDER de la Dirección General de Fondos Comunitarios Ministerio de Hacienda y Administraciones Publicas Miguel Ángel Silvestre’s breakout role is his portrayal of El Duque in the Spanish television show ‘Sin tetas no hay paraíso’ he has starred in a number of well-known TV series Miguel Ángel Silvestre Rambla was born on April 6 He initially wanted to pursue a career as a tennis player his plans changed after suffering from an injury during a tournament in Hungary not until his aunt introduced him to theater and he also eventually joined and won the Mister Castelló 2002 pageant the 41-year-old Spanish actor has done numerous movies and television shows he made his feature film debut in Santiago Tabernero’s ‘Life and Colour’ he also starred in Netflix’s ‘Sense8,’ where he played the role of a closeted movie star named Lito Rodríguez Lito has a boyfriend named Hernando (Alfonso Herrera) whom he lives with in Mexico City. In a 2018 interview with Attitude reacted to the possibility of people thinking that he is gay in real life they can ask me if they want — I don’t hide anything about who I am I should say that I honor the character and I feel proud of him and I will do whatever it takes to play it it is flattering if people think that I am gay because I play [the role] with love and I don’t try to be shady when I’m playing it I felt comfortable when I was playing Lito And now that we’ve gotten to know a bit more about this talented hottie let’s also take a moment to admire his sexy pics that served Sources: en.wikipedia.org, attitude.co.uk It doesn’t matter about his sexual preference Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value"