Adventure route
Duration:
1 hour
Recommandations:
Don't forget to look for the cinema instructions which are marked in the route.
The knights wear comfortable shoes, don't forget yours.
See the opening times of the castle of Peñíscola
At each point you will find historical information and related to the adventures of Roque the knight.
Coming into the city of Peñíscola is always a surprise, magic city chosen by the Templars as a place to build a fortress and by Pope Benedict XIII as a refuge after his escape.
The tunnel of time has led the young ROQUE to the antique Peñíscola . The Good King has commissioned him an important mission: to find a place in the Mediterranean Sea to hide a valuable treasure which must be safe from the wicked warriors of the Lands of Ice.
Roque has visited different cities but he still has not find the ideal. He must do it as soon as possible because in a few hours the ceremony to name the new knights is taking place. If he wants to achieve his dream of being a knight of the king, he can not entertain himself.
Looking for a perfect fortress to hide the treasure and be named a knight of the king in this village is his mission and his dream.
Come on!
Do you know that Saint Roque is one pf the Patron saints of Peñíscola? His feast day is on the 16th of August.
The castle where is hidden Roque's treasure has been a fortress built by the Templar knights, the last of them and also is one of the 3 unique Holy Sees which exist in all over the world.
Pedro de Luna resisted the criticism and those who wanted to end with his life, for this reason he took a concoction of different herbs you can find in the Natural Park of Sierra de Irta.
His persistence and tenacity gave rise to the famous expression in Spanish «Seguir en sus trece» (Stick to your guns).
