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La Ermita Route
The ‘camí del Peix’ or ‘Fish Way’ was a bridle path, for horses but not carts. It was already in use 2,500 years ago. It was used to take fresh fish up into the valleys inland. Until 1892 fabrics and cigarette paper were brought down from Alcoy to be loaded on boats in Villajoyosa for…
Torre Dalt
Its name means ‘upper tower’.
In Villajoyosa there are seven known torres de huerta, or inland watchtowers, in big old houses.
They served to keep watch over the land and completed the pirate alarm system.
Danger signals from the watchtowers on the coast could be seen from them.
This tower is to be found adjacent to the old Camí del Peix –or Fish Way –on the road to Alcoy.
It has a winepress to press grapes and a riurau – or colonnade – for drying raisins.
Wine and raisins were important in the region until the phylloxera epidemic of 1905.
In Villajoyosa there are seven known torres de huerta, or inland watchtowers, in big old houses.
They served to keep watch over the land and completed the pirate alarm system.
Danger signals from the watchtowers on the coast could be seen from them.
This tower is to be found adjacent to the old Camí del Peix –or Fish Way –on the road to Alcoy.
It has a winepress to press grapes and a riurau – or colonnade – for drying raisins.
Wine and raisins were important in the region until the phylloxera epidemic of 1905.
