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Starting point for a visit to the beautiful village of Chelva and the superb Water Route (Ruta del Agua), well signposted from the square. Despite the signs at the beginning of the circuit indicating that the route is closed, it is possible to pass through with caution. To immerse yourself in the village's narrow streets and the Ruta del Agua, click here: https://youtu.be/YgxESnd14Ww

The water route is beautiful and can be done with the family. Some parts of the trail and the riverside are still badly damaged by the Dana of October 2024, but it remains passable and beautiful. The video is here: https://youtu.be/YgxESnd14Ww

The Playeta was badly damaged by the Dana River, but it's still magnificent. To immerse yourself in the Ruta del Agua, the video is here: https://youtu.be/YgxESnd14Ww

The church was built between the 17th and 18th centuries in the Mannerist and Baroque styles. Its design is inspired by the Church of the Gesù in Rome, designed by Jacopo Vignola. The building has a Latin cross plan, with side chapels and a transept inscribed in a rectangle. Its baroque bell tower and the largest dome in the region that is today the Valencian Community stand out. The interior ornamentation, the work of architect Juan Pérez Castiel, is magnificent and characteristic of its style. This church, declared a Site of Cultural Interest, is a treasure that deserves to be visited. If you ever find yourself in Chelva, do not hesitate to admire the majesty of the Archpriest Church of Our Lady of the Angels. 🌟🏰🌿

La Playeta de Chelva is a beautiful natural corner next to the Molino Puerto recreational area. It is a pool whose waterfalls and pool are located in a recreational area to spend the day along the beautiful Chelva Water Route. Its waterfalls and pool become a traditional bathing area that gets its name from the drifting sand accumulated on the shore. Next to it you can find wooden tables with chairs - fixed - to rest and eat and, very close, at the other end of the river, a picnic area and recreational area whose area is larger for the enjoyment of visitors. It should be said that this area is perfect to spend the day, because in addition to being able to cool off in the river, walk along the beautiful water route, take various trails from this point or simply disconnect in the middle of nature, we will find picnic tables with trees that They provide shade, paelleros and a place enabled to make a torrà, a playground for children, toilets... The confinement of the river upstream with the abundant vegetation create areas of extreme beauty that reveal the Andalusian toponymy: Olinches, Mozaira, Orán...

The "Chorros de Barchel", also known as the "Barchel Wetland" or as the "Barchel waterfall and cave", is a beautiful area declared a Municipal Natural Site since 2016 that is located between the canyons of the Turia River, in the municipality. municipal of Chelva and next to the reservoir and the town of Benagéber. Its most spectacular corner is the source of the Barchel jets, also called the pool or cave of the Barchel Wetland, 50 meters of waterfall to be able to contemplate - when water falls -, which are born at a height and can be contemplated at the foot of the pool to join to the Turia River.

Nice, lively square, there is a cafe.

At the end of July, the waterfalls are also beautiful to look at, but hardly have any water.