Pachamama Ecocamping

When not under a blanket of pulped tomatoes, Buñol is big on shops, supermarkets, bars and restaurants; inside the castle there’s a town museum and trails out towards the natural bridge for cracking vistas of the surrounding region. If you’ve got your hiking head on, you can carry on from the bridge towards the much-loved Turche cave, beside a peaceful little lake and home to a 60-foot waterfall. The Pachamama team can point you in the right direction for other local walks, beside rivers, along ridges, to Alta cave and via the Route of the Alborache Mills, and to nearby activities like lake watersports at Dos Aguas, 40 minutes' drive away. It’s half an hour to the Forata reservoir for fishing and walks through the surrounding hills; a bigger option is the Sierra Martès (50 minutes’ drive), a full-on hike through wild scenery up to the tops of this mini mountain range (dropoffs and pickups can be arranged at the site). For thrills of a different kind, the chutes and winding slides of Aquopolis waterpark are 50 minutes away; motor another 10 minutes beyond that to be by the sea, for sunning on the sands or walking the cliffs of Cullera and its cape. Or zip along to Circuit Ricardo Tormo (35 minutes), host of the MotoGP Valencian Community Grand Prix and a test track frequently used by Formula One teams.