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Day 5

Tour of the parador, walking through town, tour of the underground tunnels, back to the parador for dinner.

Decorative ceiling
End of the tour

A nice shot of the Parador from one of the towers at the end of the tour.
Going to town

After the tour we started walking to town. We couldn't wait to check it out!
Walking

To get to town we had to walk down the same small, steep road we drove up to get to the parador.
In town!

We made it to town.!
Plaza de España

Facing the Town Hall. It dates back to 1570.
Church of Santa Maria la Mayor

We debated whether or not to go in to the church. It usually takes a while to go through a big church. W ehadn't eaten lunch and w…
Underground tunnels

Alcañiz has underground tunnels you can tour for 2 Euro. You enter through the tourism office.
Capital

Alcaniz castle capital with the cross of Calatrava and the symbol of the family of the Cervellón. It was in the first room in the…
Keystone

Keystone with cane coat of alcaniz
Entrance

Looking back at the entrance. There's a door because it's very cold down in the tunnels!
Weights

These are weights used to weigh the ice. They used to pack these tunnels with snow in the winter and then in the Summer they would…
Snow storage

They packed all of the snow in this underground room. It was quite cold in there and the ground was wet. By Summertime it was stil…
Movie

They were playing a short movie about the underground tunnels.
In to the tunnel!
Long tunnels

They went on and on! Super long tunnels!
Small tunnels

Bill in the tunnel! You can see how small the tunnels were.
The end

We finally reached the end of one tunnel. It took a while!
More tunnels
Different tunnel

You can see this one was muddy.