From Gary’s there were more mountains and eventually crossing the Ebre delta and arriving at Vinceros and the Mediterranean Sea.
The coast in full tourist season is very different and I alternated following Eurovelo 8 and the route recommended on my cycling app maps.me. Eurovelo 8 goes from Croatia I believe through north Italy, the Côte d’Azur and down Spain to Valencia. I had followed some of it a couple of years ago in Provence and realised very quickly that it is only partially developed. I ended up using maps.me which took me on interesting rural roads. After the worst hotel and worst meal ever in Vinceros I stopped the next night in Castelló de la Plana at a very nice hotel and an exquisite meal. The next day was the flattest day of my trip from Castelló to Valencia. Valencia is a very big city. The hotel didn’t want to take my bicycle- the first time that has happened to me- but the did relent after I told them my bicycle cost 10,000 euros (a slight exaggeration).
I took this video in a church in Valencia.
