The road from Murcia to Valencia

We drove from Murcia to Valencia, where we should leave our rental car at the airport. It took about 2 hours, much faster then the coastal road, that was our original plans, would have taken. We saw a lot of beautiful mountains and beautiful castles from the highway, but not much water since it is going inland. The largest cities we passed were Elda (pop. 53 000), Novelda (26 000), Petrer (35 000) and Villena (35 000). We took a highspeed train back to Alicante from Valencia to catch a plane at Alicante-Elche Airport. By train we passed Xàtiva (pop. 29 000), Villena, Novelda and Elda among others.

Road Murcia - Valencia 01 - Jesus statue, Outskirts of Murcia Road Murcia - Valencia 02 - Outskirts of Murcia Road Murcia - Valencia 03 - Mountains in Murcia province Road Murcia - Valencia 04  - Mountains in Murcia province Road Murcia - Valencia 05 Road Murcia - Valencia 06 - Elda, a Valencian city Road Murcia - Valencia 07 - Petrer, twin town to Elda Road Murcia - Valencia 08 -Elda Road Murcia - Valencia 09 - Elda, a Valencian city Road Murcia - Valencia 10 - Villena, a Valencian city Road Murcia - Valencia 11 - Elda and Petrer Road Murcia - Valencia 12 - Castillo de Petrer, Elda-Petrer Road Murcia - Valencia 13 Road Murcia - Valencia 14 - Mountains i Valencia community Road Murcia - Valencia 15 - Villena, a Valencian city Road Murcia - Valencia 16 - Atalaya Castle, Villena, a Valencian city Road Murcia - Valencia 17 - Atalaya Castle, Villena, Road Murcia - Valencia 18 Road Murcia - Valencia 19 Road Murcia - Valencia 20 Road Murcia - Valencia 21 Road Murcia - Valencia 22 Road Murcia - Valencia 23 Road Murcia - Valencia 24 - interesting railroad viaduct Road Murcia - Valencia 25 Road Murcia - Valencia 26 Road Murcia - Valencia 27 Road Murcia - Valencia 28 Road Murcia - Valencia 29 - ancient ruins of a Roman viaduct near Valencia Road Murcia - Valencia 30  - Outskirts of Valencia Road Murcia - Valencia 31 - Outskirts of Valencia Road Murcia - Valencia 32 - Central Valencia