Xativa

Xativa/Jativa, once the Province of Valencia,s Capital City, is steeped in history, yet its boulevards with lush trees provide a natural canopy for the numerous fashionable shops, cafes and bars. The town not only has a historic old town of quaint houses and cobbled streets but a large cosmopolitan area of pavement cafes, bars and restaurants.

 Wander the streets, plazas and parks of Xativa/Jativa and you will discover an array of places of interest on almost every corner such as museums, theatres medieval churches and municipal buildings as well as aristocratic palaces and ancestral homes, with fresco paintings in the patios, gardens and stone fountains (Xativa/Jativa is said to have a  thousand fountains!).

Birthplace of the painter José De Ribera, also known as El Españoleto, two Popes from the Borja Dynasty and the site of Europe’s first ever paper mill in the XI century,  Xativa/Jativa firmly marks its place in the history books.
The star of Xativa/Jativa’s historical monuments, however, has to be its Castle, overlooking the town and set on top of the Sierra Del Castillo. The whole area is declared as being of cultural interest because it shelters abundant remains of Iberian, Roman, Visigoth and Arabic settlements as well as the walls and towers that lead down from the Castle to the town.

There is a wide ranging array of property in and around Xativa/Jativa. The countryside around Xativa/Jativa is breathtaking. Take a drive through the surrounding villages of Enguera, Chella and Anna, to name just three of this area’s wonderful little Spanish villages. Rural property in is becoming more and more popular with buyers from all over the world, especially from the .