点评:Coca Castle was another Gothic Mudejar brick extravaganza, again built in the 15th century, and only a 30 minute drive away from La Mota. There is a large carpark in front of the castle and entry to the castle was €3. Once we got inside we saw that we only had 30 minutes before they closed for lunch (1PM - 4PM) so we did a whirlwind tour of the keep and rooftop before taking our time exploring the outer baily and then doing a circuit outside the walls. This castle was even more ornate than La Mota but was also very overgrown on the battlements and the route through the keep started with climbing four flights of a dilapadated spiral staircase, not Deb's favourite thing! Mum and I went on ahead , leaving Deb to go at her own pace. The rooftop battlement views were just awesome and the rooms had lots of frescoed decoration.
We spent about another 30 minutes walking around the interior of the walls and then Mum and Deb went to find a cafe and I did a circuit of the castle exterior. Like La Mota the castle walls appear deceptively low as the moat is barely visible until up close and is on low lying ground rather than a hill. The restoration gives you a chance to see the castle as it was in its heyday, rather than being a crumbling pile of authentic bricks.
翻译:科卡城堡是另一座建于15世纪的哥特式穆德哈尔砖砌建筑,距离拉莫塔仅30分钟车程。城堡前有一个大型停车场,门票3欧元。进城堡后,我们发现城堡午休时间(下午1点至4点)只有30分钟,于是我们快速游览了主楼和屋顶,然后慢慢探索了外城,最后绕城墙走了一圈。这座城堡比拉莫塔更加华丽,但城垛上也杂草丛生,穿过主楼的路线始于攀登四段破旧的螺旋楼梯,这可不是黛布最喜欢的!我和妈妈先走了,让黛布自己决定。屋顶城垛的景色美极了,房间里有很多壁画装饰。
我们又花了大约30分钟在城墙内部走了一圈,然后妈妈和黛布去找了一家咖啡馆,我则绕着城堡外部走了一圈。和拉莫塔城堡一样,城堡的城墙看起来很低,因为护城河不近身几乎看不见,而且它建在低洼地带而不是山坡上。修复工程让你有机会看到城堡鼎盛时期的面貌,而不是一堆摇摇欲坠的砖块。