The 10 Best Sights & Landmarks in Province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha

September 2, 2021 Cedrick Jardin

The province of Ciudad Real (pronounced [θjuˈðað reˈal]; English: Royal City) is a province in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of Cuenca, Albacete, Jaén, Córdoba, Badajoz, and Toledo. It is partly located in the old natural region of La Mancha. Its capital is Ciudad Real. It is the third largest province by area in all of Spain, after Cáceres and Badajoz. The historic comarca Campo de Calatrava is located in the center of the province.
Restaurants in Province of Ciudad Real

1. Parque Minero de Almaden

Cerco de San Teodoro s/n, 13400 Almaden Spain +34 926 26 50 02 [email protected] http://www.parqueminerodealmaden.es/
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4.5 based on 275 reviews

Parque Minero de Almaden

The visit of the Almaden Minining Park starts with surface mining facilities in the Visitor Center and continues through the old workshops and “San Aquilino” and “San Teodoro” shafts. Before the tour along the underground passages the visitors will visit the Mining Interpretation Centre, which will bring prior essential knowledge on the historical performance to the mining.The tour inside the mine is carried down the “San Teodoro” shaft to the 1st floor, 50 meters in depth, in a cage of mine. The walking tour is conducted by a real mine exploited in the XVI and XVII centuries, according to the real conditions of the mining practice: helmet, apparent lack of modern lighting, lighting support with individual lamps.The exit to surface is carried out by a carriage train enabled for public transport, following the visit to outdoor facilities, furnaces “Aludeles” from XVII century, “Carlos IV” gate, “Carros” gate with its paved road and “tejeras” furnace, then moving on to the Mercury museum where the visitors will find halls dedicated to the local geology and paleontology, interactive experiments in physics and chemistry of mercury, the history of this metal metallurgy and shipping to America.The visit will finish with the visitors coming back in electric passenger minibuses to the Visitor Centre, where they can get many souvenirs related to the visit and others catering facilities, toilets, information, etc.Almadén Mining Park includes major spanish properties inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List under the name of HERITAGE OF MERCURY. ALMADÉN AND IDRIJA

Reviewed By mercury_miner

This is a fantastic cultural site and wonderful village. Descend into one of the world's greatest mines and walk mining galleries that are ancient. Ride a lift down a great mining shaft that is hundreds of years old. Visit various aspects of the mine and town and tour wonderful interpretive displays of mining and social systems both ancient and modern. The directors and operators of the park work very hard to make sure there is something for all interests. The mining buff will love the mine and its equipment, the historian will love the artifacts and exhibits, children are fascinated by the mercury displays that allow the liquid metal to be manipulated in different ways, sociologists will be fascinated by the human history, and environmentalists will marvel at how the largest mine in the world was cleaned up and converted to a premier interpretive center for visitors. Arriving at the first level, 150 feet below ground, the visitor walks through workings old and new and sees first hand how the ore occurs and was mined since prehistoric times. A short train ride on a real electric mining locomotive and cars for worker transport then takes the visitor back to the surface plant. Up top, there are many different themes of visitor exhibits and places to see, including the main operations of the mine, the mining hospital, the world-class technical and mining university, the old mine prison, the town, and the interesting and unusual six-sided bull ring. Restaurants and accommodations are plentiful in the town. We stayed at the Hotel Condes Fucares, which is very old and a wonderful experience sleeping in an ancient house built by Franciscan friars and then taken over and formerly used as a main residence by the famous and powerful House of Fuggar banking family. Our hosts served home-style breakfast for us and we lived like royalty. For lunch and dinner we dined at Restaurante El Cordobes, and it was fantastic. Again, we lived like royalty and dined on wonderful meats, cheeses, and vegetables, and drank fantastic Spanish wines. Almaden is a must see for anyone visiting Spain.

2. Iglesia de Santiago

Calle Camino de Santiago 1, 13005 Ciudad Real Spain
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4.5 based on 58 reviews

Iglesia de Santiago

3. Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro

Calle General Rey 1, 13001 Ciudad Real Spain +34 926 22 11 15 [email protected] http://www.parroquiasanpedro.com/
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4.5 based on 125 reviews

Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro

4. Mulini a Vento

Campo de Criptana Spain +34 926 56 22 31 http://www.tierradegigantes.es
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4.5 based on 465 reviews

Mulini a Vento

5. Yacimiento Ibero Cerro de las Cabezas

Cm-3157 Justo a la salida de la carretera de Andalucía, Valdepenas Spain +34 926 31 16 60 http://www.valdepenas.es
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Yacimiento Ibero Cerro de las Cabezas

6. Plaza Mayor de Almagro

Plaza Mayor, 13270 Almagro Spain +34 630 59 34 25 http://www.almagromonumental.com
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Plaza Mayor de Almagro

Reviewed By Franarucas - Las Rozas, Spain

Almagro was for a long time the second city in importance of La Mancha after Toledo, this is the vestige of this elegant arcaded main square, wide and surrounded by the main monuments of the city such as the town hall, the lace museum and the best comedy corral preserved today, the square opens with a monument to Diego de Almagro, who participated in the conquest of Peru and was the first to reach the lands that today form Bolivia and Chile, around the square there are a multitude of terraces to enjoy agape while enjoying its view and the people who walk, under the arcades there are several stores that offer one of the main products of the city, the lace, and many others that sell typical products of the land such as the cheeses and wines of La Mancha and the eggplants of Almagro, take your time to enjoy this outdoor munument

7. Queseria Artesanal Quesos Valverde y Castillo de Penarroya

Calle de los Pasos 56, 13710 Argamasilla de Alba Spain +34 677 59 03 75 [email protected]
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Queseria Artesanal Quesos Valverde y Castillo de Penarroya

8. El Palacio del Marques de Santa Cruz

Plaza Pradillo 12, 13770 Viso del Marques Spain +34 926 33 67 43 http://www.portalcultura.mde.es/cultural/archivos/castillaLaMancha/archivo_1095.html
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4.5 based on 137 reviews

El Palacio del Marques de Santa Cruz

9. Plaza Mayor

Plaza Mayor, 13320 Villanueva de los Infantes Spain +34 926 36 13 21
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Plaza Mayor

10. Teatro Municipal de Almagro

Calle San Agustin s/n., 13270 Almagro Spain +34 926 86 15 39 http://www.ciudad-almagro.com/donde/1328709351/Teatro-Municipal
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4.5 based on 221 reviews

Teatro Municipal de Almagro

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