Albacete Travel Guide

 solopes Says:  I didn't appreciate Albacete too much - Cervantes house for emotional reasons, this passage for aesthetic ones and... what else?I didn't check the use of this commercial passage, but it is really beautiful. 

 solopes Says:  The original Mudejar church from the 16th century was completely replaced by a new one, built along five centuries, only being finished in 2009. The vault was Gothic in the 17th, Baroque in the 18th, and Civil War piled some of its treasures. The final work was the facade,... 

 Aitana Says:  This passage is one of the two only galleries of this sort that exist in Spain. It joins Calle Mayor and Calle del Tinte. The gallery was designed in 1925 by Buenaventura Ferrando Castells.The walkway consist of a corridor of arches among pairs of columns. The passage is... 

 Aitana Says:  This museum is in a building called Casa de Hortelano. The owner decided to modernize the façade of the house in the early 20th century.The museum shows:- Archaeological objects from the Iron, Roman and Visigoth Ages.- Historical and geographical evolution of cutlery.-... 

 Aitana Says:  The Cathedral was built in the 16th century in Renaissance style, replacing a previous Gothic style church. Several styles coexist: the front door is neo-Romanesque, the western façade imitates neo-Gothic, and there are also pointed arches and a rose window in the front.The... 

 Aitana Says:  The botanical garden of Castilla-La Mancha is located southwest of the city of Albacete, near the University. It was founded by the regional government, the Universidad de Castilla-la Mancha (UCLM), the Municipality of Albacete and the Provincial Council.Different research... 

 solopes Says:  One of the most interesting buildings in Albacete is the palace called Casa de Hortelano, that houses the museum of knife production. The house was built in 1912 by a local architect, Daniel Rubio, but the owner, Joaquin Hortelano didn't use it for too long - it became, the... 

 solopes Says:  I was surprised by a small old house in the center of Albacete. There should be a reason to keep it, but, without a guide, I had to ask a local. And they really had great reasons to preserve it - it is Cervantes house, where most of D. Quixote de La Mancha was written.Good... 

 Hosell Says:  This is a picture taken in the old city of the village of Riopar.Around of the village you can find a lots of campings and bed and breakfast , nice places to stay in the nature. 

 Hosell Says:  This is another picture taken in Los Chorros here you can see the water fall.Some campings around this area, are just open during spring,and summer seasons,in winter some of them are closed. 

 Hosell Says:  Close to Riopar,you can see this beautiful place: Los Chorros,here start the river Mundo,and are located in Sierra de Alcaraz,close to Jaen province.