Albacete Travel Guide

 
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Ayuntamiento Viejo

Ayuntamiento Viejo, Albacete

 solopes Says:  City Hall is now located in a modern and large building standing beside the old and much more beautiful one, that is now used as the Municipal Museum. 

Lodares Passage

Lodares Passage, Albacete

 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. 

Cathedral

Cathedral, Albacete

 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,... 

Pasaje de Lodares

Pasaje de Lodares, Albacete

 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... 

Museo de la Cuchillería / Museum of Cutlery

Museo de la Cuchillería / Museum of Cutlery, Albacete

 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.-... 

Cathedral

Cathedral, Albacete

 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... 

Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden, Albacete

 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... 

Knife making museum

Knife making museum, Albacete

 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... 

Cervantes House

Cervantes House, Albacete

 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... 

Riopar Viejo

Riopar Viejo, Albacete

 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. 

A small water fall.

A small water fall., Albacete

 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. 

Nature

Nature, Albacete

 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. 

Hotels  

Santa Isabel Hotel

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Hotel Blu

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Hotels  

Casa del Aguila: A room in the Nature

Casa del Aguila: A room in the Nature, Albacete

 Hosell Says:  In Alabacete city you can find very good hotels.But in the area I show you on this page,I suggest you to stay in one of numerous Rural Houses(like bed and breakfast) that you can find here and also in some campings and wood cabbins located in the Riopar area and see the... 

Restaurants  

Los Choppos: Practical and good
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La Gineta - Spain

Located by the highway, in a village called La Gineta this large self-service was a very good solution for a good, quick and cheap buffet.

Updated Oct 2, 2012

Address: Autovia de Alicante, A-31, exits 55,56

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Relaxed Spanish city
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Favorite thing: A short bus ride from the busy beaches of Alicante and Benidorm, Albacete is one of the most non touristy places I have ever been. The only other non spaniards I saw there were, like myself, playing in a chess tournament.
The atmosphere in the city was relaxed and welcoming. It was extremely pleasant to spend evenings in the central square sipping a beer amoungst three generations of locals. I went in the 1st week of september and it was over 30 degrees every day. To sum the city up in one word,it was relaxed.
For those more interested in the chess, the open I played in was rather strong with 1/3 of the players titled. It is on every september and another is on in april. Details can be found on the usual sites.
I stayed in the Hotel Albacete 20Epps pn. It was fine. Ate in one v nice place, 22E for fillet steak with fois gras! Can't remember the name tho, srry. Tapas or supermarket salads most days for next to nothing, no tourist traps in Albacete as no tourists 8-).
I suggest you start a trend.

Written Jan 26, 2010

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