Cuenca Travel Guide

 solopes Says:  Located outside the historic centre, this church from the 16Th century, also known as San Anton church, is owned by the city council. It has two different facades, one of the Plateresque, and Rococo decorations inside. 

 solopes Says:  Strolling along S. Pedro street is a very good experience - the old city is around you, with typical houses and gardens, with many monuments nearby. There´s no way to miss it, if you walk from Plaza Mayor to the castle. 

 solopes Says:  The castle of Cuenca is a city inside the city. There's not much to see in the remains of the original Arab fortress, but the whole is nice and allows splendid views over the city, the Huecar valley and the hanging houses. 

 solopes Says:  There's no reference about this old tower destroyed in the 19Th century during the battle against Napoleon's soldiers, and rebuilt in 1926. It has now a Mudejar style (maybe because of its Moorish origins), and suffered a final adding in 1968 to get a fortress look. 

 solopes Says:  The image of Cuenca is given by the "casas colgadas", a rank of old houses atop the edge of the canyon carved by Huecar river. Nowadays they are, obviously tourist attraction, housing a museum and a restaurant. They may be seen from several angles, the best being St. Pablo... 

 breughel Says:  The bridge of San Pablo joins the old city at the vaulted alley next to the "hanging houses" with the other bank of the Huecar and the monastery of San Pablo, presently the Parador. This metallic footbridge of 100 m length, about 50 m height, is certainly one of the tourist... 

 breughel Says:  When staying at the Parador we wondered why this former Dominican monastery of San Pablo had been built on this spot outside the town of Cuenca on the other side of the ravine. According to the Parador organisation the only thing to be certain is that the canon Juan del Pozo... 

 solopes Says:  In the low part of the city, the river is cool spot, nice for resting or water sports. There's an artificial beach, but I think that bathing is not the main use of the river. The landscape is nice, with dramatic cliffs, some of them with hanging houses behind the vegetation. 

 solopes Says:  Far from the sea, Cuenca used Jucar river to create an artificial beach. The space is small, but a clever solution was used to collect clothes and belongings at the entrance and storing them out of the beach. It seems to work! 

 solopes Says:  Alfonso VII of Castilla conquered Cuenca from the moors and the mosque was, as usually, transformed in a christian church. Influenced by the Normand (the Spanish queen. Leonor Plantagenet, was daughter of the English king) it was built in first french Gothic, but the facade... 

 3 Reviews and 50 Opinions  Comfortable, well located, large rooms. The hotel is in the city center, in front of Parque de San... 

 breughel Says:  We had several times lunch here at the bar or on the terrace. Good "racion's" and tapas of typical regional dishes with a local wine of the Mancha.There is a restaurant room "comedor" in the back which we didn't try.It is useful to understand and speak some Spanish in this... 

 DSwede Says:  Who says that just because you don't know the language you don't know what people are saying?! They are staying 'we have a good healthy sense of humor'... that's one thing I've found from walking around the streets of Cuenca.This particular find is on the top of the old... 

 DSwede Says:  There are countless trails around Cuenca. They are more commonly accessed as I mentioned below. They are open year round, at all hours of the day, so use them as you wish.The days can be hot and the trails dry at times, so bring water. But also being in the hills, watch out...