Valdepeñas Travel Guide

 Elisabcn Says:  You can find this interesting museum in the former winery of Leocadio Morales. It was one of those wineries that lived the Valdepeñas Wine’s peak at the beginning of the last century. This museum shows all the history, tradition and marketing (picture 3) of the DO Valdepeñas... 

 Elisabcn Says:  The church built by the Orden de Calatrava has an only nave. Inside was started in Gothic style (XIIIth century) and finished in Renaissance style. Inside the proportions are strange because this structure was at the beginning a kind of fortress. Vaults are simple but... 

 Elisabcn Says:  This smiling square is the center of life in Valdepeñas. Here you can find the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (XIII century), the town hall etc. It has a nice architecture with its typical white and blue houses with arcades (pitures 2-3). In the past this square was... 

 Elisabcn Says:  It’s impossible to talk about Valdepeñas without talking about its wine! We already find vestiges of the grapevine in this region in the Iberian city of Cerro de las Cabezas, inhabited between the 7th and 2nd centuries BC. During Middle Ages the area was part of the Moorish... 

 Elisabcn Says:  If Egypt has Sphinx Avenues, Valdepeñas has the Tinajas (earthenware jars) Avenue! This avenue is one of the entrances/exits to the city and is full of jars. The "tinajas" were the recipients used to ware and transport the wine. In fact nowadays the tinajas are like a... 

 Elisabcn Says:  Not the nicest picture but I think that it is the best one to start. On the Valdepeñas coat of arms you can see different things: *A wine barrel as Valdepeñas is especially known for its wine production. We already find vestiges of the grapevine in this region in the Iberian... 

 Aitana Says:  Villanueva de los Infantes is a municipality not far from Valdepeñas, in the region called Campo de Montiel. As it is not in the list VT places, I have to write a tip instead a page.It has been signed by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid as "El Lugar de La Mancha" (The... 

 Aitana Says:  An old cave houses this museum. The cave was built in 1901 and it worked for over 70 years. The different parts of the cave can be visited and there are exhibitions of tillage tools and machinery for viticulture. 

 Elisabcn Says:  No matter if we are on Monday or Saturday, when the evening arrives everybody goes to enjoy some wine and tapas!Wineries around Plaza España are always full at night, this is why Valdepeñas is a very smiling city :-)Choose your winery, go into it and take a seat with your... 

 Elisabcn Says:  The Tiznao is a typical dish in the province of Ciudad Real. The main ingredient is the salted cod mixed with some other vegetables: potatoes, red peppers, garlic, onion and paprika. You eat the Tiznao usually as a starter, on bread toasts. 

 Elisabcn Says:  In Valdepeñas people use wine for everything, even for desserts! This is a typical dessert of the city, similar to quince jelly. The main ingredient is the “mosto” (grape juice) and you also use a kind of flour, cinnamon and lemon peel. If you mix all these ingredients you... 

 Elisabcn Says:  This is one beautiful excursion to do at just half an hour by car from Valdepeñas. This palace built for the Marqués de Santa Cruz hosts today the Spanish Army archives. Santa Cruz family rents the palace to them for one old peseta per year. But why the Army archives are...