For your visit to the Spanish city of Cuenca, you will hardly find a better place to stay than the Hostal Buenavista, which is ideal for both leisure and business guests, and perfect for touring this historic city. Offering non-smoking rooms, all with internet access, air-con, and TV, the Buenavista also has outdoor swimming pool, disabled facilities, twenty four hour reception and room service, and a choice of recreational and leisure facilities. Located in the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain, Cuenca is one of the most highly visited cities in the region, seconded only by the magnificent Toledo, one of the finest cities in Europe. Popular as a day trip destination from Madrid, Cuenca will not disappoint those who choose to visit, whether it be to see the 12th century cathedral or the ruined Moorish castle. Rooms in the Hostal Buenavista are offered from just 52 euros per night (£43), for a great value stay in Cuenca. If you wish to get to the city from outside of Spain, you will need to use Madrid airport from where you can get a transfer, bus, train or even hire a car in order to travel the 130km to Cuenca. Madrid airport is of course served by most of the main United Kingdom airports, so getting a cheapish flight there should be easy. An alternative airport that you could use for Cuenca, is Albacete, which is about 50 kilometres away. To reach Cuenca by road you can use the A-40 from Madrid or other roads if you are travelling from a different direction.
September 10, 2010
August 29, 2010
Hotel la Vida de Antes Consuegra
Offering comfortable accommodation in the town of Consuegra in the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain, the Hotel la Vida de Antes is handily situated near to the main town square, and close to local facilities and attractions. Housed in a 19th century mansion, this charming hotel offers dining room, reading lounge, café/bar, terrace, meeting room, free wireless internet access etc. Consuegra is famous for its castle and row of traditional windmills which stand on a hill above the town, making it one of the most photogenic places in the Castilla-La Mancha region, the windmills all have names and are used for such things as the tourist information office for the town, some are still in working order. Consuegra lies to the south-east of Toledo and Madrid and is a popular day excursion for visitors to both cities, but if you prefer to stay overnight then the Hotel la Vide de Antes could be the ideal stopping off point for you with rooms offered from around 67 euros per night. Consuegra can be accessed via the CM-42, it is around 136km from Spain’s capital city, Madrid.
August 7, 2010
The TRH Almagro Hotel Castilla-La Mancha
If you are touring around the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain, then a couple of the towns that you are most likely to visit are Toledo and Almagro. While Toledo is of course known to everyone, Almagro may be a place that not many have heard of. Over the centuries often playing second fiddle to Ciudad Real, Almagro is now perhaps a more interesting place to visit, its major attraction being the Corral de las Comedias, an outdoor theatre, holding performances of classic Spanish plays from long ago. If you choose to stay in Almagro, then you will need to find a decent hotel and a good choice would be the TRH Almagro Hotel which offers a good standard of accommodation at a reasonable price, with rooms available from just 29 euros (£24) per night. All of its 49 rooms have air-con, TV, bathroom etc, so why not choose the TRH Almagro for your stay in the town. Almagro is located about 106 kilometres from Toledo and just twenty kilometres east of Ciudad Real, in the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain’s interior. Castilla-La Mancha Map.
August 6, 2010
Castilla-La Mancha Spain
A region immortalized by Spanish author Miguel Cervantes, Castilla-La Mancha was previously known as Castilla Nueva (New Castille), and comprises vast treeless plains, scenic mountain ranges, historic cities and two National Parks.
The best known city in the region is Toledo, the seat of the Catholic church in Spain for many centuries, after it was captured from the Moors in the 11th century. In Toledo you will find lots to see and do, with must visit places including the cathedral and the Alcazar (Charles V’s fortified palace).
Other interesting towns and cities which are worth seeing are Cuenca, Almagro, Consuegra, Albacete, Valdepeñas and Guadalajara. If you enjoy visiting castles, then Castilla-La Mancha could be just the place for you, with virtually any town of any consequence having an ancient fortification of some kind or another, this being the scene of much conflict between Christians and Moors in the early part of the Reconquest.
Castilla-La Mancha also has the largest expanse of vineyards in the world, producing huge amounts of red wine for both domestic consumption and export.