Ciudad Real (Province) - Ciudad Real (Provinz)

The province Ciudad Real located in Castile-La Mancha. It is surrounded by the provinces Toledo, Cuenca, Albacete, Jaén, Cordoba and Badajoz.

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Location of the province of Ciudad Real in Spain

General

The province lies in the plateau La Mancha between Montes de Toledo in the north and the Sierra Morena in the south. It has an area of ​​19,813 km² and 506,864 inhabitants (2006). Only one in eight lives in the provincial capital Ciudad Real. The others live in the 100 municipios (Villages). One of the largest wine-growing areas with 30,000 hectares Valdepeñas is in the province. The vineyards are located on southern slopes at an altitude of 700 m. Mountain ranges protect them from winds. The deep chalk soils store the water in the rather arid La Mancha. There are 35 wineries that produce 500,000 hectoliters of DO Valdepeñas wine. Common grape varieties are Cabernet Sauvignon (red wine), Tempranillo, Garnacha and Airen and Macabeo (white wine).

places

Map of Ciudad Real (province)
  • 1 Ciudad RealWebsite of this institutionCiudad Real in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageCiudad Real in the Wikipedia encyclopediaCiudad Real in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsCiudad Real (Q15093) in the Wikidata database
  • 2 PuertollanoWebsite of this institutionPuertollano in the Wikipedia encyclopediaPuertollano in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsPuertollano (Q215822) in the Wikidata database
  • 3 TomellosoWebsite of this institutionTomelloso in the Wikipedia encyclopediaTomelloso in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryTomelloso (Q820229) in the Wikidata database
  • 4 Alcazar de San JuanWebsite of this institutionAlcázar de San Juan in the Wikivoyage travel guide in another languageAlcázar de San Juan in the encyclopedia WikipediaAlcázar de San Juan in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsAlcázar de San Juan (Q679269) in the Wikidata database
  • 5 ValdepeñasWebsite of this institutionValdepeñas in the Wikivoyage travel guide in another languageValdepeñas in the Wikipedia encyclopediaValdepeñas in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsValdepeñas (Q898563) in the Wikidata database
  • 6 ManzanaresWebsite of this institutionManzanares in the Wikipedia encyclopediaManzanares in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsManzanares (Q1372697) in the Wikidata database
  • 7 DaimielWebsite of this institutionDaimiel in the Wikipedia encyclopediaDaimiel in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsDaimiel (Q1631261) in the Wikidata database
  • 8 La SolanaWebsite of this institutionLa Solana in the Wikipedia encyclopediaLa Solana in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryLa Solana (Q1607352) in the Wikidata database
  • 9 MiguelturraWebsite of this institutionMiguelturra in the encyclopedia WikipediaMiguelturra in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMiguelturra (Q1632172) in the Wikidata database
  • 10 Campo de CriptanaWebsite of this institutionCampo de Criptana in the Wikivoyage travel guide in another languageCampo de Criptana in the Wikipedia encyclopediaCampo de Criptana in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsCampo de Criptana (Q681080) in the Wikidata database
  • 11 SocuéllamosWebsite of this institutionSocuéllamos in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSocuéllamos in the Wikimedia Commons media directorySocuéllamos (Q1614556) in the Wikidata database
  • 12 Bolaños de CalatravaWebsite of this institutionBolaños de Calatrava in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBolaños de Calatrava in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryBolaños de Calatrava (Q1613546) in the Wikidata database
  • 13 AlmagroWebsite of this institutionAlmagro in the Wikipedia encyclopediaAlmagro in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsAlmagro (Q752280) in the Wikidata database

Other goals

  • Parque nacional de las Tablas de Daimiel. The national park is one of the last wetlands in the Mancha and is located northwest of the city of Ciudad Real.
  • Parque Nacional de Cabañeros. In the Montes de Toledo, partly in the province of Toledo.

background

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getting there

mobility

Tourist Attractions

  • Almadén. A place in the southwest of the province. In its vicinity there were and are rich deposits of vermilion. This mineral was mined here for over 2000 years. From this mercury was extracted, with the help of which gold and silver were extracted from the ores. The mine was only closed in 2003 for reasons of profitability. Part of it serves as a mercury deposit. The Almadén mines have been a World Heritage Site since 2012. The Parque Minero de Almadén can be visited.

activities

The more important towns on the La Ruta de Don Quixote run in the province.

kitchen

nightlife

security

climate

literature

Web links

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