Chinchilla de Montearagón
The town of Chinchilla is among the oldest of the province of Albacete, a jewel of the Middle Ages almost fully preserved. It is a town raised upon a rocky hill that sticks out across the plain and it preserves a series of buildings that testify to its ancient and important past.
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Location
Chinchilla de Montearagón is just 13km away from the city of Albacete, 269km from Madrid, 171km from Valencia, 169km from Alicante and 153km from Murcia.
- Tourist information
- Chinchilla de Montearagón Tourism Office
Fernando Nuñez Robres, 1
Phone: +34 967 261 107
Albacete Tourism Office
Tinte, 2
Phone: +34 967 580 522
- How to get there
- Road transport
Chinchilla Montearagón preserves the beauty of its medieval street network, its houses dominated by the imposing shadow of the castle that watches over the plain.
Chinchilla is considered an Historical Artistic Site. Historic stone manors with coats of arms, testimony to the hidalgos (Spanish noblemen of the lowest grade) who lived in them in centuries past. Part of the population live in caves carved out of the side of the hill with picks.
Their Semana Santa (Holy Week leading up to Easter Sunday), declared to be of Regional Cultural Interest, originated in 1586. The Classical Theatre Festival: Chinchilla, which takes place in July, enjoys great fame and prestige.
- Special trips in Chinchilla de Montearagón
- The Castle, Santa María del Salvador's Church, the Casa Consistorial (Town Hall), Santo Domingo's Convent, Calle Obra Pía Palace, Núñez Cortés Palace, the Cuevas del Agujero quarter and the Nacional Ceramics Museum that testifies to the grand pottery tradition in the area.
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Tourism Information Office
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Talavera de la Reina Tourist Information Office
Palenque, 2
Talavera de la Reina
(Toledo)
Tel. 925 826 322
Fax 925 806 614
