Aldea del Rey

Location

Aldea del Rey is 30km from Ciudad Real, in the valley of the Jabalon River. From Ciudad Real take the CM-4111 directly to Aldea del Rey.

Tourist information

Aldea del Rey Town Hall
Plaza de España, 1
Phone: 926 866 910

Ciudad Real Tourism Office
Alarcos, 21
Phone: 926 200 037

How to get there

Road transport

On the hill known as Alacranejo rise up the imposing, proud and evocative ruins of the Sacred Convent of Calatrava la Nueva, declared a National Monument. Its origins go back to Calatrava la Vieja, which was abandoned because it was unhealthy, and at the time the construction of the Sacred Convent began alongside the natural passageway towards Andalusia and it became the See of the Order of Calatrava.

Opposite this castle-convent on another twin hill there are the ruins of the Castle of Salvatierra, in the lands of Calzada de Calatrava.

Within the town we can see the Palace of Clavería from the 16th century and belonging to the clavero, the custodian of the keys of the Convent of Calatrava.

Other religious constructions are the Church of San Jorge Mártir and the Hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Valle.

Special trips in Aldea del Rey

The Sacred Convent and Castle of Calatrava la Nueva, the Palace of Clavería from the 16th century, the Hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Valle from the 15th century, the Parish Church of San Jorge Mártir, the Flour factory from the 19th century, the Archaeological Deposits:’El Chiquero’, 'Vega de los Morales’, 'Barranco Blanco’, 'El Yezgo’, 'Terraza del Jabalón’, 'La Arenilla’, Yacimiento de la Higuera, and Baños del Barranco.