Almadén

Location

Almaden is located 105km away from the city of Ciudad Real, 125km from Cordoba, 200km from Toledo, 250km from Badajoz, and 313km from Madrid.

Tourist information

Almaden Town Hall
Plaza Constitución, 1
Phone: 926 710 052

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

How to get there

Road transport

Nature was very generous with Almaden when it bestowed it with the largest mercury deposit known to date. It is estimated that Almaden has produced approximately one third of the mercury consumed by mankind, having extracted from the mine around seven and a half million flasks.

The Mine Park of Almaden is a cultural, educational and tourist place where visitors can enjoy the magnificent scientific, industrial and technological heritage of some of the oldest ruins in the world.

The Bullring de Almaden is the only hexagonal bullring in the world, declared a Historic and Artistic Monument. It is currently a quaint hotel.

Special trips in Almadén

The Mine Park, the Hospital of Miners of San Rafael, the Monument to the Miner in the Ruins of the Castle of Retamar, the Church of San Sebastián, the Church of San Juan, the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Estrella, the Hermitage of Fatima, the Gate of Charles IV, the Mining Academy, the House of the Inquisitor, and the Bullring.