Location

It is located 98km away from Ciudad Real capital. The village is accessed using road N-420 from Montoro (Córdoba) or Puertollano (Ciudad Real).

Tourist information

Town Council
Plaza España, 5
Phone: 926 470 001

Oficina de Turismo de Ciudad Real (Ciudad Real Tourism Office)
Alarcos, 21
Phone: 926 200 037

How to get there

Road transport

Although the Fuencaliente area has been populated since pre-historical times, the village was born thanks to a thermal water spring that jets forth from beneath the Church. A hermitage was built at the location of the spring and this was the basis of the current village.

Human settlements in this area were first recorded in the Copper Age, the period that cave paintings on the rocky walls surrounding the village date back to. Roman and Arab remains are proof that these peoples already knew about the mineral and medicine properties of the village’s waters. The village dates back to medieval times, and its origin is linked to the "Reconquest", when Christians re-captured the Iberian Peninsula from the Arabs.

We can highlight its thermal baths, located in a beautiful place, with leafy trees and a large surface of pine trees. This area is known as the "Paraíso de los Monteros (Rider’s Paradise)", due to its abundant game and beautiful landscapes and the rugged peaks of the surrounding mountains, that are a unique spectacle.

Special trips in Fuencaliente

The Virgen de los Baños Church, the thermal springs and spas, the rock paintings on the rocky hillsides in the surroundings, such as those found at Peña Escrita and La Batanera, among other locations, the River Cereceda, a beautiful walk for hikers, where Cervantes set the scene of the "Batán Adventure" in the first part of Don Quixote.