Location

13km from Guadalajara and 60km from Madrid. 5 kilometres from the AVE railway station (Guadalajara-Yebes) 30 minutes from Entrepeñas reservoir.

Tourist information

Town hall telephone number: (+34) 949 290 001

Guadalajara Tourism Office
Plz. de los Caidos, 6
Guadalajara
(+34) 949 211 626
turismoguadalajara@hotmail.com

How to get there

Road transport

Horche enjoyed a time of development in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Its urban layout in those centuries has been preserved to this day. Hundred-year-old doors, forged gates, rustic wooden columns crowned with shoe-shaped capitals in arcades can be seen in the town’s streets.

Streets with arcades and the Town Hall together with the Plaza Mayor (Main Square), in which the town hall stands, are clear examples of the architecture of Castile and La Alcarria. The main façade of the 19th-century Town Hall has low arcades and a long balcony. This type of house can be found in the town districts of Albaicín and Las Flores.

Art & Monuments:
• 15th-century Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Our Lady of the Assumption)
• 16th-century Chapel of la Asunción (Assumption)
• 12th-century Chapel of San Sebastián (Saint Sebastian) - Initially, until the 15th century, it was a church.
• 16th-century Chapel of San Isidro (Saint Isidore)
• Chapel of San Roque (Saint Roque)
• Remains of the village of “La Malena”
• Former Franciscan Convent (17th century)
• Municipal Archive and Library

Traditional Festivities:
• Bonfires of the Purísima (Night of the 7th December)
• Feria “Chica” (Small Fair) (12th October)
• Patron Saint Festivities for the Vírgen de la Soledad (Virgin of Solitude) (8th September): Religious celebrations, bullfights and street dances
• “Voto de la Villa” (The Town Vow) (3rd Sunday in May) Mass, procession and blessing of fields

Nature sites:
• La Fuensanta.- Grove, fountain and picnic area
Monte de la Sierra, in the vicinity of the River Ungría

Flora and Fauna:
• Small game.
• Characteristics of La Alcarria