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Fourteenth-century hilltop castle with fine mountain views, west of Talavera de la
Reina.
4 BELMONTE
Textbook turreted castle with sweeping views in Castilla La Mancha; Don Quijote
once paid a visit.
MANOLO DE LA OSA €€
( 969 21 95 12; Calle Río Gritos 5, Cerro Molina; meals €40-50)
Following the suc-
cess of his flagship Las Rejas restaurant in nearby Las Pedroñeras, celebrated chef
Manuel de la Osa has opened up this superb restaurant. Osa creates unique dishes
using traditional local ingredients, like red partridge salad with butter beans and
oyster mushrooms.
Sophisticated Traditional
MESÓN CASAS COLGADAS €€
( 969 22 35 52; Calle de Los Canónigos 3; meals €25-35, menú €27)
Housed in
one of the
casas colgadas,
Cuenca's gourmet pride and joy fuses an amazing loca-
tion with delicious traditional food, such as venison stew and the quaintly translated
boned little pork hands stew
(pig-trotter stew).
Sophisticated Traditional
Information
Main tourist office
(
www.aytocuenca.org
,
in Spanish; Plaza Mayor; 9am-9pm Mon-Sat,
9am-2.30pm Sun)
Has a handy free booklet:
7 Paseos por Cuenca
(seven walking itineraries
covering the city sights).
Tourist office
(Plaza Hispanidad; 10am-2pm & 5-8pm Mon-Thu, 10am-8pm Fri-Sun)
There's a second slightly smaller office in the new town.
Getting There & Away
The train and bus stations are located almost across from each other, southwest of
Calle de Fermin Caballero.
BUS
Services include up to seven buses daily to Madrid (€13.48, two hours).
TRAIN
Trains to Madrid's Atocha station (€11.75, 2½ hours) depart six times a day
on weekdays and four times a day on weekends.
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