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ENCHANTED CITY

Although the name is misleading, do not expect to find tall buildings or ancient monuments, because this site is saved to show you the wonders of CuencA's nature. The Júcar River, as it passes between Uña and Villalba de la Sierra, forms a gigantic and impressive canyon ;n. It is here, almost 1,500m. of altitude, where nature has allowed itself one of those whims that always fill the traveler with amazement: The Enchanted City. The Enchanted City is a natural area that was declared in 1929 as a Natural Site of National Interest. It is currently included within the limits of the Parque Natural de la Serranía de Cuenca (PNSC), within the priority protection zones due to its exceptional geomorphological value, of international relevance. .

The amazement it arouses has caused numerous film makers to find their inspiration in this striking cinematic landscape, adorned by the silence of the mountain. A movie landscape through which artists of the stature of Sophia Loren, Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant, Oliver Stone, Arnold Schwarzenegger have passed. Here The karstic modeling has generated whimsical shapes in the rock that surprise the visitor. These geological phenomena, known worldwide, are rock formations sculpted by the action of water, wind and ice. An underwater landscape that hid the Jurassic Thetis Sea, predecessor of the Mediterranean. Its paths encourage you to walk through curious stone shapes that recall human figures, objects, animals, with a precision that is difficult to understand, until you reach a delirious city, a city that seems asleep by some type of mysterious spell.

CUENCA CITY

The City of Cuenca, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, is one of the cities with the most material and intangible wealth in Spain ;to. The Cuenca landscape is a city built on a tongue of land between the gorges of the Júcar and Huecar rivers, which They give an incomparable natural setting to an urbanism anchored in time. These gorges contain an immense historical heritage that is nestled between two precipices, a city immersed in the nature of thousands of years of geological morphology, little by little pierced by these rivers. ;os and that form stone structures that dwarf those who observe them.

The Cuenca heritage is a city that opens to the visitor as a perfect fusion between modern art and tradition. Essential for the traveler will be tour its old town, allowing yourself to get lost in the network of charming alleys that house everything from important examples of religious heritage such as churches, convents, seminaries in which you can breathe this deep-rooted tradition of worship of this city, to important museums such as the Abstract Art Museum or the Antonio Pérez Foundation or the Diocesan Museum, a good example of provincial sacred art where they are kept important works from the Romanesque to the present, highlighting paintings by Martín Gómez the Elder and El Greco.< /p>

A city of contrasts where modern and traditional coexist. The most impressive building in the city, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace, the first Gothic building in Spain built by order of Alfonso VIII. Its interior never ceases to surprise when observing a construction that stretches from the 12th century to the last Baroque chapels.

From the Cuenca Colgada everyone knows its Hanging Houses, an example of popular Cuenca architecture where its balconies invite you to observe simply the void, becoming the watchword of the city. As from its San Martín Skyscrapers, the first buildings with more than ten floors in the world. The Saint Paul Bridge, designed by the Eiffel school, becomes a walk for the daring and an adventure for the vertiginous, but it leaves everyone with the same feeling of being situated. in one of the best places in the city

The same sensation produced by sitting in the Castle Quarter from where the visitor can feel the city at their feet, as its viewpoints appear directly to a drop towards the sickles that seems to appear at the most unheard of depth.

Let's not forget the Cuenca flavor, this city is also made up of its unique flavors, its succulent foods and its traditional typical dishes . It is mandatory not to leave without trying their morteruelo, their ajoarriero, some gachas or a roast lamb, and dare —without first knowing what it is— They went to eat a zarajo, all accompanied by the local wines and finished off with a sweet made from honey and almonds, the alajú and a revitalizing resolí.

All these Basins, the Heritage Basin, the Landscape Basin, the Hanging Basin, the Sabor Basin, the Holy Basin… They make the visitor immerse themselves in endless sensations, emotions, memories... that everyone who contemplates it falls in love with such beauty, without a doubt:Cuenca is unique!

Short description

Tips, Lunch, Any service not specified in the “Included” section

Long description

We leave the center of Madrid at 8:30 accompanied by our tour guide heading to the Enchanted City. On the way we will make a brief stop at a restaurant where we will have time to go to the bathroom or have a coffee. Near our destination, we will make another brief stop at the Ventano del Diablo, a mythical viewpoint of the Hoces del Río Júcar, where we can see above our heads the impressive Grey Vulture.

In the Enchanted City we will take a walking tour with our guide, who will illustrate to us how it works. with all the information and anecdotes surrounding this magical walk. At the end of the visit our bus will pick us up. to take us to the Castle Neighborhood of Cuenca, where you will find different restaurants where you can have your lunch on your own. On the way we will enjoy beautiful panoramic views of the Valdecabras Valley and the Golf of the Júcar River upon arrival in Cuenca. Once we have had lunch we will take a comfortable walking tour, always downhill, that will take us to through the most emblematic corners and monuments of the Medieval town, through the door of the cathedral, under the Hanging Houses and across the Bridge of San Pablo, to the Parador de Cuenca, where they will pick us up again to leave back to Madrid, where our guide will leave you. at 20:00 in the Plaza del Conde de Casal

Included

-  The company reserves the right to cancel the tour if the total number of passengers does not reach 4

- Tour without lunch

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure time 100% cancellation fee up to 24 hours before departure

Not Included

 ? Transportation

? Native guide

? Tickets

? Guided tour of Medieval Cuenca

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