Must-see attractions in Cuenca

  • The Casas Colgadas, Hanging Houses in the medieval town of Cuenca, Castilla La Mancha, Spain.

    Casas Colgadas

    Cuenca

    The most striking element of medieval Cuenca, the casas colgadas (hanging houses) jut out precariously over the steep defile of Río Huécar. Dating from…

  • Museo de Arte Abstracto Español

    Cuenca

    From the outside, they look as if they’ve been sawn off from some high-altitude Tibetan temple, but, from the inside, Cuenca’s famous casas colgadas …

  • The cathedral of Cuenca, Spain.

    Catedral de Cuenca

    Cuenca

    Luring visitors in with its impressive old-looking facade (it was actually cleverly rebuilt in neo-Gothic style in 1902), Cuneca’s cathedral is well worth…

  • Museo de Cuenca

    Cuenca

    The city’s history museum is comprehensive, but heavily weighted towards the pre-medieval age. The story kicks off in the Bronze Age, but the real scoop…

  • Fundación Antonio Pérez

    Cuenca

    This huge modern-art gallery in the labyrinthine ex–Convento de las Carmelitas is a typical Cuenca synthesis of old and new. Stuffed with exhibits that…

  • Túnel Calderón de la Barca

    Cuenca

    A mole hill of tunnels lies under Cuenca's old town. Over time they have served multiple purposes as aqueducts, crypts and, most recently, air-raid…

  • Museo de la Semana Santa

    Cuenca

    This museum is the next best thing to experiencing one of Spain's most spine-tingling Semana Santa parades first­hand. Spread over two floors, the…

  • Museo de las Ciencias

    Cuenca

    This family-friendly science museum should pacify kids who are bored with churches and monasteries. While not large, it has well-presented interactive…

  • Torre de Mangana

    Cuenca

    The Torre de Mangana, near Plaza Mangana, is the last remnant of a fortress that was built by Cuenca's Muslim rulers. It is all that remains of Cuenca's…

  • Cerro del Socorro

    Cuenca

    This hill across the Río Huécar gorge from Cuenca's old town is crowned by a giant statue of Christ, which is illuminated at night. A 2km trail marked by…

  • Museo Diocesano

    Cuenca

    Among the usual profusion of religious relics and pious paintings reside some metaphorical rays of light, including faded Flemish tapestries, a couple of…

  • Mirador Barrio del Castillo

    Cuenca

    Climb to the top of the old town for this fine viewpoint over Cuenca and its plunging gorges. You can also catch bus number 2 from the new town which…

  • Espacio Torner

    Cuenca

    In the atmospheric interior of a late-Gothic convent, some 40 works by the great abstract painter Gustavo Torner are on display.

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