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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 stops close by.


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Nearby Cuenca attractions

1. Fundación Antonio Pérez

0.16 MILES

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…

2. Espacio Torner

0.2 MILES

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

3. Catedral de Cuenca

0.33 MILES

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…

4. Casas Colgadas

0.35 MILES

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

6. Museo Diocesano

0.35 MILES

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

7. Museo de Cuenca

0.35 MILES

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…

8. Cerro del Socorro

0.43 MILES

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…