Cuenca and River Gorge

We´ll pick you up at your Accommodation or AVE Train Station

We enter the Medieval Town of Cuenca through the Old Castle Gate. From here we have a nice view over the Júcar River Gorge before we walk down to the old Prison of the Inquisition.

The amazing view over the Medieval Town from the Prision of the Inquisition is agood place to know about the construction of the famous Hanging Houses, the San Pablo Bridge and Convent.
We walk through the narrow street of Ronda Julián Romero to the Plaza Mayor, explaining the history of the most important buildings and the views of this Medieval Town.

We explain the most important building we find here: The Cathedral and the Town Hall.

We have to climb a short flight of steps to the Quarter of the old Alcázar. Arabs, Jews and Christians lived here,.. but what remains of the past? We speak about the history of the old buildings of this quarter. Some were palaces, … what happened with them? We observe the Torre de Mangana, but what´s was its original function before it was a clock tower?

From the old Alcázar we walk down to the Street Alfonso VIII. Why are the Houses painted with these red, oranges and yellow colors? And why has the Blue House an entry at the second floor?

We leave behind the beautiful colored houses to enter the interesting Quarter of the Hanging Houses. Here we obsere some very tall houses, but how should we call them? Skyscrapers, or…? We finish our Guided Walking Tour next to the most famous Houses of Cuenca and the San Pablo Bridge.

After the guided tour we ´ll drive you back to your accommodation or the Station.