Casa Rural La Bodega

Among the pine and oak forests in the mountains of the Sierra de Alcaraz, Sierra Morena and the Sierras de Segura and Cazorla , and the passage of the Ríos Mesta And Escorial , is the municipality of Alcaraz , in the province of albacete , which extends around 1861km2 and is composed of up to 17 municipalities, among which are bie observida, villapalacios, riopar And Alcazar, that also has some districts , as is the case of Canalja .

In recent years, due to the abrupt character of the relief , which hinders the communications , and the difficulty of subsisting with a traditional agriculture , Alcaraz has suffered a tremendous depopulation, leaving its number of inhabitants reduced to more than the Half between the 1950 to 1986. Historical and cultural value attract hundreds of tourists, who discover in them the perfect place to spend some great holidays noise from the noise and stress of the routine of large cities.
Numerous noble families decided, in their day, to set their residences in Alcaraz, which is why today you can visit beautiful buildings such as the Galiano Casa , where the artist Andrés de Vandelvira , or the house of the Warriors , with a beautiful Renaissance porch .

As for religious temples , the churches of San Miguel and the Holy Trinity are found in the town, but, without a doubt, one of the things that most call the most ATTENTION IS THE Alhorí Puerta, or Customs , built in 1540 , with the expression "horror vacui" , embodied by Andrés de Vandelvira . Precisely he was the author of the Torre del Tardón , located in the Plaza Mayor.

This was declared historical-artistic monument in 1945, and is also known as Constitution Square. regatería, Santo Domingo and Alhorí, in addition to the arc of Shoe store , through which you reach the ruins of the Castillo.