Cuenca, Spain

A weekend trip to Cuenca.

A travel blog entry by stevefn
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Pretty town built over a gorge. Every town in this region (castilla la mancha)are going nuts because its a centenary of Don Quixote's creation. Cuenca had an exhibition of dali's paintings/drawings for the book, which was pretty amazing.

Del centro parte una calle hacia el empinado casco antiguo de Cuenca y sigue lloviendo sin parar. Por ser el final nos alegró mucho encontrar una ganga: la Posada de San José, un antiguo monasterio del siglo XVII y colegio después, convertido en hotel rústico ...

... it is surrounded by beautiful countryside and oozes charm, the 3 degree temperature and Manchester-esque rain somewhat dampened the Cuenca experience so to speak.  This, combined with the careful situation of all amenities, at the bottom of the hill ...