Cuenca or Toledo
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Cuenca is the capital of the province of Cuenca in Castile-La Mancha, known for it's hanging houses and is on the World Heritage list of historic cities (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/781).
http://www.cuenca.es
http://www.cuenca.es
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To complicate your choice, Toledo really deserves 2 full days IMHO. So if you expect to be back in the area some time, and only have time for a day trip this time, it might make sense to see Cuenca and defer Toledo until you have more time for it. Just something to consider....
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To complicate your choices even more, Cuenca deserves at least an overnight stay. It's a different type of tourist sight, but still very interesting in its long history. We only had time to see the cathedral and museum, but you could easily spend a few days exploring this important ancient city (http://turismo.cuenca.es).
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For those ignorant on the aspects of Cuenca, you can check out the 7 routes when visiting the city, Rutas por la Ciudad: http://turismo.cuenca.es/portal/lang...0/default.aspx
Cuenca is a much underappreciated cultural adventure.
Cuenca is a much underappreciated cultural adventure.
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HappyTrvlr: Could you say what you base your opinions on? I'm just about to book a hotel for Toledo and hadn't thought of going to Cuenca, so I'd appreciate your "contrarian" opinion--everybody on the forum says Toledo is a must see.
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https://www.google.com/search?q=cuen...=1600&bih=1075
Cuenca does indeed look sweet - will put it in my bucket list. Thanks Robert especially for highlighting it.
Cuenca does indeed look sweet - will put it in my bucket list. Thanks Robert especially for highlighting it.
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Cuenca was a wonderful surprise ! I took the bus-just about an hour- to Cuenca and then another short bus to the historic center-a very steep walk up!The bus is just across the street from the bus station.I don't understand why more people don't visit it,it's amazing.The streets are very narrow with lots of steps, so be careful, slippery.The hanging houses are stunning.Make the effort to walk across the bridge to take a look at the Parador, a former convent, usually fully booked.Fabulous photos from there.There are loads of places to eat and lots of art galleries.The cathedral was a total surprise,very impressive. The bus back to town stops in front of the cathedral.The tourist office has probably the friendliest staff-they gave me a super poster of Cuenca!
I ended up staying the night at :
http://www.posadasanjose.com/
I ended up staying the night at :
http://www.posadasanjose.com/
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We found ourselves in Cuenca on good Friday a few years ago. The prosession through the town and up the hill to the cathedral was haunting. The people carrying life size replicas of the stations of the cross wearing purple robes with musicians playing behind them was incredible. We hadn't planned on that. We just stopped by to see the town and the hanging houses and forgot that it was goof Friday.