Attractions and Places To See around Aldea Del Rey - Top 20

The Hermitage of the Virgen de los Santos is a place of worship and devotion on the hill that bears its name, near the town of Pozuelo de Calatrava. It is a construction from the 15th or 16th century, with a Mudejar roof and a baroque altarpiece that houses the image of the patron saint. The sanctuary is located on a magical and once strategic pointy mountain, and its white and luminous architecture stands out in the landscape.

The so-called “hotbeds” are one of the most common phenomena in the Calatrava region, as a consequence of its intense volcanic activity. A unique spectacle that, together with sour springs, maares, wells, and jets or sinas, are part of the history of the region and that the Association for the Development of Campo de Calatrava tries to preserve and make known outside its borders.

The water reserves in the Vega del Jabalón reservoir, one of the two that is already considered a dead reservoir, are practically nil. This swamp, which can store 33.54 cubic hectometres (hm3), currently has only 0.2 hm3, which is below the cubic hectometre, which is the minimum exploitation level set by the CHG.

In the heart of Campo de Calatrava is Valenzuela de Calatrava. It limits to the north, east and west with the city of Almagro, from which it is barely 6 kilometers away, and to the south with Granátula de Calatrava. The origin of the town is in an Arab castle built by the Almoravids in the 12th century. and a small village dedicated to horticulture. In Valenzuela de Calatrava, its gasified water fountains are famous both in public fountains and in houses.

In the heart of Campo de Calatrava is Valenzuela de Calatrava. It limits to the north, east and west with the city of Almagro, from which it is barely 6 kilometers away, and to the south with Granátula de Calatrava. he origin of the town is in an Arab castle built by the Almoravids in the 12th century. and a small village dedicated to horticulture. In Valenzuela de Calatrava, its gasified water fountains are famous both in public fountains and in houses.

In the heart of Campo de Calatrava is Valenzuela de Calatrava. It limits to the north, east and west with the city of Almagro, from which it is barely 6 kilometers away, and to the south with Granátula de Calatrava. he origin of the town is in an Arab castle built by the Almoravids in the 12th century. and a small village dedicated to horticulture. In Valenzuela de Calatrava, its gasified water fountains are famous both in public fountains and in houses.

The archaeological importance of the environment in which the site is located has been well known since ancient times, since the Cerro de Oreto is located nearby, which contains the ruins of the capital of Oretania, Oretum according to sources, (a Roman province that included from north to south beyond Sierra Morena and extended to the end of the Bética); the Cerro de los Obispos, an important Iberian site on whose slopes appeared some burials attributed to Visigothic bishops (one of them Bishop Amador, as recorded on the tombstone that covered his tomb); several late-Roman necropolises corresponding to that classical city and the Roman bridge over the Jabalón ordered to be built by Publio Baebio Venusto, dated between the end of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd century AD, and which has currently been covered by the waters of the Reservoir. Numerous pieces belonging to different periods have been found, among which are coins, ceramics, farm elements, and loom stones.

An important archaeological site, where remains of different cultures were found: Iberians, Romans, the first Christians, the Visigoths, the Muslims. The site is equipped with metal walkways to facilitate the visit. There are guided tours.