Alpuente
Member of Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España
Around 1,000 metres up on Valencia's border with Teruel, this was the capital of its own Muslim taifa kingdom in the 11th century. Its castle once presided over the walled town, in a frontier land crossed by the old royal road to Aragon and Castile. Today the municipality is a rugged spread of ravines, mountains and scattered hamlets, and in 2018 it was named a Valencian Capital of Culture.
Highlights
- The castle that once watched over the walled town
- The legacy of the 11th-century Taifa of Alpuente
- Old irrigation and water works tied to local farming
- Eroded mountains such as La Muela, rising to 1,511 metres
- The Iberian site of Los Castillejos, near the hamlet of La Cuevarruz
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Alpuente (ES), Alpuente (EN), Alpuente (IT)), Wikivoyage (Alpuente). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 688
Things to see
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint Blaise
- Bajada de la Virgen de la ConsolaciónStatue carried from Corcolilla church to the village, with recited verses
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Alpuente), Wikidata (Q367038). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Local food & wine
- Carnes de orzaCured meatPork preserved in fat in earthenware jars
- Olla de puebloDish
- GazpachosDish
- Caldereta (ES)Dish
- Lamb stewsDish
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Adapted from Wikipedia (Alpuente). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
No places to stay are mapped within 3 km.
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
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