For my next daytrip out of Madrid, I wanted to do something different.
Cuenca is a 'secret' town in Castile La Mancha, the place renowned for being the home of the fictional Don Quixote de La Mancha.
The locals pronounce it as "Wen-ka" not "Choo-en-cha".
I decide to visit for the following reasons
Barely any tourists know about it (it's off the grid)It features the famous (to locals) Casas Colgadas or "Hanging Houses". Cuenca can be reached by high-speed rail in slightly under an hour so train tickets were purchased online for the grand price of EUR56.30 for a return trip for Saturday 29 July at 8.40am.
The Atocha train station is a bit confusing, but it hardly has a fraction of the traffic that Tokyo station has.
After you pass through a security screening (bags only), it's off to the boarding gates.
The Renfe trains are super modern machines!
Cuenca is on the way to Valencia. The train departed exactly on time. I'm impressed.
I must…
Cuenca is a 'secret' town in Castile La Mancha, the place renowned for being the home of the fictional Don Quixote de La Mancha.
The locals pronounce it as "Wen-ka" not "Choo-en-cha".
I decide to visit for the following reasons
Barely any tourists know about it (it's off the grid)It features the famous (to locals) Casas Colgadas or "Hanging Houses". Cuenca can be reached by high-speed rail in slightly under an hour so train tickets were purchased online for the grand price of EUR56.30 for a return trip for Saturday 29 July at 8.40am.
The Atocha train station is a bit confusing, but it hardly has a fraction of the traffic that Tokyo station has.
After you pass through a security screening (bags only), it's off to the boarding gates.
The Renfe trains are super modern machines!
Cuenca is on the way to Valencia. The train departed exactly on time. I'm impressed.
I must…