The Cuenca City Guides answer the questions every visitor brings: where to try morteruelo and zarajos without paying Plaza Mayor prices, when the Hanging Houses look their best, which gorge paths repay the effort and where the town goes once it gets dark. Each guide is a short, opinionated list with the reason to go, what to order or look out for and one practical tip per place, and it opens in your browser as soon as you pay.
About the Cuenca City Guides
- 132 places
- 6 guides
- 5 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Cuenca guides
Food guide
24 places
Old-town dining rooms with gorge views, the tapas bars of the lower town, two Michelin-starred kitchens, roast lamb and old cafés for alajú.
Things to do guide
21 places
The Hanging Houses, free abstract art, the Gothic cathedral, viewpoints along the ridge and gorge trails few visitors ever walk.
Family guide
23 places
Dinosaur skeletons, a planetarium, canoes on the Júcar, rocks shaped like animals, a zip line across the gorge and ice cream on Carretería.
Nightlife guide
22 places
Cocktails above the cliffs, gin near the cathedral, bars cut into the rock by the river and the late street where locals dance.
Day trips guide
22 places
The limestone gorges and springs of the Serranía, river pools, La Mancha castles, a Roman city and Madrid or Valencia by fast train.
Budget guide
20 places
Free art in the Hanging Houses, viewpoints that cost nothing and lower-town lunch menus that beat Plaza Mayor on price and taste.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Taberna Albero
Calle Clavel, by Plaza Mayor
A small, well-kept tavern steps from the main square, with carefully made sharing plates and good wine by the glass at prices the square’s terraces cannot match. The place to head when hunger strikes in the old town. From the food guide.
Mirador del Barrio de San Martin
Plaza de la Ciudad de Ronda, old town
The spot to see Cuenca’s “skyscrapers”, houses that look modest from the lane but fall ten floors or more towards the Júcar. Few people find it, and after dark the lower town glitters below. From the things to do guide.
Castillo de Alarcón
Alarcón, an hour by car
A walled village wrapped in a bend of the Júcar, entered through three gates, with its castle now a Parador. Walk the ramparts out to the lone towers and look back at the fortress on its rock. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Cuenca
Day one: start at the castle at the top of the old town, walk down past the Mirador de Cuenca and the Hanging Houses to the cathedral, eat in the lower town and cross the San Pablo bridge after dark. Day two: drive into the Serranía for the Ventano del Diablo and the Ciudad Encantada, or take the Júcar gorge trail, then spend the evening on a tapas round. For a rainy or slow day, the Science Museum, the dinosaur museum and an unhurried lunch menu fill the hours.
Questions about the Cuenca guides
What do the Cuenca City Guides include?
Six guides with 132 places altogether: food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. For each place you get why it is worth going, the area, notes on opening times and a practical tip.
How do I receive the guides once I have paid?
The links show up on your order page as soon as the payment goes through, and again in your order email. They open in any browser on phone or laptop, with no app and no account.
Can I use the Cuenca guides offline?
Yes. Open each guide once while connected and it keeps working without signal, ticks and notes included. Opening places in maps needs mobile data.
Which languages are the guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
Can I buy only one guide?
Yes. One guide costs €4.99, two cost €8.99, four cost €15.99 and all six cost €19.99.
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