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What to see and do in Mahora

What to see and do in Mahora (La Manchuela, Albacete): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 1 Food and drink

When to go to Mahora: festival calendar

August: Festivities of San Roque y la Virgen de Gracia (Del 13 al 17 de agosto)

How far each place is from the centre of Mahora

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What to see and do in Mahora

Mahora
Village
Mahora is a municipality in the comarca of La Manchuela, in the province of Albacete, with 1,465 inhabitants (INE 2025), 29 km from the provincial capital, beside the Valdemembra stream and with the Júcar as its border with Valdeganga. Its name, of possible Arabic origin, means the tavern. Incorporated in 1243 into the Señorío de Villena, it obtained villazgo (town status) in 1663 upon separating from Jorquera; its rise as a residence of noble families earned it the nickname La Corte Chica (the Little Court), for its noble houses and palaces of the 16th to 18th centuries. It is presided over by the 16th-century church of la Asunción, a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection), with a tower from 1646, which suffered the plundering of its altarpieces in 1936; also preserved, in a state of consolidated ruin, is the Franciscan convent of Nuestra Señora de Gracia, from 1611. Its festivals honour San Roque and the Virgen de Gracia.
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Mahora
Monument
The church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Mahora, in the Albacete region of La Manchuela, has been declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) since 1992. It is a single-nave Gothic church with a chancel from the early 16th century, lower and of a different fabric from the body of the church, covered with a star vault and a raised choir resting on three 18th-century arches; in its second bay stands out the Baroque Rosario chapel, with a dome on pendentives. The bell tower, of prismatic plan and octagonal top, dated 1646, was restored in 2015 with funding from the Diocese of Albacete and the European Union. It is entered through a doorway topped by an 18th-century arch, and inside is kept a 17th-century ivory crucifix of Hispano-Philippine origin, along with a figure of the Christ Child.
Convent of Nuestra Señora de Gracia de Mahora
Monument
A convent founded in 1611 by Discalced Franciscans on an earlier hermitage, in Mahora, in the region of La Manchuela (Albacete). It served as a hospital and as a centre of studies, and today it survives as a consolidated ruin, one of the municipality's historic buildings.
Heraldic manor houses of Mahora
Monument
A group of noble houses and palaces of the 16th to 18th centuries scattered around the town, which earned the village the nickname of La Corte Chica, the little court.
Valdemembra River in Mahora
Nature
The Valdemembra river rises in Chumillas, in the province of Cuenca, and runs through the region of La Manchuela before flowing into the left bank of the Júcar river, in the municipality of Mahora, in the province of Albacete. In its final stretch it crosses clayey and stony terrain typical of the municipality, whose relief, predominantly flat and somewhat undulating, is bounded to the south by the Júcar itself, which marks the border with Valdeganga. Before reaching Mahora, the Valdemembra passes through towns such as Almodóvar del Pinar, Gabaldón, Motilla del Palancar, El Peral, Villanueva de la Jara, Quintanar del Rey and Tarazona de la Mancha.
Festivities of San Roque y la Virgen de Gracia
Activity
The Fiestas de San Roque y la Virgen de Gracia are the patronal festivities of Mahora (La Manchuela, Albacete), the main ones in the local calendar, held from 13 to 17 August, with the 16th being the central day dedicated to the patron saint. The programme brings together processions, open-air dances and popular events.
The International Brigades hospital of Mahora
Curiosity
The Centre for Rehabilitation and Vocational Retraining opened on 26 May 1937 treated wounded members of the International Brigades, with capacity for three or four hundred patients, and closed in April 1938.
El azafrán de La Manchuela
Food and drink
Saffron still figures among the comarca's traditional crops: the flowers are gathered at dawn in the last days of October, stripped by hand in the households and the stigmas then toasted over gentle embers before being stored.