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What to see and do in Bonete

What to see and do in Bonete (Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa, Albacete): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 2 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 1 Food and drink

When to go to Bonete: festival calendar

October: Festivities of la Virgen del Rosario de Bonete (first weekend of October)

How far each place is from the centre of Bonete

Iberian settlement of El Amarejo 2.7 km

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What to see and do in Bonete

Bonete
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa, in the province of Albacete, on a plain dotted with isolated hills between 790 and 1,209 metres; on one of them sits the Iberian settlement of El Amarejo, declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) in 1992, and in the built-up area stands the church of San Juan Bautista, of the seventeenth century and with Baroque vaults. Its economy rests on intensive pig farming, in which it was a pioneer in Castilla-La Mancha, and on the growing of mushrooms in climate-controlled sheds.
Iberian settlement of El Amarejo
Nature
Iberian settlement on the Amarejo hill, conical in shape and about 50 metres high above the surrounding land, some 2.5 kilometres south of Bonete and at 927 metres above sea level. Declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) on 28 April 1992, it preserves the remains of dwellings and a votive well about four metres deep cut into the rock, dated between the 4th and 2nd centuries BC, filled with mudbrick, ashes and predominantly female offerings: sewing needles, gold appliqués, spindle whorls and lead strips with south-eastern Iberian script. Among the finds, a silver belt buckle stands out, depicting an Iberian warrior, a horse and a palm tree, with iconography close to Punic coinage, along with pottery in the Meca-Amarejo style and remains of wheat, barley, almonds and grapes that point to an ancient climate more humid than today's.
Church of San Juan Bautista de Bonete
Monument
A 17th-century parish church with a single nave covered by several Baroque vaults, to which is attached an 18th-century Baroque chapel on a Greek cross plan.
Vega Ravine
Nature
A seasonal watercourse running along the south-eastern edge of the municipal district of Bonete, in a landscape of Manchegan plain dotted with isolated hills between 790 and 1,209 metres above sea level.
Festivities of la Virgen del Rosario de Bonete
Activity
The patron saint festival of Bonete in honour of the Virgen del Rosario, with a floral offering, processions and performances by the local band.
Bonete, a pioneer of La Mancha's pig farming
Curiosity
The municipality was a pioneer in Castilla-La Mancha in developing intensive pig farming, an activity that remains one of the mainstays of its economy.
The mushroom of Bonete
Food and drink
Since the end of the twentieth century the growing of Agaricus bisporus in climate-controlled sheds has become one of the village's main food industries; the mushrooms are picked by hand and reach the market within a few hours.