The Jabalón valley in Aldea del Rey Nature · Aldea del Rey, Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real Image of Aldea del Rey, not of the place itself. The River Jabalón crosses the municipal district of Aldea del Rey among cistus and thyme scrub and holm oak woods, with the dry, hot summers and cold winters characteristic of the Manchegan interior. Photo: Mián Prici (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Aldea del Rey