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What to see and do in Arenas de San Juan

What to see and do in Arenas de San Juan (La Mancha, Ciudad Real): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 2 Activities · 1 Curiosities

When to go to Arenas de San Juan: festival calendar

June: Festivities of San Bernabé de Arenas de San Juan (June 11)
July: Festival of la Virgen del Carmen de Arenas de San Juan (July 16)

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What to see and do in Arenas de San Juan

Arenas de San Juan
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Mancha, in the province of Ciudad Real, whose church of San Bernabé, Romanesque-Mudéjar and declared a National Historic Monument, represents a style exceptional at this latitude: the building was successively a Roman watchtower beside the road, a mosque and a church, and its restoration brought valuable frescoes to light. Through the district, which preserves archaeological remains of Mousterian date, runs the Gigüela on its way to the Tablas de Daimiel, creating wet meadows and riverside woods out on the Manchegan plain.
Church of San Bernabé de Arenas de San Juan
Monument
A Romanesque-Mudéjar church declared a National Historic Monument, an exceptional style at this latitude of the peninsula. The building was successively a Roman watchtower beside the road, a mosque and a church, and its restoration brought valuable frescoes to light.
The Gigüela River in Arenas de San Juan
Nature
The Gigüela river crosses the municipal area of Arenas de San Juan from east to west, in La Mancha in the province of Ciudad Real, on its way to the Tablas de Daimiel. Its former floodplains, dry today, became so after the river's channelling works, carried out in the late 1960s. The altitude of the municipal area ranges between the 646 metres of monte Lucio and the 615 metres by the bed of the Gigüela.
Festivities of San Bernabé de Arenas de San Juan
Activity
Arenas de San Juan (Ciudad Real) celebrates its patronal festival in honour of San Bernabé Apóstol on 11 June. In addition, after the grape harvest other festivities are held in thanksgiving for the harvested grape crop, a tradition tied to the town's wine-growing activity.
Festival of la Virgen del Carmen de Arenas de San Juan
Activity
Summer celebration of Arenas de San Juan in honour of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, with procession and verbena, set in the local festive calendar on 16 July, the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
The Mousterian remains of Arenas de San Juan
Curiosity
The municipal district of Arenas de San Juan preserves archaeological remains of the Mousterian period scattered across its territory, evidence of very early human settlement on the Manchegan plain.