A local resident in the discovery of the Pacific Curiosity · Guadalmez, Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real Image of Guadalmez, not of the place itself. Juan García de la Hinojosa, a native of Guadalmez, took part in the expedition of Vasco Núñez de Balboa that sighted the Pacific Ocean on 25 September 1513. Photo: Camome74 (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Guadalmez