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What to see and do in Carriches

What to see and do in Carriches (Torrijos, Toledo): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Activities

When to go to Carriches: festival calendar

February: San Pedro with Dulzaina and Tabor (February 22)

How far each place is from the centre of Carriches

Church of San Pedro de Antioquía de Carriches 3.4 km

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What to see and do in Carriches

Carriches
Village
Carriches is a municipality and town in the Torrijos comarca, in Toledo, with 260 inhabitants (INE 2025). Its name could derive from the Mozarab carrizal, or from the wooden device used to draw water from wells, called carriche, since in the 16th century the village was supplied only with well water, lacking a spring. Described at that time as a small farming settlement, it obtained the title of town in 1749 by privilege of Ferdinand VI. Its church of San Pedro de Antioquía was built between the late 15th and early 16th centuries; it also preserves the 18th-century hermitage dedicated to the Virgen de la Encina, patroness celebrated on 8 September, and it marks the feast of the Chair of San Pedro with the dulzaina and the tambourine, as well as San Antón on 17 January.
Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Encina de Carriches
Monument
18th-century hermitage dedicated to the Virgin of the Encina, patron saint of the locality, in whose honour a feast is held every 8 September. It stands on the outskirts of Carriches, next to the village cemetery; already Pascual Madoz's Diccionario geográfico, in the mid-19th century, described it as a hermitage located outside the walls, with the cemetery attached to it.
Church of San Pedro de Antioquía de Carriches
Monument
Parish church built between the late 15th and early 16th centuries, dedicated to the Chair of San Pedro at Antioch. The procession in its honour has its own traditional tune, recorded among the pieces of Carriches folklore alongside the jota del tío Vicente and the local seguidillas castellanas.
San Pedro with Dulzaina and Tabor
Activity
The feast of San Pedro with dulzaina and tabor is celebrated in Carriches on 22 February, the feast of the Chair of San Pedro at Antioch. The saint's procession was traditionally accompanied by the dulzaina and the tabor, instruments that give this festive day of the local calendar its popular name.