Ciudad Real

• Getting there and away

• Getting around

• Contact Addresses

• Where To Eat

• Leisure and nightlife

• Point of interest

By Air:
Ciudad Real Central Airport
Also called Aeropuerto Don Quijote, the airport is the first private one in Spain.
Through Air Berlin is possible to reach destinations as Palma de Mallorca or international sites as Germany, Austria or Denmark.
Address: Autovía Ciudad Real- Puertollano, Salida 178
Tel: (+34) 902 20 05 22
Web: www.aeropuertocentralcr.com

By Bus:
The bus station
is southwest of the town centre.

• Albacete (2¾ hours, up to three daily)
• Toledo (1½ hours, up to three daily)
• Madrid (2½ hours, five per day)
• Almagro (30 minutes, up to five daily)

Tel: (+34) 926 21 13 42

By Train:
The train station RENFE
east of the town centre. There are regular departures to/from:

• Madrid (one hour)
• Córdoba (one hour)
• Valencia (five hours, two daily)
• Southeast to Almagro (30 minutes)

Address: Avda. Europa s/n
Tel: (+34) 902 24 02 02 / 926 22 02 02

By car:

• From Toledo (1 hour and 30 minutes)
• From Madrid (2 hours)
• From Seville (3 hours and 50 minutes)
• From Valencia (4 hours)

Local bus No 5 runs to the town centre. Catch it from Estación Ave-Plaza del Pilar.

• Oficina de turismo (The tourist office)
  has a reasonable stock of information on the province.
  Address: Calle de Alarcon 21
  Tel: (+34) 926 20 00 37
  Opening hours: open 10.00am- 02.00pm & 04.00- 07.00pm Mon-Sat, 10.00am- 02.00pm Sun

• Oficina Municipal de Turismo (Local Tourism Office)
  Address: Plaza Mayor, 1
  Tel: (+34) 926 21 64 86
  E-mail. turismo@ayto-ciudadreal.es

• Oficina central de correos (Central post office)
  is northeast of the tourist office.
  Address: Plaza de la Constitución , 4
  Tel: (+34) 926 27 46 78

• Policía Local  (Local Police)
  Tel: 092 / (+34) 926 23 04 22

• Policía Nacional (National Police)
  Tel: 091/ (+34) 926 27 79 00

• Guardia Civil ciudad real (Civil guard)
  Tel: 062/ (+34) 926 27 48 60

• Protección Civil (Civil Protection)
  Tel: (+34) 926 23 04 31

• Cruz Roja (Red Cross) 
  Tel: (+34) 926 22 22 22

• Emergencias (Emergency)
  Tel: 112

• Bomberos (FIRE)
  Tel: 1006

• Ambulancias (Ambulances)
  Tel: (+34) 926 58 80 09

• Hospital General de ciudad real
  Address: Avda. Tomelloso s/n
  Tel: (+34) 926 27 80 00

• La Deliciosa
  It is a pastry shop and café
  Address: Calle de Alarcos 27
  Tel: (+34) 926 21 38 01    
  Opening hours: open 08.00am- 02.00pm & 05.00- 09.00pm.
  Web: www.la-deliciosa.com

• El Torreón
  serves some of the best-sized tapas in town and it specializes in good dining and drinking pleasures.
  Address: Avenida del Torreón del Alcazar 7

• Sándalo
  International Master of Gastronomy in 1994. Regional and national innovative cuisine.
  Address: Ronda del Parque, s/n (Hotel Paraíso)
  Tel: (+34) 926 21 06 06

• Gran Mesón
  Very good Castilian cuisine in a cozy, rustic atmosphere.
  Address: Ronda de la Ciruela, 34
  Tel: (+34) 926 22 72 39
  E-mail. gran.meson@gmail.com

• Burguer King
  Address: Centro comercial las vías. Ctra. Fuensanta

• El Junquito
  Address: Avda. Pío XII, 18 ( Hotel Navarro)
  Tel: (+34) 926 21 68 76

• Asador El Chico
  Address: Virgen del Prado, 22
  Tel: (+34) 926 25 18 49

Typical Gastronomy

• Gachas dulces (flour, hard bread, oil, water, sugar, cinnamon, anise…)
• Pellas de bacalao en escabeche (cod, potatoes, eggs, flour, garlic, oil, vinegar, saffron, coriander…)
• Sopa de tomate (tomatoes, pepper, onion, eggs, bread…)
• Tortilla guisada (potatoes, onion, eggs, oil, onion, garlic, paprika, flour, salt…)
• Migas (hard bread, sardines, dry pepper, chorizo, pork ribs…)
• Flores (sweet dessert made of eggs, flour, sugar, cinnamon…)

• Australian Pub
  is also a disco.
  Address: Avenida Torreón del Alcázar, 1
  Tel: (+34) 926 22 90 44
  Opening hours: From midnight onwards

• Irish Hunter
  Beers and dance all night.
  Address: Avenida del Torreón, 12

• El Continental
  Address: Avenida del Torreón, 5

• Discobar Piropo
  Address: Calle Hidalgos, 9

• Calima
  Address: Plaza Mota, 16

• Disco Bar Cycelly
  Beer and rock concerts.
  Address: Calle Hidalgos, 3

• Puerta de Toledo (1328)
  A national monument of military architecture of the fourteenth century, built in Mudejar style by order of King Alfonso X.

• Museo Provincial
  it has exhibits of archaeological collection which covering the Bronze Age, Iberian Culture, Roman Era, Culture Visigoth and medieval and another art collection.
  Address: Calle del Prado 4
  Tel: (+34) 926 25 53 04
  Opening hours*: open 10.00am- 02.00pm & 05.00- 08.00pm Tue-Sat, 10.00am- 02.00pm Sun, Closed on Mondays & Holidays.

• Museo del Quijote
  it has hundreds of Don Quijote books, some dating back to 1724.
  Address: Ronda de Alarcos 1
  Tel: (+34) 926 20 04 57
  Opening hours*: open 10.00am- 02.00pm & 06.00- 09.00pm Mon-Sat, 10.00am- 02.00pm Sun

• Iglesia de San Pedro
  is the most striking churches of the 14^th century. It has three doors; la Puerta del Perdón, la Puerta de la Umbría and la Puerta del Sol.
  It was declared a National Monument by Decree on the twentieth of July 1974.
  Address: C/ General Rey, 1
  Tel: (+34) 926 22 11 15
  Web: www.parroquiasanpedro.com

• Iglesia de Santiago
  the oldest and one of the most interesting of the province (late 13^th century).
  Address: Plaza de Santiago s/n
  Tel: (+34) 926 22 08 14
  Web: www.parroquiasantiago.es

• Catedral Nuestra Señora del Prado
  Its construction began in the fifteenth century and ended in the sixteenth century by Antonio de Écija. A gothic style catedral.

• Casa Museo Elisa Cendrero
  Dated 1917, it offers an exquisite collection of fans from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, made of ivory, pearl and carved wood. Also includes weaponry, titles of nobility and the Louis XVI style furniture.
  Address: C/ Toledo
  Tel: (+34) 926 22 74 62

(*)Please confirm opening hours before your visit.