Tierra de Caballeros y Tablas de Daimiel

Opening hours: From October to March

Tuesday-Sunday: 10 am – 6 pm

From April to Septembere
Tuesday-Sunday: 10 am – 9 pm

Guided tours 10 am, 12 noon. Winter: 4 pm.  Summer: 7 pm

At present Alarcos is one of the most spectacular archaeological sites in the region. The tour begins with a 15-minute film that introduces the site, and later one can take a look around the Iberian city, the battlefield and the medieval city. The tour concludes at the interpretation centre where one can find original pieces, reproductions and models that will help to assimilate all of the information.

The building, which was designed by the architect Mr. Carlos Luca de Tena y Alvear, was inaugurated in 1982 and since then it conserves a section dedicated to archaeology with materials deriving from excavations carried out in the province, spanning the Bronze Age, Iberian Culture, Roman Age, Visigothic Culture and the Middle Ages. The Natural Sciences section, with fossil remains, an entomology collection and also the mining industry and fossil display. There is also a Fine Arts hall containing works by regional artists, such as Gregorio Prieto, Antonio López and Oscar Beneddí. 

 

Opening hours: From September to March

Tuesday-Saturday: 10 am – 2 pm and 5 pm to 8 pm

Sundays and holidays: 10 am – 2 pm
From April to June

Tuesday-Saturday: 10 am – 2 pm and 6 pm – 9 pm

Sundays and holidays: 10 am – 2 pm
July and August

Tuesday-Sunday: 9 am – 2 pm

Museo López Villaseñor or Casa de Hernán Pérez del Pulgar, as this is where the illustrious soldier of the age of the Catholic Monarchs was born, is the oldest house in the city, dating from the 15th Century. The museum exhibits the work of a Ciudad Real native, Manuel López Villaseñor, who is one of the greatest representatives of Spanish painting from the second half of the 20th Century. In thirteen halls, one can admire his academic beginnings and the intellectual beauty of his last still lifes.

 

Opening hours: Monday-Saturday: 10 am – 2 pm and 5 pm – 8 pm

Sundays: 10 am – 2 pm
Holidays, best to confirm

 In July and August, every day from 9 am – 2 pm
Entry every half hour. Last entry one hour before closing time.

This museum is dedicated to the immortal figure of the knight, Don Quixote. It combines an exhibition of works of art related to Cervantes’s novel with modern multimedia displays that take us back to the 16th century, with the atmosphere of a printing press of the time, and characters from the novel, in an authentic voyage through time. Students of the work of Cervantes also have a Study Centre at their disposal and a very good library related to Don Quixote.

 

Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday: 10 am – 2 pm and 5 pm – 8 pm

Sundays and holidays: 10 am – 2 pm
For group guided tours, book in advance

The emblematic old Convento de la Merced building, which dates from the 17th Century, partially renovated to celebrate the 4th Centenary of Don Quixote, has shown exhibitions such as “Art in the Spain of Quixote”, which gave a general overview of Spanish art during the age of Quixote, and more recently “Referents”. 

 

This is the most beautiful civil building in the city, representing late 19th Century architecture and the work of the architect, Santiago Rebollar, which was completed in 1892. The main façade is noteworthy and is finished with the city’s coat of arms. It is well worth taking a look at its interior to admire the main stair, which is constructed in two parts and covered by a dome. The building dates from the end of the 19th Century and was designed by the architect Sebastián Rebollar and decorated by Ángel Andrade and Samuel Luna. The work of Angel Andrade stands out, together with the work of other artists and sculptors from the province, which forms part of a permanent exhibition in the galleries.

 

Opening hours: Closed due to construction work.

The house, dating from 1917, conserves the décor of the period, and is reminiscent of the bourgeoisie atmosphere at the end of the century. Weapons, titles of nobility, Louis XVI-style furniture or a collection of antique fans from the 16th to the 19th Century made of ivory, mother-of-pearl and carved wood that speak of a cultured and refined age.

 

The Palacio Episcopal and the Museo Diocesano are housed in a 19th Century building. Inside, one can admire religious art dating from the Romanesque period to the 20th Century: sculptures from the 13th, 16th and start of the 16th Century; choral books from the end of the 16th Century and 17th and 18th Century ornaments, pasos (processional floats with religious sculptures) such as the Paso del Resucitado de Joaquín García Donaire or the impressive Holy Week paso “La Santa Cena”, work of Faustino Sanz Herranz.