Enchanted City Day Trip from Cuenca
About this activity
Experience Highlights
Discover one of the most amazing natural sites in the province of Cuenca with this 4-hour excursion that includes transport from the capital. You will be picked up at the Vitae Gymnasium Gate and return to the Castle District.
Suitable for all ages and with a live guide available in Spanish or English, this tour combines history, geology and local fauna. Walk through the Devil's Window and the Enchanted City, a set of spectacular karst formations at an altitude of 1,500m.
Immerse yourself in a cinematographic setting where the modelling of water, wind and ice has sculpted rocks into surprising shapes. Watch vultures and Egyptian vultures in flight and experience the magic of a stony labyrinth that has inspired filmmakers from all over the world.
- Travel comfortably from Cuenca with transport included.
- Walk among natural sculptures of a thousand shapes and learn about their karst origin.
- Enjoy an ecotourist guide who will reveal legends, fauna and geological secrets.
What’s included
- Transport to and from Cuenca
- Entrance to the Natural Monument Ciudad Encantada
- Ecotourism guide in English or Spanish during the whole route.
- Stop at the viewpoint Ventano del Diablo
Step by Step
After the pick-up, you will head to the Ventano del Diablo, a natural viewpoint with breathtaking views of the Júcar canyon. There you can watch the vultures soar over the gorge and photograph the dramatic landscape.
Afterwards, you will start the guided tour to the Enchanted City, declared a Natural Site of National Interest in 1929 and part of the Serranía de Cuenca Natural Park. At almost 1,500 m, you will walk among blocks of rock sculpted by karstic processes that create animal, human and architectural figures.
The guide will explain how these reliefs were formed under the ancient Sea of Thetis, the Precambrian predecessor of the Mediterranean. You will admire shapes such as the "Boat", the "Military" or the "Michelangelo", while you walk along paths that invite you to dream.
Along the route you will learn anecdotes of filming with stars such as Sophia Loren and Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as the ecological importance of the area. The silence of the mountain, interrupted only by the wind and the song of rock birds, creates an almost mystical atmosphere.
