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La Alberca

Castile and León (Salamanca) · Spain
Conjunto Histórico-Artístico Nacional (declared 1940 — Spain's first village to receive this designation)Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España (member since 2014)
Coordinates
40.4889, -6.1105
Population
1 105 (2003)
Elevation
1048 m
Terrain
Mountain (Sierra De Francia)

Location

La Alberca was the first village in Spain to be granted national historic-monument status, in 1940. It sits at over a thousand meters in the Sierra de Francia, a short distance from the Batuecas Desert Carmelite convent.

Sierra de Franciacapital of the comarca
Getting There & Staying Nearby
Nearest airport
Salamanca Airport 72 km
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Nearest station
Not verified in Phase 1 — left blank rather than estimated.
Suggested base
Salamanca
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Staying nearby
Sierra de Francia mountain guesthouses
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Nearby
Batuecas Desert convent, mountain hiking
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