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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

Map requires JavaScript. Nearby villages:

Potes (320.9 km)
Frías (344.4 km)
Comillas (355.7 km)
Santillana del Mar (363.0 km)

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 — left blank rather than estimated.

Suggested base

Salamanca

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Staying nearby

Sierra de Francia mountain guesthouses