Date and Time of Visit: April 28, 2016 at approximately 5:00 p.m.
This village is located in the back of Castile-La Mancha. It was far away but surprisingly the way was not hard.
To Castile-La Mancha again
After visiting Anent, my tenth beautiful village, I went to Valverde de los Arroyos, my second beautiful village of the day. Valverde de los Arroyos is a village in the Castile-La Mancha region.
This village is located in a mountainous area in the middle of Spain, and it takes more than 1 hour and 30 minutes from the nearest highway interchange to get there by ordinary road. So to speak, it is like an isolated island on land.
Although I had a lot of concerns about whether I would get a signal, whether the road would be steep or narrow, the road was actually solid and there were no more ups and downs than I expected, so it was a smooth drive.
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Another quiet little village.
And we arrived there around 5pm. It’s a very small village, and we parked our car in a parking lot just outside the village, which looked like a vacant lot. There seemed to be no other cars than those of the local farmers. Of course, I was the only tourist.
![Valverde de los Arroyos 20160428-_MG_5006](https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8699/28382331580_4141225bb3_b.jpg)
From that vacant lot, you can reach the center of the village in about a minute on foot.
![Valverde de los Arroyos 20160428-_MG_5042](https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8210/28382323620_ea02b7f74c_b.jpg)
![Valverde de los Arroyos 20160428-_MG_5064](https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8737/28382319240_4c3100452e_b.jpg)
The stone houses in very striking shades were very beautiful. The village is quite remote, but we saw some locals.
![Valverde de los Arroyos 20160428-_MG_5044](https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8029/28382322460_94555a4814_b.jpg)
There seemed to be some kind of tourist resource, a restaurant and a small boutique. However, it is definitely out of season now, so all the shops were closed.
![Valverde de los Arroyos 20160428-_MG_5073](https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8472/28634486166_2cf18a5fc5_b.jpg)
![Valverde de los Arroyos 20160428-_MG_5095](https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8708/28634484216_11fbb14796_b.jpg)
So, we just strolled around the village for sightseeing.
In addition, there was a church in the village as a matter of course.
![Valverde de los Arroyos 20160428-_MG_5087](https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8031/28634484856_07b77c5b36_b.jpg)
The door was open, so I went in, but when I came out, a villager approached me and said, “You’re not supposed to go in, but I guess I can’t help it. He got angry at me in Spanish. I’m really sorry… This area might be a bit stricter than France.
![Valverde de los Arroyos 20160428-_MG_5082](https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8735/28634485496_878a27a623_b.jpg)
![Valverde de los Arroyos 20160428-_MG_5084](https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8384/28634485186_5a1ac28f54_b.jpg)
Still, this village doesn’t have much information on its official website, so I honestly didn’t know what kind of history it has after all. Still, it seems to have a history from about 1606.
![Valverde de los Arroyos 20160428-_MG_5078](https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8887/28634485816_d530f73c7d_b.jpg)
So, that’s it for sightseeing on this day. And that’s it for my solo travel section. After this, I went to Madrid Barajas Airport for about two hours and met my wife. So I stayed near the airport for the night. But of course, I’ll continue to visit beautiful villages from the next day. (To be continued)