Theme Week Castile-La Mancha – Ciudad Real

22 April 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

El Quijote Museum © Javier martin

El Quijote Museum © Javier martin

Ciudad Real (English: Royal Town), with a population of c. 75,000, is the capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It has a stop on the AVE high-speed rail line and has begun to grow as a long-distance commuter suburb of Madrid, located 115 miles (185 km) to the north. A high capacity airport (Ciudad Real Central Airport) had been built to serve the city, but closed in 2012. The privately funded airport cost an estimated €1Bn to build. It is now for sale for €100M plus payment of the developers debt.   read more…

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