Urueña
A hilltop village encircled by medieval walls, Spain's only 'book town', with fewer than 200 residents but more than a dozen bookshops.
Urueña sits atop the Torozos hills, and its 12th- and 13th-century walls almost completely encircle the village. Visitors can climb the walls to look out over the endless Castilian wheat fields, and the sunsets are especially magnificent. Since 2007 it has been developed as a 'book town'. With fewer than 200 residents, it has more than a dozen bookshops, bookbinding workshops and a folk music museum (Joaquín Díaz Foundation). Just outside the village stands the 11th-century Lombard-Romanesque hermitage of Santa María. It is about 50 kilometres from Valladolid and is well suited to a road trip by car.
Opening hours
Village open all day; bookshops mostly open on weekends
Nearby sights
- Medina de Rioseco
- Treaty Houses of Tordesillas
- Royal Convent of Santa Clara, Tordesillas
- Simancas Castle & General Archive
- Science Museum of Valladolid
- Dome of the Millennium
- Patio Herreriano Museum
- Campo Grande Park