Ciudad Real

Ciudad Real is a Spanish city in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, with a population of around 75,000. The city is surrounded by dry farmland areas, home to steppe bird populations.

Its economy is largely based on services, tourism (throughout the province of Ciudad Real), hunting, fishing, agriculture (large vineyards, olive groves and cereals), livestock and, to a lesser extent, industry. However, its architecture and historic quarter give a glimpse of the city's wealth at other times in history, when it was the capital of La Mancha.

Ciudad Real is located 171 km south of Madrid, the capital of Spain, with which it is well connected by train and roads. The best way to get to Ciudad Real from outside Spain is to fly to Madrid and take a high-speed train to Ciudad Real (which takes about 1 hour; "there are more than 15 trains connecting Madrid and Ciudad Real each day": Click here for more information).
There are good connections between Madrid Airport and Atocha Train Station (from where trains to Ciudad Real leave) by taxi (35€) or "suburban trains" (Click here for more information) (which take about 30 min and leave every 15 min or so).

Further information about the city can be found here: https://turismo.ciudadreal.es/en/home-2/