To give you an idea of the kind of place we are talking about I must add that the population density of the whole area is just 7. And during my last visit there we drove for 41 km without encountering a single car on the road. Its location on top of a hill surrounded by flat fields makes it easy to spot miles away.
Just follow the signs at the entrance of the town that will take you uphill right to the castle. The castle dates back to the 12 th th centuries, although the building that remains today is the result of renovations carried out during the 15 th century.
It has an irregular shape and walls as thick as 2. From the walls of the main patio you can see the castle had three floors, and even the remains of what used to be a sumptuous chimney. It seems disassembling the stands was too big of a hassle and they decided to leave it there for next summer. Luckily there is another way to reach the top of the walls through the circular castle keep.
From the top of the keep you can walk along the walls. Make sure you take a camera with you! After climbing up the stairs of the keep I reach the top breathless. From the keep you can see Puebla de Alcocer beneath and, as you walk along the wall you will see the Orellana and la Serena reservoirs the latter is one of the biggest in Europe. On a clear day you can see more than ten villages.
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Hers is the only commercial outlet in the village and also services outlying towns. However, Margarita, 64, is about to retire after what she considers a lifetime of public service. The general store, whose fittings are to be shared out among the locals, had been in operation for over 70 years.
This is the local meeting place for the remaining inhabitants of Anquela de Ducado, who come here to share drinks and talk about soccer and other topics. Ever since Margarita decided to retire, the conversations have moved on to another location that the local council has provided to ensure that the community still has somewhere to meet.
They run a bed-and-breakfast that they opened with European subsidies.
Rural hotels are one of the few industries that are doing well in the area. Tourists come to get away from city life for a while, and employees from energy firm Iberdrola stay here when they have to do maintenance work on the nearby wind turbines. Across from the house is a patch of land where she hangs the washing out to dry. Her husband Javier was once mayor of Selas, but is now unemployed.
The two locations are the local community centers.
Martina Mateo, 54, has a bakery there that she runs with her daughter.