Discover Quintanilla del Agua in the Arlanza Valley

Quintanilla del Agua is located along the middle course of the Arlanza River and in the valley of the same name. Territorio Artlanza is situated in the village of Quintanilla del Agua (Burgos), in the Arlanza Valley between Lerma and Covarrubias on the BU-904 road. For planning your own trip, the river setting, village architecture and wine-growing cultural heritage can be considered as different thematic approaches.

Culture and history

Territorio Artlanza reconstructs a Castilian village on a 1:1 scale using recycled materials, spanning the period from the Middle Ages to the past century. The complex comprises around fifteen themed museums. Its scale, materials and chronological scope offer different ways of approaching the village depicted. Those who like to organise historical topics concretely can consider these levels separately rather than combining them into a single narrative.

Village character and sacred architectural history

The Iglesia de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora was first built in the 11th or 12th century in the Romanesque style. Traditional houses in Quintanilla del Agua are built of adobe with juniper-wood half-timbering and feature projecting elements that partly form enclosed balconies. For your own consideration, sacred architecture and traditional residential architecture can be read separately: one approach follows a church placed within a historical period, while the other focuses on the named materials and structural elements of the houses.

Spring and wine-growing

The medieval Fuente Lugar is a cube-shaped spring in the centre of Quintanilla del Agua and supplies nearby gardens. Those who explore local history through different forms of places can include the spring as a separate point of interest.

In the northern part of the village, in the San Roque area, there are hundreds of wine cellars dug into the ground, wine-pressing facilities and rest areas that illustrate Quintanilla del Agua’s centuries-old wine-growing cultural heritage. For thematic organisation, wine-growing can be treated as a separate focus alongside architecture and the village reconstruction.

Places of interest in the surrounding area

The Cistercian monastery of Santa María la Real is located near Quintanilla del Agua. The Iglesia de Santo Tomás church is also located near Quintanilla del Agua. The church of Santa María de Quintanilla de las Viñas is located in the wider region surrounding Quintanilla del Agua. When planning your own trip, you can consider these destinations, which are defined by different distances, separately.

When comparing holiday apartments in Quintanilla del Agua, travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions can help structure your decision. Check this information in relation to your desired period and planned length of stay in order to organise offers according to your priorities.

Further places for planning your trip: Ahedo del Butrón, Gumiel De Mercado, Hortigüela, Oquillas, Arija, Cebolleros, Brizuela, La Puebla De Arganzón.

Culture and community

During the Belén Viviente, the entire village community depicts Castilian life in the 1950s in scenes along the village streets.

For the higher-level travel overview: Burgos.