Chinchon, Spain Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

CHINCHÓN , 45km southeast of Madrid, is an elegant little town, with a fifteenth-century castle and a fine Plaza Mayor, next to which stands the Iglesia de la Asunción , with a panel by Goya of The Assumption of the Virgin . It is as the home of anís , however, that the town is best known; your best bet for a sample of the local spirit is one of the local bars or the Alcoholera de Chinchón, a shop on the Plaza Mayor. Most visitors come for a tasting and then eat out at one of the town's traditional mesones : try the Mesón del Comendador , one of a cluster of good restaurants serving classic Castilian … more »