Museum · Cañada del Hoyo
Cañada del Hoyo exhibition centre
Cañada del Hoyo exhibition centre, on the CUV-9142 towards the lakes, reconstructs in 3D the lake ecosystem of Las Hoyas, an Early Cretaceous site about 125 million years old with over 132 genera of animals and plants. It holds remains of Concavenator, nicknamed Pepito, Cuenca's humped predator. The Ruta de los Dinosaurios website currently lists it as closed.
- Municipality
- Cañada del Hoyo
- Las Hoyas
- Concavenator
- Dinosaurs
- Exhibition centre
- Cañada del Hoyo
The site in a room
Las Hoyas cannot be visited independently. The Cañada del Hoyo centre, on the CUV-9142 towards the lakes, presents a 3D reconstruction of the wetland about 125 million years ago, with over 132 genera of animals and plants.
The humped dinosaur
It holds remains of Concavenator corcovatus, called «Pepito», Cuenca’s humped predator. Its rooms cover the site, fossils, life in and out of water and Concavenator. It belongs to Cuenca’s Ruta de los Dinosaurios, with twelve points across Buenache de la Sierra, Valdemoro-Sierra, Tierra Muerta, La Cierva, Uña, Fuentes and Los Palancares.
Plan your visit
Before you travel
The Ruta de los Dinosaurios website currently lists it as closed: check whether it has reopened before going.
Combine with
The Palaeontology Museum in Cuenca holds the original fossils. Its sister centre in Fuentes explains Lo Hueco.
Frequently asked questions
What is in the centre?
A 3D representation of Las Hoyas's lake ecosystem, with sections on the site, fossils, the ecosystem above and below water and Concavenator corcovatus, nicknamed «Pepito».
Is it open?
Cuenca's Ruta de los Dinosaurios website currently lists it as closed; the telephone given is 969 34 50 01. Confirm before going.
Carry on from here
Lands and landscapes
From here, follow the memory of the land
These readings connect Cañada del Hoyo exhibition centre with the stories, the work and the villages around it.
Where it is
Where the data on this page come from
- Name
- Promotoría por verificar source consulted, 4 October 2026
- Municipality (INE code)
- Promotoría por verificar source consulted, 4 October 2026
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