Spanish villages with funny and unusual names that actually exist

Traveling to Los Infiernos (“The hells”) or visiting Guarromán (“Dirty man”) is possible thanks to the villages with weird, unusual names that exist in Spain. Although it seems to be taken from a movie, you can visit Villapene (“Penisville”) and take a picture with the reception poster of the village.

These villages with strange names are located far from the busiest cities, so they are an opportunity to get lost and disconnect from the daily routine. If you are easily amused and anything brings a smile to your face, you will enjoy it like a child.

Spanish villages with unusual names and their meaning in English

Guasa (“Joke”)

Church in Guasa, a Spanish village with a unusual name

Church in Guasa. | Wikimedia

In Spanish, ‘¿Estás de guasa?‘ would be the English ‘Are you kidding?’. The inhabitants sure are tired of taking this kind of joke around here. Located in the municipality of Jaca, in Huesca, this town has only 57 inhabitants. An ideal place to visit in the summer, as you can find the Gas River nearby.

Calamocos (“Humid-Snot”)

Calamocos, a Spanish village with a unusual name

Calamocos. | Wikimedia

Among these villages with unusual names that will make you laugh, Calamocos is one of the best. In the region of El Bierzo, in León, you can find this village with 250 inhabitants. Perfect to travel with the little ones of the house and have jokes for a whole day. Photo: Gabriel Fdez.

Los Infiernos (“The Hells”)

In 2015, this small town became the second town with the most disturbing name in Spain. Although the reason for this unusual name is not known, the high temperatures in this town in Murcia in summer could be related. If at some point you have sent someone to hell, you might find them here.

Novallas (“Don’t-Go”)

Castle of Novallas

Castle of Novallas. | Wikimedia

And the first place in the weird name contest went to… Novallas, in Zaragoza! Although we already know how to spell the verb “to go (ir – vayas)”, it is quite curious that a municipality invites you to go back the way you came. The name comes from the Latin Novalia.

Quinto Pino (“Far Away”)

The times we use the expression ‘estar en el quinto pino‘ in Spain is infinite. In English it would mean ‘being far away/in the middle of nowhere’. The Quinto Pino is in A Coruña, so it is not as far away as you thought. Visit this town and its baroque style parish church. You will not be disappointed.

Villapene (“Penisville”)

For villages with strange names there is Villapene, a village located in Lugo. The inhabitants of this town are not only used to tourists taking photos with the entrance sign, but sometimes the sign disappears, because a name like this is a lot of fun! Far from what you might think, the name comes from a man who gave this rural town its own name, Penius.

Guarromán (“Dirty-Man”)

Guarromán, a Spanish village with a unusual name

Guarromán. | Wikimedia

Although the name may be misleading, for the inhabitants of Guarromán, in Jaén, hygiene is just as important as for any of us. The name of the town comes from the Castilianization of the Arabic Wadi-r-rumman, Río de los Granados. Do you dare to visit it?[/vc_column_text]

And let us not forget Parderrubias (Pair of Blondes), in Pontevedra; Tembleque (Wobbly) and Consuegra (Mother in Law of a Son/Daughter), in Toledo; Meadero de la Reina (Queen’s Urinal), in Puerto Real; Casas de Fernando Alonso (Fernando Alonso’s Houses), in Cuenca; or Villatuerta (Villa One-eyed woman), in Navarre. If you pass by any of these villages with strange names we recommend you not only take a photo… but also to get to know them!


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