Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas
The Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas is a convent of Cistercian nuns founded in 1187 by King Alfonso VIII of Castile and his wife Eleanor of England, about 1.5 km west of the centre of Burgos. Compulsory guided tours show the church with its royal tombs, the cloisters and the Museum of Medieval Fabrics.