Spain's Best

Spain has some very unusual village names. Sometimes the most unfortunate occurrence can mark a village for the rest of time. For example in 1862 when the Queen Isabel II stopped her royal carriage close to the Jarana neighbourhood, as she was in desperate need of relieving herself, and she did amongst the bushes. Unfortunately from that moment onwards the suburb was referred to as “Meadero de la Reina”… The Queen’s Urinal, so not really a place you would want to live.  Other towns and villages may not sound particularly inviting such as “Really Dead!” or “Goodbye!” while others might sound a little more attractive such as “Blonde Heads”, although something tells me there won’t actually be very many in the village. There are also many which will most certainly not be associated with great smells such as “Sewer” in Murcia or “Ashtray” in Logroño and even “Filthy Man” in Jaen!

It makes you wonder, how on earth did these villages actually get their names?

Here are the Top 10 most unfortunate names for a town or village in Spain. If you have come across any funnier ones please leave a comment…

1. Malcocinado  - Badajoz -   “Badly Cooked”  

2. Guarroman -  Jaen -  “Filthy man”

3. Cenicero  - Logroño  -  “Ashtray”

4. Villapene  - Lugo  - “Penis town”

5. Ultramort  - Cordoba  - “Really Dead”

6. Adiós  - Navarra -  “Goodbye”

7. Alcantarilla  - Murcia -  “Sewer”

8. Cabezas Rubias - Huelva -  “Blonde Heads”

9. Villaviciosa - Asturias  - “Viscious Town / Addicts Town”

10. Meadero de la Reina  - Cadiz -  “Queen’s Urinal”