Tarancón's location on the Madrid–Valencia motorway makes it a natural base for day trips in several directions. Cuenca, with its UNESCO-listed old town and the famous casas colgadas hanging over the gorge, is about an hour away by car. Madrid is just over an hour west on the A-3 — close enough for a day in the Prado and a late lunch back at home. The vineyards around Mondéjar and the Roman site of Segóbriga, near Saelices, are both within a half-hour drive for those with a car.