Tilting at Windmills: Cycling Don Quixote Country
Consuegra's iconic white windmills
If there’s one figure that dominates Spanish literature it’s Don Quixote de la Mancha. In Cervantes’ iconic epic, the hapless knight and his squire, Sancho Panza, gallavant around dusty Castilla-La Mancha (south of Madrid) in search of adventure.
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of the book, a cycling and walking network was established which makes Don Quixote country great for a cycling holiday in Spain.
Castilla-La Mancha is largely overlooked by tourists but it’s here that you’ll find the famous white windmills, which Quixote mistook for giants, great castles, vineyards and wildlife.
This area is great for cycling: undulating and quiet with wide roads, although there’s little shelter from the sun so probably best to do it in spring or autumn.You can read our guide here or watch the video here. The official site (in Spanish) is here.
do they cycle all the way,it seems like a tough task to me.
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16/07/2009 at 22:29