Tour description

We will leave from Madrid city center, escorted by our guide, setting course to La Mancha región, land of Don Quixote. We will make our first stop in El Toboso, a little village where Aldonza Lorenzo lived. She was Don Quixote’s eternal love and is also mentioned in the novel as Dulcinea del Toboso. We will next head to the iconic Windmills in Mota del Cuervo. It is one more crucial scenary in Cervantes’ novel, where we will get to explore the inside of some of the 7 windmills located there. The place of our lunch will be the walled village of Belmonte. We will have 1:45hrs to have our meal. After a stroll around its streets we will  visit the magnificent Don Juan Pacheco Castle.

At around 17:30hrs we will depart towards Madrid, so we can arrive at 19:00hrs to the place where we started our trip.

ITINERARY

• 8.30 Departure from Madrid
• Visit to El Toboso
• Visit to Mota del Cuervo’s theme windmills
• 13.30 Lunch
• Guided visit to Juan Pacheco Castle and to Belmonte
• Departure for Madrid
• 19:00 Arrival to Madrid and drop-off

DESCRIPTION

Visit to El Toboso. We will walk through the streets of this typical La Mancha town following the steps that once led Don Quixote and his squire Sancho in search for the knight’s love: Dulcinea del Toboso. Through this literary tour, we will get to know one of the villages that Don Miguel de Cervantes mentioned more frequently in his work.

Visit to Mota del Cuervo theme Windmills. Following the steps of the Nobleman we will get to the Quixotesque town of Mota Del Cuervo, where its impressive windmills will welcome us. In La Mancha Balcony these 7 giants raise: The Lefthanded, The Cervantes, The Piqueras, The Giant, The Goethe, The Irak and the Franz Grillparzer. se elevan estos 7 Gigantes: El Zurdo, El Cervantes, El Piqueras, El Gigante, El Goethe, El Irak y el Franz Grillparzer. We will explore the inside of the one devoted to milling, the Etnographic and the one devoted to crafts.

Lunch in Belmonte

Guided visit of Belmonte and Juan Pacheco Castle. We will walk along the streets of this knights’ town with our guide, and we will end our excursion with a guided visit of Juan Pacheco Castle. This castle is one of the best examples of palatial houses from the XV century; It was built by order of the Marquis of Pacheco and renewed during the XIX century by the french empress Eugenia de Montijo. It currently hosts a magnificent Interpretation Center about the building’s history.

Tour duration

Offered languages

We started the tour...

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

PLACE: Plaza del Conde de Casal, 6. Next to the door of the Hotel Claridge

We finished the tour...

TIME: 19:30 a.m.

PLACE: Plaza del Conde de Casal, 6. Next to the door of the Hotel Claridge

Included in this tour

• Transport
• Bilingual tour guide
• Guided visit to El Toboso
• Entrace fee to Los Molinos de Mota del Cuervo
• Entrance fee and guided visit to Juan Pacheco Castle

Not included in this tour

• Tips
• Everything that is not listed in the inclusions

Additional information

Free of charge cancellation until 24hrs prior to departure time

100% fee if cancelled less than 24hrs prior to departure time

Languages: Spanish, English

Bilingual guide up to 30 visitors. In case of more than 30 seats sold, the company will provide a guide in Spanish and a guide in a second language

Duration: 11hours

Departures on Fridays

The company has the right to cancel if the total amount of passengers is less than 4

We accept both digital or printed vouchers

The visitors must be at the meeting point at least 10 minutes before departure time

Rates and general terms valid until 12/31/2023