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Pro
photogenic windmills, as romanticised by Don Quixote?, and interesting castle
Con
Damn modern crane ruining pictures
In a nutshell
Nice stop on the way to/from Toledo
micas_pt Says: The castle is situated by the windmills, on top of the hill. It is a 10th century fortress, built by the mourish rulers of Cordoba, to prevent attacks and conquests of the northern Castilla. From then on, it has been refurbished and adapted accordingly to different ephoques...
micas_pt Says: Consuegra's main attractions are situated outside the city, on top of a hill named Calderico overlooking the surroundig plains and the city itself. From up there, you enjoy magnificent views both over the city and the Castilla la Mancha plains. We visited in Summer, so the...
Santísimo Cristo de la Vera Cruz church
micas_pt Says: The church's belfry and cupula stand out when seen for afar, that is, from the windmills. Also, when in city centre it is near the Plaza de España, so it is worth taking a look at it. This neo-baroque church dates from the 18th century and it is dedicated to Cristo de la...
micas_pt Says: In this square, the central point of the city, 3 buildings stand out:. the Town Hall, a 17th century building typical Toledo style, from which I'd mention its sundial and also the arch and the clock tower;. the "los corredores", a building opposite the Town Hall and which is...
micas_pt Says: The windmills were originally 13 but nowadays only 11 are left, from which 4 retain the mechanism to moan or work accordingly to their purpose. Windmills, or molinos in Castellano, have their own names:. Sancho, Rucio, Bolero and Espartero, are the ones where the mechanism,...
angiebabe Says: More Roman ruins to be found and quite exciting too here about 6 km out of Consuegra. The tourist office that is in one of the windmills up on the hill above Consuegra gave me a map of the sites to around the area - including information I otherwise hadnt seen anywhere else...
angiebabe Says: The tourist authorities try hard to push (advertising quite prominently with strategic signs around the area!) their Ruta de Don Quixote across the plains, highlighting the windmills and other Qixotic sights.The signposted route starts at Belmonte, which has an excellent...
angiebabe Says: Once the headquarters of the order of Saint John in the 12 th century, this castle with excellent views of the plains below and surrounds for miles around, is gradually being restored.The castle shares a plateau with 12 restored and highly photogenic windmills.
visit the best windmills of course!!
angiebabe Says: I was rather excited when the 11 windmills along the high ridge above Consuegra came in to view as i made my way to visit this photogenic highlight! Highly photogenic windmills with castle and lovely views of the plain below.
gale.blog.pl Says: Have a look right under your feet. It's worth it. Saffron, the most valuable spice in the world is made of these tiny flowers. Yes, it is true!Three female stigmas must be picked from each one of them as soon as it grows. The stamens are then dried at homes. It takes 2000...
gale.blog.pl Says: The castle of Consuegra is located quite close to the windmills. When I was visiting the place, a modern crane was overlooking the hill so the pictures don't look as good as I'd like them to.
gale.blog.pl Says: Here's a unique opportunity to see the famous windmills fought by Don Quijote ;-) There they are, constituting a picturesque view.
hquittner Says: This is the only reason one stops here. The town is below the road. The windmills are upward on a plateau and easily seen. Nearby are the ruins of an ancient fortress (castle). The blazing sun beats down on this treeless area of La Mancha. We were on our way to Ubeda and had...
hquittner Says: We did not feel that the town had anything to interest us, so we hurried on to Valdepenas for a late lunch (and good local wine). The picture is one of the vistas from the ridge where the castle and mills are sited.
hquittner Says: The castle has 3 round towers and is near a cluster of mills on the broad ledge above the road. It was built by the Knights of Malta (in the 13C?) on a Roman foundation. We were not conquerors so we did not invade the inner precincts. In fact it was difficult to climb onto...
Windmill Tilting(Cervantes Style)
hquittner Says: I do not remember if the sails of the windmills were fastened in the old days when we visited. If they were to move, it would have been dangerous (but nobody protected tourists or cared much about this at that time, 1983). It was not regarded as a heritage site.Cervantes was...
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'Fiesta de la Rosa del Azafrán' is a big Saffron Party in Consuegra. It is organized every year in the end of October, since it was established more then 30 years ago by Francisco Dominguez Tendero, the town's intellectual leader.
At this place 'Crocus-pickers' from far and near come to compete who is picking fastest. They choose a Queen of Saffron among the young girls in the neighborhood. People enjoy music, dance and fireworks. Also, one of the famous windmills, 'Sancho', grind flour for 'peace in the world'. This is the only time of the year that Sancho (the only working mill there) is used.
Updated Jun 6, 2006
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As with a lot of castles Ive seen around Spain and particularly Moorish ones, the castle has been in two buildings, ie a main building with a tower block parallel to it, with a walkway between the two up on the top storey or floor.
This castle has one, obviously a new renovated one as part of the restoration of the castle, but I tell you it did take a bit of daring to step out onto it, with visions pictured in my mind of the freak disaster stories one sometimes hears happening to people out on holiday - so here was a picture of the whole walkway giving way due to poor engineering - and what a drop to the ground below!
But the only other option was to go back down the way I had come up to the top of this castle building and back up the other tower which meant I would miss the excitement of having crossed one of these castle walkways!!
Dangerous or a sense of adventure and history not to miss!? The photos looking down were taken on my SLR and im yet to get them onto my laptop! So as yet I cant portray how far up and down it looked!
Written Sep 12, 2007
micas_pt Says: On our brief visit to Consuegra, we dedicated our attention to 2 main locations appart from each other:- the city centre, where we visited Plaza de España, Consuegra's main square, from which we explored a side street where we found a restaurant for lunch and also visited...
Carmela71 Says: The tourist Office is settle at the first windmill on the top of the mountian, called Bolero.I found the girl there very helpfull, with lots of ideas for itineraries and willing to help people (something sometimes not so normal lol) Cerro Calderico, s/n (Molino Bolero)45700...
Don Quijote de la Mancha Region
On the way down from Burgos to Marbella, with the jeep full of stuff of the moving, We stopped at Consuegra to visit the Windmills Photos will come soon, just give us time to settle and organise lol
Windmills overlooking the plains of Spain
I really wanted to visit the windmills written about in my frequently read Rough Guide and pictorial DK Eyewitness, Upset my itinerary as i took longer than i had planned, as was trying to get to the...
Consuegra in Spanish means "With-Mother-In-Law" (that's what I was told by our guide). Strange name for a village isn't it. This village or should I say tiny town can be found quite close to La......
We have driven past Consuegra one time,in 1983, but since only 5 VTers have written about it and since we were recording our trips to Andalucia nearby, and since we were attempting to copy old...
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