Key Information: Tour Duration: 1
day(s) Group Size: 6
- 8
people Destination(s):Spain Specialty Categories:Food & Wine Season: September Airfare Included: No Tour Customizable: No Minimum Per Person Price: 200 Euro (EUR) Maximum Per Person Price: 300 Euro (EUR)
La Mancha Wine and Don Quixote Tour - 17th of September, 2008.
Tour Itinerary:
9.00 h. - Pick up in Madrid and transfer to La Mancha. The drive will take you through the flatlands of La Mancha planted with olive trees and vineyards. We will stop in Consuegra where you will feel like stepping out of a novel, visiting the Knights of Malta Castle and the wind mills that Don Quixote fought thinking they were giants.
Continue the drive to Campo de Criptana, another town famous for its wine and its wind mills, where we will visit two wineries and we will taste its wine with manchego cheese. Followed by a traditional lunch with wine and local specialties.
After lunch we will drive back to Madrid through Mota del Cuervo and Belmonte to admire the Castle of Belmonte going back to the medieval time of knights and ladies, war and crusades. Estimated arrival time in Madrid: 20.00.