Category: Spain La Mancha – tilting at windmills 2026
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Spain La Mancha – Tilting at windmills
Days 7 and 8 – San Lorenzo de el Escorial The weather continued its gloomy dampness as we drove on to SL. There was much more traffic on the road as we are close to Madrid now. Having googled what to do in SL apart from visit the monastery (more of a palace really) we…
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Spain La Mancha – Tilting at windmills
Day 6 -Las Barrancas de Burujon walk I read about this hike on someone else’s blog (novo-monde.com) I liked the sound of it so put it on our list for Toledo when we got fed up with sightseeing. We hiked up to the Carrefour Express and grabbed some sandwiches for lunch. Our apartment (Apartamentos San…
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Spain La Mancha – Tilting at windmills
Day 5 – Toledo sightseeing and river walk We have shutters on the windows here so would probably have slept until midday had our eldest son and grandson not FaceTimed us to catch up. They are also on holiday and it seems that Jamie who isn’t quite 2 has taken a liking to olives which…
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Spain La Mancha – Tilting at Windmills
Day 4 – Toledo Yesterday evening we were very much looking forward to a tasty meal at The Coto de San Juan. Home cooked food at a fair price, 10 minutes walk down the road. Excellent. I checked their website which stated they were definitely open. Except they were not. Oh dear. The curse of…
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Spain La Mancha – Tilting at Windmills
Day 3 – Ruta de el Escalaron y La Raya. Serrania de Cuenca National Park We did a fabulous walk today. More quality than quantity (it was approximately 6 miles), it delivered in spades. Another leisurely morning. It’s been so nice not having to rush out. First it was a quick hop over to the…
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Spain La Mancha -Tilting at Windmills
Day 2 -Exploring Cuenca Any thoughts of attending the hotel gym were quashed by Steve’s cold and my sore arm. Instead we stayed in bed, ate danish pastries and looked at our phones. Honestly, anyone would think we’re on holiday. Eventually we dragged ourselves out to explore the old section of Cuenca. Now a UNESCO…
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Spain La Mancha- Tilting at Windmills
Technically only two of the places we intend to visit are in La Mancha but I liked the title and two out of three isn’t bad according to Meatloaf. Famous for Manchego cheese, wine and windmills, a week pottering around Cuenca, Toledo and San Lorenzo de El Escorial sounded just the ticket. The only downside…
Middle-aged flash packers 