Consuegra · Spain

Molinos de Viento de Consuegra

Windmills of Consuegra

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~45 min

easy

9/10

best: sunset

romantic

A local would say...

Don Quijote's 'monstrous giants' — nine windmills on a ridge with a crusader castle

If you choose one place to go windmill-spotting in Castilla-La Mancha, make it Consuegra. Nine molinos de viento (windmills) flanking a 12th-century castle rise dramatically from a ridge above the town. They sit dramatically above the pancake-flat plains, and clearly visible from far away — the very giants Don Quijote tilted at. One contains the original machinery.