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Castile-La Mancha lies in the heart of the Iberic Peninsula

Provinces in Castile-La Mancha : Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo

Main cities : Albacete, Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Puertollano, Talavera de la Reina and Toledo.

Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura.

Capital city of Castila La Mancha : Toledo


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Campsites & Caravanning Castile Mancha

  Eurocampings   -   ACSI Camping Guide

  Camping & Caravaning en Espana

Holiday Rentals / Apartments

  Belvilla  -   Holiday Cottages
Charming chalet, villa, castle or mill? Country cottage, mansion or farmhouse? Discover their special holiday homes and book online!

Hotels in Castile Mancha

  Booking   -   Hotels Castile Mancha   -   Hotel Guide Castile Mancha
Most popular destinations Castile Mancha : Toledo, Cuenca, Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real, Santa Cruz de Mudela, Guadalajara, Albacete, Alcázar de San Juan, Almansa, Ocaña, Almagro, Alcolea del Pinar.

 
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.

  Booking   -   Hotels in Toledo   -   Hotel Guide Toledo 

 
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National Parks

  Ciudad Encantada, the 'enchanted' town
Where erosion made bizar stone formations.
  Parque Nacional de las Tablas de Daimiel

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

 easyJet holidays   -   Toledo Holidays

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Travel Guides Castile Mancha / Related books

Amazon.com - Travel Guides Castille La Mancha 

  The Cathedral and City of Toledo   -   Isabel del Rio de la Hoz (Author)
The city of Toledo lies on a granite escarpment on a range of dust-covered hills, southwest of Madrid. Toledo has always been one of the cultural and political centres of the Iberian peninsula, incoporating the best Arabic , Jewish and Christian traditions. Rising from the streets of the old European thirteeth-century Gothic architecture. The first cathedral to be built in Spain, it boasts a series of masterpieces, including the stucco -painted sculpture by Narciso Tome - the 'Transparente'. This introduction to one of Spain's most culturally diverse cities takes the form of a tour opf the cathedral and city, which focuses on the cathedral's art and architecture.
Paperback: 128 pages;
Publisher: Scala Publishers (July 6, 2006); ISBN 9781857592122; ASIN: 1857592123. 

  Don Quixote de la Mancha
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Author), E. C. Riley (Editor), Charles Jarvis (Translator)
Grade 3-7   -   Retelling of episodes from the Cervantes classic.
Paperback: 1120 pages; Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (August 1, 2008); ISBN-10: 0199537895; ISBN-13: 978-0199537891.

Transport / How do I travel to Castile Mancha

  Toledo Airport

See Aena for information about this Spanish airport.

 
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  Government of Castille Mancha

  Toledo   -   Capital of Castile   -   former capital of Spain   -   Ayuntamiento de Toledo
Toledo served as the capital city of Visigothic Spain, beginning with Leovigild, and was the capital until the Moors conquered Iberia in the 8th century. Under the Kalphite of Cordoba, Toledo enjoyed a golden age.

  Albacete   -   located in the typical flat lands of Mancha
  Ciudad Real   -   Diputación Provincial de Ciudad Real
  Cuenca   -   Diputación Provincial de Cuenca
  Guadalajara   -   Diputación de Guadalajara
  Toledo   -   Diputacion de Toledo

  Albacete   -   Ayuntamiento de Albacete
  Alcázar de San Juan   -    town and municipality in the province of Ciudad Real
The Town is located in the plain of La Mancha. Its name comes from an old moorish fortress [ القلعة / al-qaSsr in Arabic language ]. Much of the action of Cervantes' Don Quixote takes place around Alcázar.
Almagro [ aubergines ]
  Ciudad Real  
See Ayuntamiento de Ciudad Real [ History of Ciudad Real, Accommodation, Festival calendar, Travel, Food, Ciudad Real in images, monuments and places of interest, and more ].
  Cuenca   -   Ayuntamiento de Cuenca
  El Toboso [ near Alcázar de San Juan ]
The village of El Toboso was the home of the Lady Dulcinea del Toboso.
  Guadalajara   -   Ayuntamiento de Guadalajara
  Pedroñeras   -   Garlic Capital of Spain
Certainly because of the good quality of its Ajos Morados [ purple garlic ]. Every summer the International Garlic Congress takes place in the town. See http://www.pedroneras.com/
  Puertollano   -   Ayuntamiento de Puertollano
  Talavera de la Reina   -   Ayuntamiento de Talavera de la Reina Oficina de Atención al Ciudadano

  Ruta de los Pueblos Negros / Route of the black villages
  Route of the safran fields
  Route of the castles
  Route of Don Quijote

  Press   -   La Cerca   -   El diario digital de Albacete en Internet, tu vía de comunicación
  Press   -   La Cronica de Guadalajara   -   El periódico alcarreño más leído en Internet
  Press   -   La Tribuna de Albacete

Cuisine   -   Quixote cuisine   -   Manchego dishes

Castilla la Mancha's cuisine is comprised of a great variety of traditional, hearty yet simple dishes which are prepared using elementary ingredients such as bread, meat, vegetables and accompanied by a wide range of wine, sheep's cheese and desserts.

Many traditional dishes originated with the shepherds and hunters, even the famous manchego cheese.

  Recipes from La Mancha
  La Mancha cooking
  Manchego Shepherd Soup [ Sopa de Pastor Manchego ]
Very traditional, old-fashioned kind of garlic soup from the region of La Mancha.
  Pisto manchego
A type of ratatouille which can be served either hot or cold and contains a few tomatoes, red and green peppers, little courgette and any other ingredient the cook fancies.
  Sopa de Ajo or garlic soup

  Aalajú from Cuenca   -   an almond and nut pastry
  Garlic
The ajo morado or purple garlic is king in Pedroneras, where an annual international garlic festival is held.
  Manchego Cheese    -   Sheep cheese
Has been produced in the region for thousands of years and was prized by the Greeks and Romans.
  Marzipan from Toledo
A remains of a Muslim past, which is made from sugar and almonds
  Olive oil
Castilla-La Mancha is the second most important area in Spain for olive oil production, behind Andalucia.
  Saffron
Today almost three-quarters of the world's production of saffron is grown in Spain, specifically in the region of Castilla-La Mancha.
  Wine from La Mancha
The La Mancha region is one of the largest wine-producing areas in the world. The most famous wines are those of La Mancha and Valdepeñas. Other Denominations of Origin: Méntrida, Almansa.

History Castile Mancha

The origin of Castile-La Mancha lay in the Muslim period between the 8th and 14th century. Castile-La Mancha was the region of many historical battles between Christian crusaders and Muslim forces during the period from 1000 to the 13th century. It was also the region where the Crown of Castile and Aragon were unified in 1492 under Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand.

  History of Castile La Mancha

  Historia de Castilla-La Mancha
Prehistoria, Historia Antigua [ Roma ], Edad Media [ Visigodos, Periodo musulmán, Del siglo XII al XV ], Edad Moderna, Edad Contemporánea.

  Castilla-La Mancha contemporánea, 1800-1975   -   Sánchez Sánchez, Isidro (coordinador);
1998 Celeste Ediciones. ISBN 8482111418.

Music, Arts & Culture, Events

Miguel de Cervantes gave international fame to this land and its windmills when he wrote his novel Don Quixote de La Mancha.

  La Trovadelllano   -   Grupo Folclórico Manchego de Albacete

  El Greco
Toledo was home to El Greco for the latter part of his life, and is the subject of some of his most famous paintings, including The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, exhibited in the Church of Santo Tomé. See Wikipedia
  Miguel de Cervantes
Gave international fame to La Mancha and its windmills when he wrote his novel Don Quixote de La Mancha, later made into the play Man of La Mancha. See Wikipedia, Cervantes at Project Gutenberg and Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616): Life and Portrait. 

  El Greco in Toledo: National Monuments of Spain   -   Fernando Marias (Author)
El Greco, whose real name was Domenikos Theotocopoulus, was born in Crete, trained in High Renaissance Venice and Rome, and moved to Toledo in 1577. He saw himself as the epitome of the artist as courtier and philosopher, a contrast to the craftsman who emphasised the medieval aspects the city, including 'El Espolio' in the cathedral and 'Burial of the Count of Orgaz' in Santo Tome. His landscape paintings of the city are unparalled - and even his monumental rendering of Laocoon refers to his adopted city which, in legend, was founded by the Trojans. This stunningly illustrated title is a highly informative study of El Greco's paintings of the landscape and monuments of the city of Toledo.
Paperback: 128 pages;
Publisher: Scala Publishers (July 19, 2006); ISBN-10: 1857592107 ISBN-13: 978-1857592108.


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