Attractions and Places To See around La Villa De Don Fadrique - Top 20

La Puebla de Almoradiel: Its origins are linked to an Iberian and Celtic fortress, inhabited by Romans, Visigoths, and, during the Muslim era, by the Almoravids. The ancient city stood on the Cigüela River, but was abandoned in 1276 due to epidemics. Repopulated by the Order of Santiago in the Middle Ages, it received a town charter in 1315 and the privilege of town status in 1341.

Founded in 1343 by Prince Don Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, Master of the Order of Santiago, who granted the Charter and the Sepúlveda charter. It was originally called La Puebla de la Isla because it was surrounded by water. The current name honors Don Fadrique, who took refuge in these lands fleeing from Pedro I "The Cruel."

Villacañas (Toledo), in the heart of Toledo's La Mancha region, is a destination that combines cultural heritage, unique nature, and singular traditions.

Along a walk through the town we can see the “Roman Bridge”, the parish church of San Juan Bautista, the hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Egido, the hermitage of Santísimo Cristo de la Salud, the hermitage of Santa Ana, numerous wells that once served as a water supply...

This hermitage also dates back to before 1576. Its dedication corresponds to San Gregorio. Its festival is on May 9, and is celebrated on the 2nd Sunday, with a populous and joyful pilgrimage. This hermitage is located next to the road, and no less than on the Camino Real, which goes from Alicante to Santiago de Compostela, according to the Repertory of Roads of Alfonso de Meneses, email of H.M. in 1576. (Bogas, Tembleque, Villacañas, Puebla de don Fadrique, Almoradiel, El Toboso,... Manjavacas... La Roda,... Albacete...) which also turns out to be the Spanish Silk Road, from Toledo to Murcia. Furthermore, the hermitage of San Gregorio is next to the Cañada Real Soriana, an important livestock route in La Mesta, which begins in the Sierra de Cameros, along the Iregua River, goes up to Yanguas and goes down to Soria, then through Almazán, Medinaceli, and It enters the province of Guadalajara through Cifuentes and into the province of Madrid through Valdearacete and into the province of Toledo through Santa Cruz de la Zarza, it separates the terms of Lillo and Corral de Almaguer and runs 25 kilometers from our district, of which 15 runs parallel. The Riansares River, which serves as a watering hole for transhumant cattle, enters Ciudad Real through Villarrubia de los Ojos and joins those of Cuenca and Segovia to enter the Alcudia Valley, through Almodóvar del Campo.

The hermitage of San Gregorio already appears in documents from the 16th century. Currently, the residents of Villacañas carry out a pilgrimage here. The temple is very modest, but its location at a crossroads of historic roads between vineyards gives importance to the roof of its entrance, since shade is scarce in the area.

Stage 1. Villacañas/Pedro Muñoz 94 kilometers. 480 positive meters. At the railway station in the Toledo town of Villacañas there is a comfortable parking lot on the side of the town to pack your bags on your bicycle, it is the starting point of the tourist cycle trip to the lake wonders of La Mancha Húmeda. First you have to cross the train tracks through a pedestrian crossing, which can be done without getting off the bike with good balance, and as soon as you cross to the other side the surface of the Trenillo Natural Trail begins. The greenway information panel is a few meters to the right, outside the route, on the esplanade of the old station. The roadbed of the old La Mancha railway goes straight towards Quintanar de la Orden, passes through a roundabout and a kilometer later the detour to the La Mancha Wetlands Natural Trail appears, well signposted on the wall of a country house. The path crosses the La Villa de Don Fadrique road and the show begins, in a large hollow emerges the blue patina of the Larga Lagoon and a detour towards the ornithological observatory on the edge of the wetland. Binoculars are recommended to see the birds up close, sometimes they are far from the shore and at first glance they are small specks on the surface of the water. The road surface is completely gravel, flat, comfortable and fast, it continues through the La Mancha plateau and enters the Cañada Real Soriana Oriental, one of the great pastoral routes that runs through the Iberian Peninsula between the Iberian System and Andalusia. The cattle glen is marked with milestones on the road posts and the route appears perfectly clear on the ground. The 90 Castilian varas (72.22 meters) wide of the livestock route define a natural highway between the agricultural fields, evoking the glorious era of the Mesta and transhumance, from its creation in the 13th century and throughout the Age. Middle, practically until the 19th century, when the powerful migratory routes marked the pulse of the culture, economy and progress of rural societies, they were channels of commerce and communication with a constant social life and it is always pleasant to plan by bicycle over the traces of history, culture and landscape that have had essential meaning over time. The ravine passes through Las Casas Romanas and there is a detour to the left towards the Taray lagoon, which is really a shortcut from the main itinerary. The route continues straight ahead and crosses the Villafranca de los Caballeros road, on the edge of the Tirez lagoon wetland. At the crossroads there is a rest area of the Don Quixote Route, a network of routes for cyclists, horseback riders and hikers of 2,500 kilometers following the places and places narrated in the work Don Quixote of La Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes, discovering the adventures and misadventures of the knight errant and the faithful squire Sancho. The shore of the extensive Tirez lagoon is far away, it is a huge hypersaline steppe wetland where saltpeter was extracted until recently and it is common to see flamingos, little bustards and curlews. The path runs through the hills that surround the lagoon and changes direction to visit the unique group of Peñahueca lagoons, a saline wetland that looks like a lake setting of the Andean highlands. The wetland is shallow and when the salt precipitates it creates curious saline concretions adorning the small islands and sand corridors that appear within the lagoon. And shortly after there is the detour to the Taray lagoon, which would be the direct shortcut from the royal canyon. The ornithological observatory is one kilometer to the left.

At the railway station in the Toledo town of Villacañas there is a comfortable parking lot on the side of the town to pack your bags on your bicycle, it is the starting point of the tourist cycle trip to the lake wonders of La Mancha Húmeda. First you have to cross the train tracks through a pedestrian crossing, which can be done without getting off the bike with good balance, and as soon as you cross to the other side the surface of the Trenillo Natural Trail begins. The greenway information panel is a few meters to the right, outside the route, on the esplanade of the old station. The roadbed of the old La Mancha railway goes straight towards Quintanar de la Orden, passes through a roundabout and a kilometer later the detour to the La Mancha Wetlands Natural Trail appears, well signposted on the wall of a country house. The path crosses the La Villa de Don Fadrique road and the show begins, in a large hollow emerges the blue patina of the Larga Lagoon and a detour towards the ornithological observatory on the edge of the wetland. Binoculars are recommended to see the birds up close, sometimes they are far from the shore and at first glance they are small specks on the surface of the water. The road surface is completely gravel, flat, comfortable and fast, it continues through the La Mancha plateau and enters the Cañada Real Soriana Oriental, one of the great pastoral routes that runs through the Iberian Peninsula between the Iberian System and Andalusia. The cattle glen is marked with milestones on the road posts and the route appears perfectly clear on the ground. The 90 Castilian varas (72.22 meters) wide of the livestock route define a natural highway between the agricultural fields, evoking the glorious era of the Mesta and transhumance, from its creation in the 13th century and throughout the Age. Middle, practically until the 19th century, when the powerful migratory routes marked the pulse of the culture, economy and progress of rural societies, they were channels of commerce and communication with a constant social life and it is always pleasant to plan by bicycle over the traces of history, culture and landscape that have had essential meaning over time. The ravine passes through Las Casas Romanas and there is a detour to the left towards the Taray lagoon, which is really a shortcut from the main itinerary. The route continues straight ahead and crosses the Villafranca de los Caballeros road, on the edge of the Tirez lagoon wetland. At the crossroads there is a rest area of the Don Quixote Route, a network of routes for cyclists, horseback riders and hikers of 2,500 kilometers following the places and places narrated in the work Don Quixote of La Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes, discovering the adventures and misadventures of the knight errant and the faithful squire Sancho. The shore of the extensive Tirez lagoon is far away, it is a huge hypersaline steppe wetland where saltpeter was extracted until recently and it is common to see flamingos, little bustards and curlews. The path runs through the hills that surround the lagoon and changes direction to visit the unique group of Peñahueca lagoons, a saline wetland that looks like a lake setting of the Andean highlands. The wetland is shallow and when the salt precipitates it creates curious saline concretions adorning the small islands and sand corridors that appear within the lagoon. And shortly after there is the detour to the Taray lagoon, which would be the direct shortcut from the royal canyon. The ornithological observatory is one kilometer to the left.