Gravel past the windmills of La Mancha from Alcázar de San Juan

A flat loop through La Mancha starting in Alcázar de San Juan, a rail hub with trains from Madrid and Andalusia. It heads east to Campo de Criptana and its windmill ridge, follows farm tracks to El Toboso and returns via Miguel Esteban and Quero between vineyards and cereal fields. It's almost all wide, compacted dirt track, very fast-rolling and with little elevation, apart from the short climb to the Criptana windmills. There is water and there are bars in every village and no shade at all between them. In summer it's only a good idea first thing in the morning. The wind is the usual rival. Near Quero there are lagoons well worth a stop.

Track designed by our editorial team on OpenStreetMap (ODbL).