Camino De Levante

Mota del Cuervo to Quintanar de la Orden

22.4 km, 87 m up and 99 m down, through 1 place, 1 of which has somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.

22.4km
Distance
87m
Climbing
99m
Descent
1
Places you pass
1
With a bar or cafe

The ground between

· 709 m · 696 m
Climbing 120 mDescent 133 mHighest 733 m · Lowest 682 m ·

What you pass through

Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Mota del Cuervo. Most are too small to sleep in — a fountain, a chapel, a bar that may or may not be open — but they are what the day is actually made of.

  1. start
    Mota del Cuervo4 to stayBar · food

    Mota del Cuervo is La Mancha as you imagined it. A line of windmills stands on the ridge above the town — seven of them, white-walled and dramatic against the Manchego sky. These are the molinos de viento that Cervantes …

  2. 11.9 km
    El Toboso5 to stayBar · food

    El Toboso is the village of Dulcinea — Don Quixote's idealized lady love. Cervantes set her here, and the town has embraced the connection ever since. The Casa-Museo de Dulcinea recreates a wealthy Manchego household of …

  3. 22.8 km
    Quintanar de la Orden1 to stayBar · food

    Quintanar de la Orden is a working Manchego town with all basic services — supermarkets, bars, restaurants, pharmacy, and accommodation. The town was historically linked to the Order of Santiago, which controlled this te…

Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 154 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 22.8 km.

Programa MOVES IIIMinisterio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico — IDAEXunta de GaliciaInstituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA)Financiado por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEUPlan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia

Esta entidad ha sido beneficiaria de una ayuda del Programa de incentivos a la movilidad eficiente y sostenible (MOVES III), gestionado por la Xunta de Galicia a través del Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA) en el marco del Real Decreto 266/2021, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEU, dentro del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.

Más información sobre la financiación recibida →