# Sunday in Consuegra: Castle with a Guide, Windmills from Inside and Lunch in a Pottery Workshop

A guided visit to the Muela castle with the Bolero windmill, the Rucio mill from the inside, La Mancha lunch in a former pottery workshop, Plaza de España and sunset beside the windmills.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castilla-la-mancha/consuegra/itineraries/consuegra-castle-with-a-guide-windmills-and-pottery-workshop-lunch · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## El día
- 09:45 · Salida: 45 min by car (From Toledo, about 64 km)
- 10:45 · La Muela Castle, with a guided tour (Guided tour with the Bolero · €9 · opens at 10:00)
  - 7 min on foot
- 12:15 · The twelve windmills of Calderico hill and the Bolero windmill (Inside the Bolero and the row of windmills)
  - 2 min on foot
- 12:45 · Rucio Windmill, the one that grinds again at the Saffron Rose Festival (Open 10:00 to 18:30)
  - 13 min on foot
- 14:00 · El Alfar (Open every day 12:00 to 18:00 · booking) · El Alfar, €€
  - 12 min on foot
- 16:00 · Plaza de España, Los Corredores and the Archaeological Museum (The square and Los Corredores)
  - 8 min on foot
- 17:30 · The twelve windmills of Calderico hill and the Bolero windmill (Sunset on the hill; in winter, before 18:00)
- 18:30 · Vuelta (In Toledo around 19:30; in Madrid around 20:15)

Consuegra has the most famous image of La Mancha, and a Sunday allows you to see it two ways: from inside, with the guided visit to the castle and entry to the windmills, and from outside, at sunset, when the sun falls on the plain behind the sails. In between, La Mancha cooking in a former pottery workshop. It is 50 minutes from Toledo and a good hour and a half from Madrid.

## The Day, Hour by Hour

9:45 · Departure. From Toledo, about 64 km; from Madrid, along the A-4. Drive up Calle del Cerro Calderico to the windmills car park.

10:45 · La Muela castle. A guided visit with a tourist guide round the fortress of the Order of St John, the site of the 1097 battle in which El Cid's son died: €9 for adults, €4.50 for ages 7 to 14, free up to 6. It includes admission to the Bolero windmill. Buy tickets beforehand online or at the castle itself.

12:15 · Windmills. Go into the Bolero, the tourist office, with its machinery explained and its viewpoint, and walk the row of windmills along the ridge.

12:45 · Rucio windmill. The 1837 one, with parts from the 16th century. If it coincides with a milling day on its calendar, you will see the sails turning.

14:00 · Lunch at El Alfar. An early 20th-century pottery workshop with a tree-shaded courtyard and old kilns. La Mancha cooking; open every day from 12:00 to 18:00. Book on 925 48 18 07.

16:00 · Plaza de España. Stroll through the old town to the square and the Los Corredores building, home of the Archaeological Museum; confirm its hours at the tourist office.

17:30 · Sunset on the hill. Go back to the windmills for the sunset; in winter, the sun sets before six. Go up by car or on foot by the steps of the chapel of Cristo de la Vera Cruz.

18:30 · Return.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
From Toledo, about 64 km; from Madrid, about 135 km along the A-4; from Ciudad Real, about 90 km. Parking next to the windmills and on the streets of the centre.

## Consejos

### Check the festival calendar
During the Rosa del Azafrán and Consuegra Medieval, the road to the windmills is closed and the castle has different prices.

### Bring a coat
On the hill the wind blows, in spring too.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does the visit to Consuegra castle cost?
€9 for the guided visit with the Bolero windmill; €4.50 for ages 7 to 14.

### Where do you eat on a Sunday in Consuegra?
At El Alfar, open every day at midday, or at La Taberna del Tío Caraco, which is open on Sundays until 22:00.

### What is the best time to go to the windmills?
At sunset, for the light; in the morning, to go into the castle and the Bolero.

### How long does it take from Madrid?
A good hour and a half by car, along the A-4.