Caracuel Castle – Cardinal Monescillo Square loop from Los Quejigares

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Caracuel Castle – Cardinal Monescillo Square loop from Los Quejigares

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Caracuel Castle – Cardinal Monescillo Square loop from Los Quejigares

03:44

49.4km

270m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 11, 2026

Waypoints

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27.8 km

Tunnel to cross the A-41 (Villamayor)

Highlight • Bridge

Tunnel to cross the A-41, allows us to exit to the road from Puertollano to Ciudad Real.

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28.9 km

Tunnel to cross the A-41

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Tunnel to cross the A-41, but it does not appear on the Komoot map today, the error has already been reported. It would make it possible to shorten and connect with the highway from Puertollano to Ciudad Real.

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33.4 km

Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (Caracuel Cva)

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18th century. Typical Cistercian building with Mudejar influences. It consists of a single nave, rectangular in plan, covered with a gabled roof. The apse is pentagonal, being endowed with buttresses …

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33.5 km

Hermitage of the Holy Christ (Caracuel Cva)

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Next to the hermitage is one of the climbs to The Castle, it is privately owned and, given its ruined situation, with the dangers that its visit entails, access is prohibited without permission from the property.

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34.2 km

Caracuel Castle

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It was the place where one of the oldest parcels in Campo de Calatrava, Caracuel, was founded in 1170. Even so, a few years later it was recovered by the …

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35.0 km

Silo (Corral Clva)

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An initiative of the Junta de Castilla - La Mancha and the Laborvalía association has set itself the goal of decorating ten old grain silos with murals.

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35.6 km

Cardinal Monescillo Square

Highlight • Monument

Antolín Monescillo y Viso (Corral de Calatrava, September 2, 1811 – Toledo, August 11, 1897) was a Spanish cardinal, primate archbishop of Toledo.
In this same square is the house where he was born.

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37.5 km

Caracuel de Calatrava

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Small municipality located on the road that connects Ciudad Real with Puertollano. On the so-called Mount Nogales are the remains of the castle, with a pentagonal keep and remains of …

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49.4 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.2 km

14.2 km

11.0 km

2.05 km

Surfaces

22.7 km