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This is a lovely XVI century house of two floors plus a nice patio in the quiet village of Toboso, La Mancha, where lived Ana Martinez Zarco (whom Cervantes pretended, without success, and projected his love immortalizing her in his “obra maestra” Don Quixote, as Dulcinea, or Sweet Ana). The entrance fee is cheap. They will confiscate your photo apparatus, since pictures and video are strictly prohibited. On the ground floor there is the patio and instruments to produce olive oil and wine, and the kitchen with old utensils. On the first floor you can see Dulcinea room, bed and furniture of her time, plus her room to sew and receive guests. Do not miss the shop in front, called La Aldaba, where you can buy lovely and original objects and books related with Don Quixote (I have at home several items bought in that shop). Just a few kilometres far, in Mota del Cuervo, you can also visit the windmills since the times of Miguel de Cervantes, which Don Quixote took for giants.

Address: C/ Don Quijote, 1 El Toboso Spain Phone: + 925 19 72 88 E-mail: noavailable@yahoo.com Price: budget