[Gocamino] Don Quixote to rival the Camino?

[Sil]

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,1514485,00.html#article_continue
Four hundred years ago, Cervantes chose the torrid plains and dustyvillages of southern central Spain as the setting of his novel DonQuixote of La Mancha.To mark the 400th anniversary of the novel'spublication, the provincial government of this poor, rural land istrying to transform its literary legacy into gold. In true quixoticspirit, officials of Castilla-La Mancha have invested €40m (£26.5m) ina network of "ecological tourism routes" that trace the knighterrant's misadventures in La Mancha.
The trails - designed for hikers, bikers or those who prefer to galloplike Don Quixote on his scrawny Rocinante - cover about 2,500km (1,500miles) of rolling hills, woods and streams from Toledo to Cuenca.They pass through 146 cities and towns, many of them mentioned inCervantes' novel. El Toboso, for example, is the birthplace of DonQuixote's beloved Dulcinea. They also lead to dozens of ancientwindmills at Campo de Criptana, reputedly the place where the braveknight tilted at the supposed "giants".

"With time, we aspire to have the same importance as the Way of SaintJames [the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela]," said JuanCámara, project director, who was leading a tour of traditionalwindmills in the village of Consuegra. In honour of the anniversary,the squat mills are once again grinding flour"
-- Sil