Windmills tilt at the skies in the historic region of La Mancha, southeast of Toledo, where ventured Miguel de Cervantes' legendary knight, Don Quixote. Cervantes, El Greco, and dramatist Lope de Vega lived in Toledo, adding their art to a city where East and West fused and flourished.
—From "Toledo—El Greco's Spain Lives On," June 1982, National Geographic magazine
In Pamplona, Spain, tens of thousands of visitors come out for music, dancing, and bullfights. And the hardiest of souls brave the famous Running of the Bulls.
Suspended between heaven and earth, Toledo—Spain's spiritual heart—still retains the same classic charm that lured the famous painter El Greco to the area in the 1570s.
