Some towns reveal themselves from a distance. Belmonte Castle and Old Town is one of them. Before you reach its narrow streets, you see the castle on the hillside, watching over the plain with the calm authority of a place that has seen centuries pass. Set in the heart of Castilla-La Mancha, on the famous Ruta del Quijote, Belmonte combines literary memory, noble architecture and one of Spain’s most striking medieval fortresses. It is known as the birthplace of the Renaissanc