From fifty orchards to a municipality Curiosity · Arenales de San Gregorio, La Mancha, Ciudad Real Image of Arenales de San Gregorio, not of the place itself. In 1845 Pascual Madoz described fifty market gardens here, each with its own farmhouse. The place was constituted as a farming colony in 1880, took its present name in 1956 and became independent from Campo de Criptana in 1999. Photo: Thor8 (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Arenales de San Gregorio