Alfonso XII duck hunting Curiosity · Daimiel, La Mancha, Ciudad Real Image of Daimiel, not of the place itself. In December 1884 King Alfonso XII visited Daimiel to shoot ducks in the Tablas. A few years later, in 1887, Queen María Cristina granted the town the title of city. Photo: Roberto from Ciudad Real, Spain (CC BY-SA 2.0) What to see and do in Daimiel