Don Quixote's first adventure Curiosity · Puerto Lápice, La Mancha, Ciudad Real Image of Puerto Lápice, not of the place itself. Cervantes writes that there are authors who say that the first adventure that befell him was that of Puerto Lápice. The place also inspired Azorín's travel chronicle La ruta de don Quijote, published in 1905. Photo: Jibi44 (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Puerto Lápice