Let us show you the "Sierra de Francia" mountain range. What a lovely place in the southern part of Salamanca.
Let us show you the Roman villa of La Olmeda (Pedrosa de la Vega, Palencia)
This villa is one of the most important Roman archaeological sites in Spain. It was discovered in 1968 thanks to the appearance of remains indicating that this had once been the site of a magnificent palace dating back to the days of the Romans. It still conserves several mosaics of immense historical value.
After admiring the building’s impressive façade, visitors make their way to vestibule with a mosaic that is practically intact. At the back of this area, two columns mark the division between this room and a large gallery running from side to side of the building, featuring superb mosaics with geometric patterns that formed the entrance to the main rooms of this mansion.
Today, a large covered space houses the objects and remains found in this villa. An exhibition that is well worth admiring, together with the magnificent and well-conserved mosaics, providing visitors with a fascinating vision of what life was like in the days of the Romans.
Discover the Hoces del Río Riaza Natural Park, where the river has sculpted one of the most impressive sets of gorges, canyons and gorges on the Iberian Peninsula. Contemplate the majestic gorge 5.5 kilometers long, 150 meters deep and 300 meters wide that fragments this corner of Segovia.
Step into this gift of nature and sanctuary for wildlife. Its slopes are home to sessile juniper forests and more than 600 pairs of griffon vultures that dance in the skies. The unique geomorphology creates an inaccessible refuge, perfect for raptors and steppe species.
Explore the historical footprint with remains of Romanesque churches and the Casuar hermitage, declared Assets of Cultural Interest. In Maderuelo, fragments of walls and interesting civil and religious architecture connect with the past, drawing one of the most beautiful medieval images of the province.
Let us show you the National Sculpture Museum.
The funds of the museum are currently composed of two large collections of over 6.000 pieces, spanning from the late Middle Ages to the XX century. On the one hand, highlights a set of Spanish religious sculpture in polychrome wood between the XV and XVIII centuries, in which stand out pieces of the great masters of Castilla, as Alonso Berruguete, Juan de Juni or Gregorio Fernandez, to which have been added other sculptures from different schools and Spanish workshops.
Since 2011, the museum also houses another major collection, from the National Museum of Artistic Reproductions, considered one of the best in Europe and composed by pieces (sculptural and architectural replicas of different civilizations, periods and styles) providing us a complete overview of the evolution of European taste, of the ideals of museum tradition and of reproduction techniques. Furthermore, in addition to several examples of applied arts and furnishings, the museum also exhibits significant paintings by masters such as Pedro Berruguete, Rubens or Zurbaran.
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Castilla y León is a great destination for the mushrooms lovers.
Castilla y León boasts a diverse wild mushrooms, having cataloged 2,700 species, many of them edible, of which more than 50 are sold, which is a wealth that combined with the quality and know-how of the producers, guides and cooks it realizes that our region has become one of the leading communities in micoturismo.
Castilla y León has launched important projects related to Mycology, the aforementioned system of data management of production and use of wild mushrooms, www.micocyl.es, a mark of quality, mushrooms of Castilla y León, which ensures that these have been collected by experts and supervised by inspectors, which are guarantees its traceability and quality. Also two important events one of regional dimension such as the gastronomic days of mushrooms in Castilla y León, El Buscasetas, www.buscasetas.es of annual and other internationally, the International Congress of Mycology Soria gastronomy, which is held biennially, www.congresosoriagastronomica.com
Soria is probably one of the most important areas in Europe for this amazing food. Come and enjoy it!
In a privileged enclave with the Sierra de Guadarrama as a backdrop, south of the Community of Castile and León, stands the historic city of Segovia.
Discover the exceptional monuments that make Segovia a fairy tale city declared a World Heritage Site, in which both its wonderful aqueduct and its fantastic Alcázar stand out, but in whose streets and squares there are religious temples, palaces, convents and gardens.
The aroma that emanates from its wood-fired ovens, where suckling pigs and suckling pigs are cooked over low heat, permeates the streets and calls to the table.
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Urueña, Valladolid
At one end of the Torozos Mountains and dominating the Valladolid countryside, is the charming town of Urueña. Its narrow cobbled streets and emblazoned houses preserve intact all the flavor of the medieval era, in which it enjoyed great importance and was the epicenter of battles between the kingdoms of Leon and Castile. In Urueña, the walled enclosure stands out, of which almost the entire area that surrounded the town in the past is preserved. And at its feet, the hermitage of the Anunciada, ordered to be built in the 12th century by the Infanta Sancha Raimúndez and the only example of Romanesque-Lombard architecture preserved in Castile and León.
Without losing a bit of its heritage authenticity, today it has become a unique cultural and literary center in Spain due to the large concentration of bookstores it houses, which has earned it the title of the country's first Book Village.
The Canal of Castilla Route runs through the plateau between the provinces of Palencia, Burgos and Valladolid. It has three branches: the North branch (Alar del Rey to Calahorra de Ribas, near Ribas de Campos), the Campos branch (from Calahorra de Ribas to Medina de Rioseco) and the South branch (from Serrón, near Grijota, passing through Palencia to Valladolid). An Asset of Cultural Interest since 1991, the Canal de Castilla was built in the 18th and 19th centuries and is one of the most important Civil Engineering projects of the Spanish Enlightenment period. Enjoy the wealth of monuments, landscapes and wildlife you'll find along the route’s towpaths. You will see locks, docks, a large number of bridges and flour mills, such as the San Antonio mill in Medina de Rioseco or the Abarca mill.
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Let us show you the Arribes del Duero Natural park.
The extreme west of the provinces of Salamanca and Zamora is a corner of prodigious nature. Forming the border with Portugal, the Duero River and its tributaries Huebra and Uces have carved one of the most beautiful landscapes of the Peninsula.
Enjoy an ecosystem populated by the golden eagle, the griffon vulture and the black stork, as well as the Iberian wolf and the otter. Relax your eyes with the changing green of holm oaks, cork oaks, melojo oaks, olive trees and gall oaks.
Let yourself be captivated by the exciting boat routes among impressive landscapes, but don't forget the Pozo de los Humos and its waterfall of more than fifty meters.
Immerse yourself in the essence of the towns, where the stone architecture and traditions will speak to you of another time.
Castilla y León is a great destination for wine lovers. There are a lot of places to be discovered, very related to the wine industry. Like this one: Peñafiel (Valladolid).
Peñafiel is wine and history. In this Valladolid town, near the borders with Burgos and Segovia, its monumental castle is as well known as its long wine-growing tradition that makes it the capital of the Ribera del Duero on its own merits.
But the always cheerful town has centuries of history behind it that have left its own style represented in its curious Plaza del Coso or its intricate streets.
Located in a privileged natural environment, it also offers all kinds of outdoor activities to enjoy nature, as well as exquisite traditional Castilian cuisine.
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Let us show you the Archeological site of Tiermes (Sori)
During the long Celtiberian War, Rome sent in vain during years its powerful army against a poor people and far away from of the rich lands of Hispania: the Arevaci, whose main towns were Numancia and Tiermes. The last one was not subdued until the year 98 BC, when the consul Tito Didio, after his victory, forced the people to go down of the town to the plain, leaving the acropolis that crowned the hill and impeding its inhabitants to fortify the new place.
Among the remains recovered in the archaeological excavations, the ones from the celtiberian and Roman times give more information. It stands out the rooms and dwellings dug into the rock, the Celtiberian necropolis of Carratiermes, complex public buildings, such as the so-called 'Castelum Aquae', the baths... besides of streets or defensive doors, such as the late Roman wall surrounding the hill. The set is finished with a hermitage from Romanesque period in which the rich and varied decoration of the capitals and corbels stands out.
Let us show you the Royal Palace of La Granja, so close to Segovia.
It was the summer residence of the Bourbons in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1720 Phillip V bought the land from the friars of the Parral community. The architect Teodoro Ardemans converted the building into a palace attached to the temple, flanked by four towers with slate capitals.
Palace with squares whose names denote their use: Plaza del Palacio, Plaza del Mercado, Plaza de Canónigos, Plaza de la Cebada, and another, for dreamers, called the Plaza de la Melancolía. It is in the neoclassical style.
The gardens were entrusted to a team from Versailles (France). The Royal Gardens ooze baroque elegance and are important for their rich botany and fountains.
