CONTACT
"\r\n\r\n\r\nWe have a series of routes through the areas that we propose HERE. If you are interested in any of them, contact us in the FORM.\r\n \r\n\r\nBut if you are attracted to another area in particular, also contact us in the FORM and we will organize a new customized route.\r\n \r\nYou can also get in touch at:mariaparenaza@singular-spain.comTel. +(34) 629 35 36 96 Madrid, Spain\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\\|\/\r\nIf you want to be informed about our activities, subscribe to our NEWSLETTER.\r\n\\|\/\r\n\r\n\r\nThe data collected in this FORM and NEWSLETTER are to be in contact with you and send you information related to Singular Spain. For more information check out our Privacy Policy.You can change your mind at any time by writing to mariaparenaza@singular-spain.com.\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\\|\/CONTACT\\|\/NEWSLETTER\\|\/FORM\\|\/\r\n\r\n\r\nResponsible\r\nwww.singularspain.com.es is an Internet domain owned by SINGULAR SPAIN, hereinafter the COMPANY.\r\nIn accordance with article 10 of Law 34\/2002, of July 11, on \"Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce (LSSI)\" and RDL (Royal Decree Law) 23\/2018, informs that the company in charge of the management and operation of the website is:\r\nCommercial name: SINGULAR SPAIN\r\nName: María Pérez de Arenaza Lamana\r\nNIF: 07234103M\r\nAddress: C\/Valderrey, 35\r\nDomain name: www.singularspain.com.es\r\nEmail: mariaparenaza@singular-spain.com\r\nTelephone: 629353696\r\nActivity: Combined Travel Agency\r\n \r\nLegislation\r\nUse and user access\r\nThe User is informed and accepts that access to this website does not imply, in any way, the beginning of a commercial relationship with the COMPANY.\r\nThe user undertakes to use the website in accordance with the law, this Legal Notice and the requirements of good faith, using the appropriate diligence to the nature of the service they enjoy, without incurring in activities that may be considered illicit or illegal, that infringe the rights of the COMPANY or third parties, or that may damage, disable, overload or impair the service or prevent its normal use.\r\nSpecifically and with a merely illustrative character, the user must refrain from:\r\n* Reproduce, copy, distribute, make available, publicly communicate, transform or modify the contents of the page except in those cases authorized by law or expressly consented to by the COMPANY or by the third party that, where appropriate, holds the exploitation rights over them.\r\n* Reproduce or copy for private use the contents that deserve the consideration of software or Databases in accordance with current legislation, as well as communicate them publicly or make them available to third parties.\r\n* Use the contents of the website for any type of advertising or promotional activity and, in particular, for sending unsolicited emails (spam) or similar communication.\r\n \r\nIntellectual and Industrial Property\r\nAll content displayed on the page (texts, graphics, photographs, logos, designs, source codes, audiovisual or sound content, etc.) are subject to intellectual property rights owned by the COMPANY or third parties who have authorized their inclusion on the page.\r\nAny exploitation of all or part of the content of the page, carried out in any way or by any means, electronic, mechanical or otherwise, is strictly prohibited. Violation of these rights may lead to the initiation of judicial, civil or criminal proceedings.\r\nResponsibility of the company\r\nThe COMPANY does everything possible to avoid any error in relation to the contents of this web page.\r\n \r\nThe COMPANY adopts the necessary measures and mechanisms to guarantee the security of communications and transactions that occur through the web portal.\r\n The COMPANY will not be responsible for possible damages or losses that could be derived from interferences, omissions, interruptions, computer viruses, telephone breakdowns or disconnections in the operational functioning of this electronic system, caused by causes beyond the control of the company.\r\nNor will it be responsible for delays or blockages in the use of this electronic system caused by deficiencies or overloads of telephone lines, overloads in the Internet system or other electronic systems.\r\nThe COMPANY does not guarantee the veracity nor is it responsible for the consequences that may arise from errors in the content provided by third parties that may appear on this web page.\r\nThe COMPANY does not assume any responsibility for the information contained in third-party web pages that can be accessed by \"links\" or links from any web page owned by the COMPANY. The presence of \"links\" or links on the COMPANY's web pages is for informational purposes only and in no case does it imply a suggestion, invitation or recommendation about them. \r\n\r\nApplicable law\r\nIn general, the relations between the COMPANY and the Users of the services present on this website are subject to Spanish legislation and jurisdiction.\r\nThis Legal Notice is governed by Spanish law.\r\nThe information that appears on this web page is current on the date of its last update, May 20, 2022.\r\nThe COMPANY reserves the right to unilaterally update, modify or eliminate said information without prior notice. All content displayed on the page (texts, graphics, photographs, logos, designs, source codes, audiovisual or sound content, etc.) are subject to intellectual property rights owned by the COMPANY or third parties that have authorized its inclusion on the page. Any exploitation of all or part of the content of the page, carried out in any way or by any means, electronic, mechanical or otherwise, is strictly prohibited. Violation of these rights may lead to the initiation of judicial, civil or criminal proceedings.\r\n\r\n\r\n\\|\/\r\n\r\n\r\nBasic information on Data Protection\r\nIn accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016\/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of April 27, 2016 (RGPD), the Traveler accepts that the personal data provided, is this website, by the interested party himself@ (NEWSLETTER , CONTACT, FORMS for the organization of the Routes, and TRANSFERS and BILLING for the management of the contracted Route), as well as those that may be provided in the future for the same purpose, are collected and processed by the agency SINGULAR SPAIN.\r\n \r\nPeople under 18 years of age will not be able to register.\r\n \r\nThe data of those people who have contracted a trip may be communicated in those cases in which the regulations require it and also to airlines and other means of transport, as well as to hotel and other accommodation entities for the purposes described in this policy. Outside of the previously described assumption, no transfers will be made.\r\n \r\nAnyone has the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not SINGULAR SPAIN is processing personal data that concerns them.\r\n \r\nInterested persons have the right to access their personal data, as well as to request the rectification of inaccurate data or, where appropriate, request its deletion when, among other reasons, the data is no longer necessary for the purposes that were collected.\r\n \r\nThe interested party who sends the information to SINGULAR SPAIN guarantees and is responsible, in any case, for the accuracy, validity and authenticity of the personal data provided and undertakes to keep them duly updated, exonerating the Agency from any responsibility in this regard. The Traveler agrees to provide complete and correct information in the registration forms.\r\n \r\nIn certain circumstances, the interested parties may request the limitation of the processing of their data, in which case we will only keep them for the exercise or defense of claims.\r\n \r\nThose interested may oppose the processing of their data. SINGULAR SPAIN will stop processing the data, except for compelling legitimate reasons or the exercise or defense of possible claims.\r\n \r\nThe interested party has the right to file a claim with the Control Authority if they consider that the treatment does not comply with current regulations.\r\n \r\nThese data have been collected by the SINGULAR SPAIN agency in order to manage and develop the set of services stipulated on this website.\r\n \r\nThe affected party may exercise the rights recognized in the GDPR and, in particular, those of access, limitation, rectification, deletion, opposition and oblivion, through a letter that may be addressed to the registered office of the SINGULAR SPAIN agency at the address indicated in the Legal Notice, or in the email address mariaparenaza@singular-spain.com.\r\n \r\nCommon use with social networks\r\nIf the data subject chooses to access the Services through their account on social networks (i.e. Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram or another social network) or clicks on one of the connection buttons or social network links (for example, the Facebook \"Like\" button) that are available on the Services, your content and personal information will be shared with the corresponding social networks.\r\n \r\nSINGULAR SPAIN reserves the right to modify this policy to adapt it to new legislation or jurisprudence. In such cases, SINGULAR SPAIN will announce on this page the changes introduced with reasonable anticipation of their implementation.\r\n \r\nResponsible\r\n \r\nWe inform you that the personal data provided through the forms or other use derived from browsing SINGULAR SPAIN, as well as your email address, are included in a data processing property of SINGULAR SPAIN.\r\nThe person in charge of the management and operation of the web is María Pérez de Arenaza and contact email: mariaparenaza@singular-spain.com.\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\\|\/\r\n\r\n\r\nThe domain www.singularspain.com.es (with the SINGULAR SPAIN brand) uses automatic Cookie collection procedures to collect personal information, such as the type of browser or operating system, referring page, route, ISSP domain, etc. This helps us to adapt this website to your personal needs and promote a better user experience.\r\n \r\n \r\nWhat are Cookies?\r\n \r\nA cookie is a harmless text file that is stored in your browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc) when you visit almost any web page.\r\n \r\nThe usefulness of the cookie is that the web you visit remembers your visit when you return to browse it, so that it facilitates navigation and helps you. In other words, as a web page it helps us to improve quality, thus allowing us to customize the navigation of each particular user to a certain extent.\r\n \r\nAlthough many people don't know it, cookies have been used for decades. In addition, they are currently essential for the operation of the Internet, providing innumerable advantages in the provision of interactive services and facilitating navigation.\r\n \r\nRemember that cookies cannot harm your equipment and that, in return, the fact that they are activated helps the person in charge of the web to identify and resolve errors and thus improve navigation on it, providing a better experience for web users.\r\n \r\n \r\nWhat is not a Cookie?\r\nIt is not a virus, nor a trojan, nor a worm, nor spam, nor spyware, nor does it open pop-up windows.\r\n \r\n \r\nWhat information does a cookie store?\r\nCookies do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit card or bank details, photographs, your ID or personal information.\r\n \r\nThe data they save is of a technical nature, personal preferences, content customization, etc. For example, the language with which you browse or the size of the font.\r\n \r\nThe web server does not associate you as a person, but your web browser. In fact, if, for example, you regularly browse with Firefox and try to browse the same website with other browsers, such as Microsoft Edge or Chrome, you will see that the website does not realize that you are the same person, because it is actually associating you with the browser.\r\n \r\n \r\nWhat kind of Cookies are there?\r\nCookies, depending on the time they remain installed, can be divided into session or permanent cookies. The former expire when the user closes the browser. The second ones expire when the objective for which they are used is fulfilled or when they are manually deleted.\r\n \r\nIn addition, depending on their purpose, cookies can be classified as follows:\r\n \r\n1) Required or technical cookies: are those strictly necessary and essential for the proper functioning of the website. They are normally generated when the user accesses the website or logs in.\r\nThey allow, among other things, to know when a human or an automated application is browsing, when an anonymous user and a registered user are browsing, basic tasks for the operation of any dynamic website.\r\nIn addition, they keep the user identified, so that, if they leave the website and access it again at another time, the browser or device will continue to identify that user, thus facilitating navigation without having to identify themselves again.\r\nIn the same way, these Cookies are also used to check if the user is authorized to access certain services or areas of the website.\r\n \r\n2) Preference cookies: They allow the recording of all information related to the way the website behaves or its appearance, such as the language used or the region from which it is accessed.\r\n \r\n3) Statistical \/ analytical cookies: They are used to analyze and improve the browsing experience, optimize the operation of the website, and see how visitors interact. They collect information about the type of navigation you are doing, the sections you use the most, the products consulted, the usual time zone, language, etc.\r\n 4) Marketing: These Cookies are used so that, in the spaces of the websites, videos or social networks reserved for advertising, advertisements appear that may be of interest to you, and not just any random advertisement. This possible interest is deducted based on your browsing preferences, your country of origin or language. They are also those Cookies that collect information about the advertisements shown to the users of the website.\r\n \r\n5) Geolocation: These Cookies are used to locate the country or region in which the user who accesses a website service is located, so that they can offer content or services appropriate to their location.\r\n \r\n \r\nWhat are own cookies and those of third parties?\r\nOwn cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting and third-party cookies are those generated by external services or providers, such as Facebook, Twitter or Google.\r\n \r\n \r\nWhat happens if I disable Cookies?\r\nSo that you understand the scope that disabling cookies can have, some examples are shown:\r\nYou will not be able to share content from this website on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.\r\nThe website will not be able to adapt the contents to your personal preferences, as is usually the case in online stores.\r\nYou will not be able to access the personal area of ​​that website, such as My account, or My profile or My orders.\r\nOnline stores: You will not be able to make purchases digitally. They will have to be by phone or by visiting the physical store, if it has one.\r\nIt will not be possible to customize your geographic preferences such as time zone, currency or language.\r\nThe website will not be able to perform web analytics on visitors and web traffic, which will make it difficult for the website to be competitive.\r\nYou will not be able to write on the blog, you will not be able to upload photos, post comments, rate or rate content. The web will also not be able to know if you are a human or an automated application that publishes spam.\r\nIt will not be possible to display personalized advertising or by sectors, which will reduce the advertising revenue of the web.\r\nAll social networks use cookies. If you deactivate them you will not be able to use any social network.\r\n \r\n \r\nCan cookies be deleted?\r\nThe answer is yes. And not only delete, but also block, in a general or particular way for a specific domain.\r\n \r\nTo delete cookies from a specific website you must go to your browser settings and there you can search for those associated with that domain and delete their cookies.\r\n \r\n \r\nDeactivation or elimination of cookies\r\nAt any time you can exercise your right to deactivate or eliminate cookies from this website. These actions are performed differently depending on the browser you are using.\r\n \r\n \r\nConfiguration and management of cookies\r\nFor more information about the personalized configuration of cookies or to access the activation, restriction and\/or disabling options, you can go to the help section of your browser, to learn more:\r\n \r\nGoogle Chrome\r\nhttp:\/\/support.google.com\/chrome\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647\r\nMozilla Firefox\r\nhttps:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/es\/kb\/Deshabilitar%20cookies%20de%20terceros\r\nApple Safari\r\nhttp:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/ph5042\r\nMicrosoft Edge\r\nhttps:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-edge\/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09\r\nInternet Explorer\r\nhttp:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/es-es\/help\/17442\/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nCookies Policy and Information Update\r\nThe person in charge of this website can modify this Cookies Policy based on legislative or regulatory requirements, or in order to adapt this policy to the instructions issued.\r\n \r\nThis policy and information about cookies has been drafted and updated on April 18, 2022. \r\n\r\n\r\n\\|\/\r\n\r\n\r\nAcceptance\r\nAcceptance by the Traveler of the general conditions and package travel contract detailed here is considered when the Traveler has read the Pre-contractual Agreement with the Trip information, has paid for the trip reservation, and delivers this Travel Contract SIGNED Combined.\r\n\r\nThe pre-contractual information sent to the traveler will form part of the Combined Travel Contract, it will include the special needs of the Traveler, accepted by the Agency and will not be modified, except by agreement of both parties.\r\n\r\nBefore the Contract is signed, the Agency will notify the traveler of all changes to the pre-contractual information. And information about commissions, surcharges or other additional costs.\r\n\r\nThese conditions are mandatory for both parties.\r\n \r\nIn the event of any claim, the Agency and the Traveler submit to the Consumer Arbitration Board of the consumer's domicile.\r\n \r\nScope\r\nThese general conditions will apply to all package tours organized by SINGULAR SPAIN and\/or under the SINGULAR SPAIN trademark, regardless of the way in which they have been contracted.\r\n\r\nLegal Regime\r\nThese General Conditions are subject to the provisions of Book IV of Royal Legislative Decree 1\/2007, of November 16, which approves the consolidated text of the General Law for the Defense of Consumers and Users and other complementary laws and other provisions in force.\r\nThe limitation period for the rights recognized in Book IV of Royal Legislative Decree 1\/2007, of November 16, will be two years.\r\n\r\nThe Traveler will enjoy all the rights that apply within the framework of the European Union to package tours. The SINGULAR SPAIN Agency will be fully responsible for the correct execution of the combined trip as a whole.\r\n\r\nOrganizer Data\r\nThe Organization of the combined trips included in this digital platform has been carried out by SINGULAR SPAIN with NIF 07234103M and address at c\/Valderrey, 35, 28039 MADRID and with license CICMA 4364 from the Registry of Tourism Companies.\r\nWhen the trip contracted by the Traveler had a different organizer, its details will be indicated in the technical file\/travel contract that is provided to the Traveler at the time of signing the contract.\r\n\r\nSINGULAR SPAIN is the Agency responsible for the correct execution of all the travel services included in the contract, in accordance with article 161, and is obliged to provide assistance if the traveler is in difficulty in accordance with article 163.2 \r\n\r\nYou can contact the Agency at any time at the following number +34 629 35 36 96.\r\n​\r\nParticular features of the package travel service\r\nThe itineraries are designed by SINGULAR SPAIN. The Agency is in charge of offering information about the PROGRAM with its PRICE (what is included and what is not included), DATES, ITINERARY, CONDITIONS, CONTRACT, and information about traveler INSURANCE and Cancellation Policy.\r\n\r\nThe Routes can be done:-\r\n- In a van or minibus with a driver + accompanying guide, who will be in charge of coordinating the trip and resolving any incident that may arise along the way.\r\n- In your own car or in a rental car + accompanying guide.\r\n- In your own car or in a rental car and without an accompanying guide, when it is a closed group of friends or family.\r\n Each case will have a different budget. \r\n\r\nPackage Booking Process\r\n1. Request for information on a trip by the client. In order for the Agency to proceed to send any information, the interested party must provide the following information: name, surname, telephone, email and ID.\r\n \r\nThe Traveler must communicate if they require special needs and these must be accepted by the Agency.\r\n \r\n2. The Agency will prepare and send a personalized budget according to the number of places available, guaranteeing the conditions reflected in it.\r\nThe information includes: itinerary, technical sheet and pre-contract, either in durable physical or digital support.\r\n \r\n3. By depositing the RESERVATION, the Traveler confirms and accepts the combined travel offer prepared by the Agency and the general conditions reflected in this document. This document acquires contractual validity, binding both parties in compliance with the conditions established.\r\n \r\nThe reservation will be 50% of the total price of the trip, which includes management and cancellation fees in the event of a cancellation that is not covered by insurance. Cancellation fees correspond to those that could affect the rates negotiated as a group with the providers.\r\n \r\nIf the Traveler rejects, without any justification, their willingness to travel once the reservation deposit has been made, the Cancellation Policy that is included in each Route will come into force and that the Agency will notify the Traveler in the Pre-contract \r\n \r\nThe place on the trip is only guaranteed when the Agency receives the Reservation deposit. In addition to the initial deposit, you must provide the rest of the data requested in compliance with art. 5 of the Organic Law 3\/2018, and a copy of the DNI. All your documents are in order: valid ID, passport and health card. When traveling through European Union countries, we recommend carrying a European Health Card. It is VERY IMPORTANT that when making the reservation, your name and first surname appear correctly, as it appears on your documentation. Any problem caused by an error in the transmission of information will be the responsibility of the passenger.\r\n \r\nOnce the Reservation is received and CONFIRMED by the Agency, the amount delivered will be charged to the price of the trip.\r\n \r\nIf the consumer requests the preparation of a TAILOR-MADE PACKAGE, the Agency may require payment of an amount for the preparation of the project. If the consumer accepts the combined travel offer prepared by the Agency, and the latter can confirm the services it includes, this amount delivered will be charged to the price of the trip. \r\n \r\n4. Once the Reservation is confirmed, the Agency will begin to take the necessary steps to obtain from each supplier the confirmation of the travel services that appear on this WEB. The Agency reserves the possibility of modifying this information before the perfection of the contract. In the event that any of these services cannot be confirmed due to lack of availability, the Agency will offer another service with similar characteristics. To be valid, changes in said information must have been clearly communicated in writing to the consumer.\r\n \r\n5. Once the FINAL OFFER and the changes proposed by the Agency, if any, have been accepted, the Traveler will be given the combined travel CONTRACT for his signature. In the event that the Traveler rejects the possible changes proposed by the Agency, the amount deposited to date will be refunded, if any.\r\n \r\n6. Delivery of documentation\r\nAs the day of the beginning of the activity approaches, and after having formalized the reservation, the Agency will expand the information related to the necessary itinerary so that the traveler can develop all the preparations.\r\n \r\nThe delivery to the Traveler of the transport titles, travel vouchers or any other essential document for the correct execution of the benefits that make up the combined trip will be made the day of the activity or in the previous days.\r\n 7. The payment of the REMAINING AMOUNT will be made at least 16 days before the departure date\r\nThe Agency must deliver an INVOICE showing the total price paid at the time of formalizing the contract.\r\n*If the Traveler does not make said payment, the agency will require him to make it within the period set. The Agency may terminate the contract and apply the rules established for withdrawal before departure if the consumer does not make any of the payments provided for in the previous sections within the corresponding period.\r\n \r\n*If the trip is suspended, being the agency responsible for this cancellation, the company undertakes to return the amounts paid by the consumer.\r\n \r\n*If the Agency cannot offer the requested trip and offers the Traveler an analogous trip or a different one, unless expressly indicated otherwise, it will be understood that it maintains that offer for 72 hours. In these cases, the contract will be perfected if the consumer accepts the offer within that period or that which has been expressly established.\r\n \r\n8. The money is not returned in the following cases:-\r\n*The Agency may terminate the contract and apply the rules established for withdrawal before departure if the consumer does not make any of the payments provided for in the previous sections within the corresponding period.\r\n \r\n*If the Traveler rejects their willingness to travel, without any justification, once the reservation deposit has been made, the Cancellation Policy that is included in each Route will come into force and that the Agency will notify the Traveler in the Pre-contract.\r\n \r\nTermination of the contract by the TRAVELER without penalty\r\nThe Traveler may terminate the contract WITHOUT penalty in the following cases:-\r\n \r\nA. In exceptional circumstances or force majeure, for example in the event that there are serious security problems at the destination that may affect the combined trip, travelers may terminate the contract AT ANY TIME before the start of the combined trip, without pay no penalty.\r\nB. Because the Agency cancels the combined trip BEFORE the agreed departure date, for any reason that is not attributable to the Traveler or is not included in the Section Cancellation of the trip by the Agency without compensation.\r\nC. Due to significant modification of the Contract DURING the trip, due to changes in the contract after contracting, as established in the sections Modifications BEFORE the start of the combined trip and Modifications DURING the combined trip due to a significant lack of provision of services.\r\n \r\nIn cases B and C, the Traveler will have the right, from the moment the contract is terminated, to:-\r\n \r\n1) REFUND OF ALL AMOUNTS PAID.\r\nor else to CARRY OUT ANOTHER PACKAGE TRIP of equivalent or higher quality whenever the Agency can propose it.\r\nIn the event that the trip offered is of inferior quality, the Agency must reimburse the Traveler, when appropriate based on the amounts already paid, the difference in price, in accordance with the contract.\r\n \r\nThe Traveler may demand the reimbursement of the amounts disbursed within the terms and conditions provided in article 76 of Royal Legislative Decree 1\/2007 (without any undue delay and, in any case, before 14 calendar days have elapsed from the date on which the consumer and user has informed the employer of his decision to withdraw from the main contract). The calculation of the term, in this case, will begin from the notification of the consumer of his option for the resolution or from the moment when the determining circumstances of the cancellation occurred.\r\n \r\n2) In addition, to an INDEMNIFICATION based on the time remaining before departure, according to regulation 261\/2004.\r\n \r\nArt.160. Cancellation and right of withdrawal of the contract by the TRAVELER \r\nThe Traveler may terminate the contract at any time before and during the start of the combined trip, regardless of whether the cancellation was justified or not. In any case, an appropriate and justifiable penalty will be paid.\r\n The Agency includes in the price of the Trip an insurance with coverage of cancellation expenses and interruption of vacations for the justified reasons that appear in the clauses of said insurance.\r\nAdditionally, the traveler will be offered AN OPTIONAL INSURANCE that extends the insurance coverage included in the price of the trip.\r\n \r\nThe procedure will be as follows:-\r\nI. If the Traveler communicates the cancellation BEFORE THE START OF THE TRIP, he will have the right to a refund of the amounts he had paid, but he also has the obligation to \r\npay compensation. This indemnity is included in the Cancellation Policy that pertains to each Route and that will be included in the Pre-contract of the Trip. This compensation corresponds to:-\r\nA. Management fees\r\nB. Cancellation fees\r\nThese are the costs of the services of the providers (they go with a driver\/accompanying guide\/local guides\/hotel and restaurant reservations\/meetings with our hosts\/insurance policies\/tickets to specific sites), which do not allow reimbursement of what was paid for such a concept and whose cancellation may affect the rest of the travelers as they are negotiated rates for groups.\r\n\r\nIf the Traveler does not communicate his desire not to carry out the trip and does not show up at the time and place scheduled for departure, he loses the right to a refund of the amounts delivered and continues to be obliged to pay those that are pending. payment.\r\nIf the failure to show up at the point of Departure occurs due to force majeure, the Traveler will be entitled to a refund of the amounts paid, deducting the management fees and cancellation fees.\r\n \r\nFor these purposes, the death, accident or serious illness of the Traveler or of any of the people with whom they live or any similar assumption that prevents them from participating in the trip will be considered a cause of force majeure and notify the agency of that impossibility before departure.\r\n \r\nIn addition, if there are additional cancellation fees, such as the issuance of tickets from airline, ship or train companies and they cannot be returned, these must be paid by the Traveler.\r\n \r\nII. If the Traveler communicates the cancellation DURING THE TRIP, they will not be able to claim the return of the amounts paid and will continue to be obliged to pay those that are pending payment.\r\n\r\nIf the withdrawal is due to an accident or illness of the consumer that prevents him from continuing the trip, the agency is obliged to provide the necessary assistance and, where appropriate, to pay the amount of the difference between the benefits provided and those supplied, deducting the corresponding duly justified cancellation fees.\r\n\r\nIn both cases, all additional expenses caused by the withdrawal, and in particular those of repatriation or transfer to the place of origin, are borne by the consumer.\r\n\r\nArt.160 Cancellation of the trip by the AGENCY without compensation\r\nThe organizing company may cancel the contract and reimburse the traveler for all the payments they have made, but will not be responsible for any additional compensation (according to article 160 of Royal Decree 1\/2007 of the General Law for Defense of Consumers and Users), if:\r\n \r\nA. The number of people registered for the combined trip is less than the minimum number specified in the contract and the Agency notifies the traveler of the cancellation within the period set therein, which will be no later than:-\r\n \r\nAccording to Royal Decree-Law 23\/2018, of December 21 on Combined Tours:-\r\n- 20 calendar days before the start of the combined trip in the case of trips lasting more than six days.\r\n- 7 calendar days before the start of the combined trip in the case of trips lasting between two and six days\r\n- 48 hours before the start of the combined trip in the case of trips lasting less than two days\r\n B. The Agency finds it impossible to execute the contract for reasons of force majeure, unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances at the destination, in the vicinity or in the transport of passengers to the destination, which significantly affect the execution of the contract. journey. In this case, the Agency must notify the traveler of the cancellation without undue delay before the start of the combined trip.\r\n \r\nThe Agency will provide the refunds required in the previous sections to the traveler without undue delay and, in any case, within a period not exceeding 14 calendar days after notification. The Traveler will NOT be entitled to additional compensation.\r\nIn these cases, the Agency will do everything possible to offer an alternative trip to the Traveler, who may or may not accept the trip.\r\n \r\nAssignment of reservation\r\nThe Traveler may assign his reservation to a third party provided that he communicates it at least 15 days before the start date of the trip, unless the parties agree to a shorter term in the contract. The assignee will have to meet the same requirements as the assignor, generally required for the combined trip, and both will be jointly and severally liable for the amount pending payment of the agreed price, as well as any commission, surcharge or other additional costs derived from the assignment.\r\n \r\nThe agency will inform the assignor about the actual costs of the assignment. Said costs will be reasonable and, in any case, will not exceed the costs effectively borne by the Agency due to the assignment. The Agency will provide the assignor with proof of commissions, surcharges or other additional costs derived from the assignment of the contract within a reasonable time, upon request by the Traveler.\r\n \r\nModifications BEFORE the start of the combined trip by the Agency\r\nThe provision of the combined trip will be carried out in accordance with what was contracted by the parties and may be altered in the following cases:-\r\n \r\nA. That the change is not significant, for which the Agency is empowered.\r\nThe organizing agency reserves the possibility of modifying the provision of services when it considers it necessary for the proper development of the same, as long as they are not substantial or important modifications. \r\nThe visit program may suffer last-minute changes due to causes beyond the control of the Agency, either due to force majeure or last-minute changes in the meetings that we organize that are the responsibility of the hosts. In this case we will correct it with equally interesting alternative options so that at no time do they alter the quality of the routes.\r\n \r\nIn any case, the Agency will notify the Traveler of the changes as soon as possible.\r\n \r\nB. That it is necessary to substantially modify any of the main characteristics provided in the pre-contractual information. The necessary changes are considered to be significant if they prevent the realization of the purposes of this according to its general or special characteristics.\r\nC. That it is not possible to meet the previously accepted special needs of the Traveler.\r\nD. That it is necessary to modify the price by a percentage greater than 8%, according to what is included in the Price review section. In no case will the price of the trip be revised upwards in the 20 days immediately prior to the departure date.\r\n \r\nIn the cases included in letters b), c) and d) the Agency will immediately notify the Traveler stating the proposed modification and the term in which they must reply. The Traveler must communicate the decision that he adopts to the Agency within the three days following the notification of the modification. If the Traveler does not communicate his decision within the indicated period, it will be understood that he opts for the ACCEPTANCE of the modification offered, its price and the refund that may correspond to him. \r\n And the Traveler may:\r\na) ACCEPT THE PROPOSED CHANGE with a modification to the contract specifying the variations introduced and their impact on the price.\r\nThe Agency may not request any supplement for the solutions adopted for the continuation of the trip and will pay the user any difference between the services provided and those provided.\r\n \r\nb) ACCEPT A REPLACEMENT TRIP if possible of equivalent or higher quality. If the trip offered is of superior quality, the agency will not require any supplement. You can also accept a lower quality trip, but in this case the agency will deduct the difference in price.\r\n \r\nc) or TERMINATE THE CONTRACT without any penalty and with a full refund of all payments made.\r\nIn the event that the Traveler chooses to RESOLVE the contract, the refund of the price will take place within 14 calendar days from the notification of said option, without prejudice to their right to receive the COMPENSATION, established by a court or Arbitration Board, for any loss or damage suffered and can prove as a result of the resolution. \r\n \r\nChanges BEFORE the start of the combined trip by the Traveler\r\nIf at any time prior to departure the Traveler wishes to request changes related to destinations, means of transport, duration, calendar, contracted trip itinerary or any other point referring to benefits and the Agency can make them, the latter may require payment of the justified additional expenses caused by said modification as well as some management expenses for modification of the reservation that may not exceed 5% of the price of the trip.\r\n \r\nModifications DURING the combined trip due to a significant lack of provision of services \/ Lack of conformity \"compensation for damages\"\r\nThe services of the combined trip will be understood to be provided in accordance unless the Traveler states otherwise, in which case they must inform the organizer or, where appropriate, the Agency, without undue delay.\r\n\r\nIn the event that, after the departure of the trip, the Traveler verifies during the trip that there is a defect or the lack of provision of any contracted service or that the Agency verifies that it cannot provide an important part of the services provided for in the contract, it will proceed as follows:-\r\n\r\nA significant part of the services provided are those whose failure to perform prevents the normal development of the trip and causes it to be unreasonable to expect the Traveler to continue in these circumstances.\r\n\r\nIn such a case, the Traveler must communicate it in the same place and as soon as possible to the Agency, so that it may have the possibility of seeking an immediate solution if possible. And he will try not to increase the resulting damage with his actions and decisions. \r\n \r\nTo make it effective, the Traveler must grant the Agency a reasonable period of time that gives them a real possibility of rectification. This period will not apply in the event that he is aware of the Agency's refusal to remedy or in those cases in which an immediate solution is required. Once the period granted has elapsed without rectification by the Agency, the traveler may do so by himself and request reimbursement of the necessary expenses.\r\n \r\nThe Agency must work diligently to find the appropriate solutions, offering, at no additional cost to the Traveler, adequate alternative formulas, if possible of equivalent or superior quality to those specified in the contract, for the continuation of the combined trip. If the proposed alternative formulas give rise to a package trip of lesser quality than that specified in the contract, the Agency will pay the latter the amount of the difference between the benefits provided and those provided.\r\n If the Traveler expressly or tacitly accepts the solutions proposed by the Agency, they will not be entitled to any compensation for said modifications. It will be considered that he tacitly accepts such proposals if he continues the journey with the solutions given by the Agency.\r\n \r\nIf it is not possible to find alternative travel formulas or the Traveler does not accept them for reasonable reasons (if they are not comparable to what was agreed in the package travel contract or if the price reduction granted is inadequate), the Agency must: \r\n \r\n a) Provide a means of transportation equivalent to the one contracted for the trip to return to the place of departure or any other that both have agreed upon, if the contract includes the return trip.\r\nIf it is impossible to guarantee the return of the traveler as agreed in the contract due to unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances, the Agency will assume the cost of the necessary accommodation, if possible of an equivalent category, for a period not exceeding three nights. per traveler. When the European regulations on passenger rights, applicable to the corresponding means of transport for the return of the traveler, establish longer periods, said periods will apply.\r\nThe limitation of costs referred to in the previous section will not apply to people with disabilities or reduced mobility, as defined in article 2.a) of Regulation (EC) No. 1107\/2006 of the Parliament Council and Council of July 5, 2006, on the rights of people with disabilities or reduced mobility in air transport, or their companions, pregnant women and unaccompanied minors, as well as people in need of medical assistance specific, if your particular needs have been communicated to the organizer or, where appropriate, to the retailer at least forty-eight hours before the start of the trip. The organizer and the retailer may not invoke the unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances for the purposes of limitation of liability, in accordance with section 7, if the carrier cannot rely on these circumstances under European regulations.\r\nb) Reimburse the price paid (minus the amount of services provided until the end of the trip), except if the defect that prevents the continuation of the trip is attributable to the Traveler.\r\nc) Pay compensation for damages suffered by the Traveler as a result of any lack of conformity, without undue delay, unless it is attributable to the Traveler, or to a third party unrelated to the provision of the contracted services and unpredictable or unavoidable , or due to unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances.\r\nTo the extent that the international agreements that bind the European Union limit the scope or conditions of the payment of compensation by travel service providers included in a package trip, the same limitations will apply to the organizers and retailers. In all other cases, the contract may limit the compensation to be paid by the organizer or the retailer provided that this limitation does not apply to bodily harm or loss caused intentionally or negligently and that its amount is not less than three times the price total trip.\r\n \r\nThe compensation or price reduction granted by virtue of Royal Legislative Decree 1\/2007 and the previous regulations and, where appropriate, the applicable international conventions will be deducted from each other to avoid excess compensation.\r\n \r\nThe Traveler is obliged to take the measures that are necessary and\/or appropriate to try to reduce the damages that may arise from the non-execution or defective execution of the contract to prevent it from worsening. The damages that derive from not having adopted such measures will be the responsibility of the Traveler.\r\n \r\nTravel assistance\r\nThe Agency shall provide adequate assistance without undue delay to the Traveler in particular difficulty by: providing adequate information on health services, local authorities and consular assistance, and assisting the traveler in establishing remote communications and help to find alternative travel formulas.\r\n The Agency may invoice a reasonable surcharge for said assistance if the difficulty has been caused intentionally or by negligence of the traveler. Said surcharge will not exceed in any case the actual costs incurred by the Agency.\r\n \r\nUnavoidable and extraordinary circumstances\r\nIn the event of unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances, the following rules will apply:\r\n \r\n · When unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances occur at the destination or in the immediate vicinity that significantly affect the execution of the combined trip or the transportation of passengers to the destination, the traveler shall have the right to terminate the contract BEFORE the start of it without paying any penalty. In this case, the traveler will be entitled to a full refund of any payment made, but NOT to additional compensation.\r\n\r\n· If it is impossible to guarantee the return of the traveler as agreed in the contract, the Agency will assume the cost of the accommodation that is necessary, if possible of an equivalent category, for a period not exceeding three nights per traveler.\r\n \r\nArticle 161. Responsibility for the execution of the combined trip and right of compensation\r\nResponsibility towards the consumer will be joint and several of all businessmen, whether organizers or retailers, concur jointly in the contract regardless of their class and the relationships that exist between them, without prejudice to the right of repetition of whoever responds to the consumer and user against whom the breach or defective fulfillment of the contract is attributable according to their respective scope of management of the combined trip.\r\n \r\nThe Package Travel Agency will respond to the Traveler for the correct fulfillment of the obligations derived from the contract, regardless of whether these must be executed by the Agency itself or by other service providers, and without prejudice to the right of the organizers to act against said service providers.\r\n \r\n The traveler must inform the organizer without undue delay, taking into account the circumstances of each case, of any lack of conformity that he observes during the execution of a travel service included in the contract. \r\n \r\n3. If any of the services included in the trip are not executed in accordance with the contract, the organizer and, where appropriate, the retailer must remedy the lack of conformity, unless it is impossible or if this entails a disproportionate cost, taking into account the severity of the non-conformity and the value of the affected travel services. In the event that in accordance with this section the lack of conformity is not corrected, the provisions of article 162 will apply. Price reduction and compensation for damages.\r\n \r\nWithout prejudice to the exceptions provided in the previous section, if the organizer does not correct the lack of conformity within a reasonable period established by the traveler, the traveler may do so and request reimbursement of the necessary expenses. The traveler will not need to specify a deadline if the organizer refuses to remedy the lack of conformity or if an immediate solution is required.\r\n \r\nArticle 162. Price reduction and compensation for damages.\r\n*The Organizing Agency, as it is the one that plans the combined trip, is responsible for the damages caused to the Traveler due to the non-execution or deficient execution of the benefits included in the combined trip, as well as for the damages that come from the breach of any other obligation that corresponds to its scope of management in accordance with the applicable legislation.\r\n \r\nThis responsibility will cease when any of the following circumstances occur:\r\nA. That the defects observed in the execution of the contract are attributable to the consumer.\r\n \r\nb) That said defects are attributable to a third party unrelated to the provision of the services provided for in the contract and are of an unpredictable or insurmountable nature.\r\n c) That the aforementioned defects are due to reasons of force majeure, understanding as such those circumstances beyond the control of the person who invokes them, abnormal and unforeseeable whose consequences could not have been avoided, despite having acted with due diligence.\r\n \r\nd) That the defects are due to an event that the organizer or retailer, despite having put all the necessary diligence, could not foresee or overcome.\r\n \r\nIn the cases of exclusion of responsibility due to any of the circumstances provided for in paragraphs b), c) and d), the organizer and the retailer that are part of the contract will be obliged, however, to provide the necessary assistance to the consumer who is in difficulty. There will be no duty of assistance when the defects produced during the execution of the contract are exclusively attributable to intentional or negligent behavior of the consumer.\r\n \r\n*The Retail Agency, as it is the one that sells or offers for sale the combined trip proposed by an organizing agency, is liable for the damages caused to the consumer due to errors made when informing them about the combined trip, for having omitted the information that he had to provide, for not having delivered the necessary documentation for the correct completion of the trip and, in general, for having breached any other obligation that corresponds to his scope of management in accordance with applicable legislation.\r\n \r\nThe compensation for damages resulting from non-compliance or poor performance of the benefits included in the combined trip, will be limited in accordance with the provisions of the international conventions that regulate said benefits that bind the European Union.\r\n \r\nThe contract may limit the compensation that the Agency must pay as long as that limitation does not apply to bodily harm or losses caused intentionally or by negligence. Such compensation will be based on the type of damage caused and its severity.\r\n \r\nLiability for benefits not included in the combined trip\r\n 1. The contractual liability rules of the combined trip are not applicable to benefits such as excursions, attendance at sporting or cultural events, visits to exhibitions or museums, or other similar ones, which are not included in the package. global price of the combined trip and that the consumer contracts on an optional basis on the occasion of the same or during its course.\r\nIn these cases, the agency must indicate to the consumer the optional nature of the benefit and that it is not part of the combined trip.\r\n 2. If the agency intervenes in the contracting of these benefits, it will respond in accordance with the specific rules of the contract it makes.\r\n \r\nLimitations of liability of international conventions\r\nWhen the benefits of the combined travel contract are governed by international agreements, compensation for bodily and non-bodily damages resulting from non-compliance or poor execution thereof will be subject to the limitations established by them. \r\n \r\nLimitation of liability for non-bodily damages\r\n1. When the combined travel benefits are not governed by international agreements:\r\n a) Compensation for non-bodily damage will be limited in all respects to double the price of the trip, including moral damages not derived from bodily damage and reimbursements that must be made. \r\n b) The Agency's compensation for damages arising from loss or deterioration of luggage will be limited to 350 euros.\r\n 2. The limitations provided for in the two previous sections will not apply if the Agency or the service providers have intentionally caused the damage or have acted recklessly knowing that it would probably occur.\r\n Guarantee for contractual liability - BOND INSURANCE\r\nSingular Spain maintains, with the AON insurance agency, a guarantee in the terms determined by the General Directorate of Tourism of the Community of Madrid, to respond in general for compliance with the obligations derived from the provision of its services against to the contracting parties of a package trip and, especially, in the event of insolvency, of the effective reimbursement of all the payments made by the travelers to the extent that the corresponding services have not been carried out and, in the event that transport is included , of their effective repatriation.\r\n \r\nThe requirement of this guarantee will be subject in any case to the provisions of Law 20\/2013, of December 9, on the guarantee of market unity.\r\n \r\nAs soon as it is evident that the execution of the combined trip is affected by the lack of liquidity of the organizers or retailers, to the extent that the trip is not carried out or is carried out partially or the service providers require the travelers pay for them, the Traveler will be able to easily access the guaranteed protection, without excessive formalities, without any undue delay and free of charge.\r\n \r\nSINGULAR SPAIN will be the responsible entity in this case.\r\n \r\nIf the guarantee is executed, it must be replaced within 15 days, until the initial totality of the same is covered again.\r\n \r\nDispute resolution\r\n\r\nA. Claims to the Agency\r\n 1. Notwithstanding the legal actions that assist him, the Traveler may make written claims for the non-execution or deficient execution of the contract before the retail and\/or organizing agency.\r\n2. Once the Claim is received, within a maximum period of 30 days, the Agency must reply in writing to the claims made\r\n3. In this phase, the Traveler and the Agency may request the mediation of the competent administration or of the bodies that are set up for this purpose to find a solution to the conflict that is satisfactory to both parties.\r\n\r\nB. Claim by the Traveler\r\nThe Travel Agency has a CLAIMS SHEET available to the Traveler who requests it. After filling it out, the affected Traveler must submit a copy to the General Directorate of Tourism.\r\nIn the event that the Agency does not want to deliver the sheets, the consumer must file a complaint with the General Directorate of Tourism. Along with the form, you must provide all the evidence you deem appropriate (invoice, contract, advertising...).\r\nIf you need to complain about a transport that you have used, you can visit the different reports on transport that you can find in the travel section of the Consumer Portal.\r\nIf traveling within the European Union, the Traveler can contact the European Consumer Center to make any query or claim.\r\n\r\nC. Consumer arbitration and judicial proceedings\r\n If the conflict cannot be resolved by complaining to the Agency, the Traveler may submit it to the competent CONSUMER ARBITRATION BOARD, if the claimed agency had previously adhered to the consumer arbitration system, or, if the agency, despite not being a member, accepts the consumer's request for arbitration.\r\nClaims involving intoxication, injury, death or rational evidence of crime cannot be subject to consumer arbitration.\r\nUnless something else has been established in the public offer of submission to the consumer arbitration system, the arbitration will be governed by law and the arbitration procedure will be governed by the provisions of Royal Decree 231\/2008, of February 15.\r\nThe award issued by the arbitration court appointed by the Consumer Arbitration Board will resolve the claim presented definitively and will be binding on both parties.\r\n Legal actions \r\n If the controversy is not submitted to Consumer Arbitration, the consumer may claim in COURT.\r\nLegal actions derived from the package travel contract prescribe for a period of two years, counting from the day the trip ended or should have ended.\r\nApplicable legislation The legal relationship between the Agency and the Traveler will be subject to Spanish common law, and any judicial process will be carried out in the Courts of Madrid, Spain.\r\nThe jurisdictional order is the jurisdiction of the domicile of the entity that provides the services.\r\n\r\nBasic information on Data Protection\r\nIn accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016\/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of April 27, 2016 (GDPR), the traveler accepts that the personal data reported in this document, as well as those that may be provided in the future for the same purpose, are collected and processed by the SINGULAR SPAIN agency with address in Madrid, Valderrey, 35, 28039 Madrid. Said data has been collected by the SINGULAR SPAIN agency in order to manage and develop the set of services stipulated in this contract with the client, being necessary to fulfill said purpose. The affected party may exercise the rights recognized in the GDPR and, in particular, those of access, limitation, rectification, deletion, opposition and oblivion, through a letter that may be addressed to the registered office of the SINGULAR SPAIN agency at the indicated address. , with the reference &ldquoData Protection&rdquo.\r\n \r\nImage Rights Information\r\nDuring the Trip, photos will be taken that can be distributed among the Travelers in the group and can also be uploaded to the RRSS and the Travel Agency website. If, for any reason, a @ Traveler @ does not agree with the reproduction of his image, he will notify the person responsible for the Trip to avoid it.\r\n \r\nModifications to the TERMS and CONDITIONS\r\nThese General Conditions and Provisions will be valid until replaced by new ones\r\n \r\nValidity\r\nThe validity of these general conditions will be annual with automatic renewal.\r\n \r\nEdition date: September 1, 2022\r\n\r\n\r\n"
Field Notebook
"This is our blog\\|\/Field NotebookA herd of black merino is capable of everything\\|\/María Pérez de Arenaza\\|\/\r\nGonzalo Palomo with his herd of black Merina and behind him the city of Cáceres\r\n \r\n\"Right here, in this cork oak forest of the Sierra de Portanchito, is the point of greatest biodiversity of the eight Extremaduran meadows that we have carefully analyzed so far. And this is something very significant, a benchmark in actions to reverse climate change, thanks to a type of grazing that sequesters carbon, regenerates the soil, enhances biodiversity, and serves as a firebreak to prevent fires...\"\r\n \r\nThis particular place, which Gonzalo Palomo, Veterinarian, consultant and environmental trainer, points out to us with such satisfaction, is located a few steps from the city of Cáceres. Here, so close to the urban area, there is a valley of Mediterranean mountains with different species of trees, scrub and grasslands, and a great wealth of ornithology. Cáceres is the only capital in Spain without a river, but the people of Cáceres have this spectacular recreation area, which starts from the Ribera del Marco corridor, the axis of life in Cáceres for centuries, with its fountains, orchards, mills and a whole complex karstic, in which the Maltravieso Cave stands out with remains of rock art from Neanderthal times, that is, one of the oldest in Europe -the City Council plans to plan a walk that links Maltravieso with the Helga de Alvear Museum, the origin of art and avant-garde, just 20 minutes away-, and that rises and extends through the Sierra de la Mosca, the highest area of ​​the Llanos de Cáceres. Our action center. \r\n \r\nIt is a splendid sunny day, we are at the foot of the sanctuary of the Virgen de la Montaña, patron saint of the city, in an area of ​​intense green, with the soundtrack of the cowbells of the flock of black and some white Merino sheep, and the chirping of birds. Gonzalo and Pastor Miguel are entering a new plot of land. They will graze there for a few days, just long enough to leave the soil capable of regeneration. And from there to another plot. All studied mathematically. This herd of 100 sheep sleep outdoors and give birth alone \"for that we have mastiffs that protect the newborns.\" When we get closer to see the sheep, they run straight to a private house (I guess scared by my presence), and Gonzalo shoots after them to the sound of brrrrr! brrrrr! to bring them back, before they commit any damage. \"All black breeds in general have been on the verge of extinction, he tells us, because wool has always given sheep its reason for being, the whiteness of wool was sought and blacks became relegated, that is why our effort in this type of sheep\". \r\n&zwnj\r\nMiguel a cargo del rebaño de merinas\r\n \r\nGonzalo is a full-fledged agent of revitalization of the environment. As a consultant, he develops such interesting projects as the Proyecto cto Mosaico, together with the University of Extremadura, to design a fire prevention strategy -an issue that has been taken very seriously as a result of that terrible fire of 2015-, based on agricultural, livestock and forestry activities that are recovering a diverse, inhabited and less risky landscape. The study also includes the creation of an environmental evaluation diagnosis of the pasture system to promote good practices among farmers. The aim of the study, among other things, is to integrate an international platform for environmental services and also attract companies and shareholders seeking social and environmental involvement. \r\n \r\nAnd in his free time he does field work in the different regions of Extremadura through the ACTYVA integral cooperative, which he set up together with other partners, and which today brings together more than 300 people and entities from the Southwest of the peninsula, consumers, farmers, ranchers and professionals who want to produce and generate economic and social development while respecting their environment. From the cooperative they directly supply consumers with organic products from places of production near the capital of Cáceres. He also coordinates the online platform BBB Farming , a showcase of good practices in livestock farming and agroecology. In addition to serving as a sharing, training and support network for organic entrepreneurs, this platform has something very curious: through monitoring with webcamps you can see the process of preparing the food that you are going to eat live. , who produces them, where and how they are produced, when they are... and once they are ready for consumption they are distributed through their Cáceres para Comérselo consumption network. With this support for entrepreneurship, you want to get your hands dirty with dirt because you know you're not alone. \r\n \r\n\"What motivates me on a personal level is going out to the fields with my son Olmo. Everything else is laboratory and office work.\" So, every afternoon that he can, he goes up with his son to the Sierra de La Mosca to control and maintain the actions that are being carried out between him and five other partners since 2014. This particular project has been called Merineando, it focuses on the Valle de Valdeflores and covers a total of 100 hectares, some of which are leased and others transferred through a land stewardship model, private farms that they manage. Depending on the needs of the plots, an agreement is signed with the owners for the improvement and maintenance of the plot in exchange for use with the sheep. A kind of barter, \"the owners give us their plots, save effort and money in their maintenance, and in exchange we take advantage of them to do field work focused on the regeneration of the territory, carbon sequestration, fire prevention and in the commercialization and valorization of an autochthonous and endangered ovine species\". The plan is not bad.\r\n \r\n \r\n The star of the project is the herd of black Merinos. They are their best tool, grazing sheep that rotate from plot to plot to do the clearing and fertilizing work. \"It is a pioneering experience. Our herd is an \"innovation herd\". We do not consider it as a way of life, although we do try to make it economically sustainable. We try to make it serve as innovation for land management, and also as innovation social because we manage it collectively among a group of volunteers, and between generations -Miguel, the shepherd who is now in charge of the sheep is retired, there are young people, families...- Our slogan is \"revitalize the community and the land, improve the environment and social relationships.\" But also innovation in terms of the grazing model through Holistic Management , a way of working the land, devised by Zimbabwean naturalist and rancher Allan Savory, through actions aimed at regenerating the ecosystem and societies.The Savory Institut is developing a global project to implement holistic management in 1 billion hectares by 2025, of which 250,000 hectares will cover the Iberian Peninsula through the non-profit association aleJAB, its executing agent on the peninsula. \r\n \r\nSounds ambitious, but the results of this handling on the regeneration of land and its great potential as a CO2 carbon sink can already be verified right here, in the cork oak forest through which we are walking. \"There are only three farms in the Iberian Peninsula (2 in Extremadura and 1 in Elvas, Portugal) where holistic management is practiced in an exemplary manner, and here where we are now, is one of them. The secret is to respect with mathematical rigor the times of limited grazing and controlled rest, in this way we ensure that the plants when they grow back function with all their physiological fullness, and in addition to sequestering carbon in the soil, they revitalize the soil, feed the cattle and beautify the environment. It is a more than sufficient argument not to carry out the lithium extraction that is intended to be done in this valley\", Gonzalo comments. There is a project on the table for the exploitation of an open-pit lithium mine in the area of ​​Valdeflores. A time bomb that threatens everything we are seeing. \r\n \r\n\r\nin this cork oak forest of the Sierra de Portanchito is the point of greatest biodiversity\r\n &zwnj\r\n&zwnjFor this reason, in order to safeguard the Sierra de La Mosca, and as an alternative to the mine, another of its research projects is an Economic Revitalization Plan that includes agriculture, livestock, forestry management, mills, processing of meat... a series of actions to create about 300 direct and indirect jobs. \"That would certainly generate local employment.\"\r\n \r\n\r\nIn addition to regenerating the land and preventing fires in its path, this herd of black Merinos produces meat of high gastronomic value, which is sold at the Cáceres market, and as a novelty ACTYVA, in collaboration with aleJAB, is packaging the first stews with the Valdeflores brand, the first non-perishable holistic product It has an excellent wool that they deliver to the Asociación Laneras, members of the ACTYVA cooperative, whose mission is to revalue the wool sector and they keep lambs for life -the black merino females are not sacrificed, because they are in danger of extinction-. Without forgetting the extra virgin olive oil also brand Valdeflores, which they export to Germany. \"Now our goal is to keep it going and go little by little,\" Gonzalo tells us.\r\n \r\nOn the other side of the dirt road that surrounds \"the point of greatest biodiversity\" is an area of ​​feral pastureland under observation. \"This point is very interesting because you can see the contrast very well. It is a land that we have rented, but we do not take advantage of it. The hypothesis is, if we abandon grazing, the field would go towards an abandoned pasture with closed forest, with a risk of Evident fires and with less regeneration and less biodiversity. Since the soil is poor, the rockrose and jaguar become strong, colonize everything and prevent other species from growing. There is more regeneration in the grazing area than in the wild.\"\r\nAt our last stop, just before dark, we went to the shed to see a sheep with trauma. \"She has been bottle-raised, and she doesn't fit in with the flock. Our hope is that she will be a mom soon and her lambs will serve as a bridge for her to blend in with the rest of the sheep.\" Let's hope so, although the male that accompanies her seemed reticent...\r\n \r\nI said goodbye to Gonzalo having learned about the great potential of a small innovative herd of black Merino Merinos, who guard the green lungs of a World Heritage City.\r\n\r\n \r\n\nMy initiation journey\\|\/María Pérez de Arenaza\\|\/\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\nMy first fieldwork trip was to Extremadura: Cáceres city, surroundings and Badajoz province. My sister Lucía accompanied me. We went in the middle of August, quite scared by the heat that awaited us, but we came back from there so excited that for a while all I could talk about was Extremadura. And, of course, it helped me to reaffirm my desire to continue with the project. In Extremadura, life is palpable on all sides. We were welcomed by splendid people, eager to share with us their trades, their know-how and their concerns. We spoke with ranchers, shepherds, foresters, artisans, farm owners, researchers and representatives of associations, all of them dedicated to valuing the wealth of their land. We learned the virtues of extensive livestock farming and transhumance to regenerate and conserve the pasture forest, traditional practices to ensure fertile land, healthy trees that provide shade, natural firebreaks, carbon fixation in the soil..., in short, to preserve a unique environment, exclusive to the Iberian Peninsula, a poor land, yet extremely rich in biodiversity, which produces first-class quality and enjoys a beautiful landscape. The pasture is one of the richest ecosystems in the world, it is the largest Agrarian System of High Natural Value in Europe. And it is tremendously fragile.\r\n \r\n&zwnj&zwnj\r\n \r\nThey also show us traditional and innovative projects to recover one of their best raw materials, the Merina wool. We visited a workshop, from the s. XVIII, where the family still makes huge handmade pottery  without a mold. We were welcomed by a charming potter who told us about the process of making his ceramic pieces, while he carefully gave color to a jug fresh from the oven. And we got to know a family business dedicated to the artisanal production of the internationally awarded cheese La Torta del Casar.\r\nNatural and cultural heritage and also innovation driven by agricultural and livestock farmers, entrepreneurs, researchers and all kinds of social and enviromental promoters collaborating together so that Extremadura can recover, maintain and enhance its heritage. All this thanks to value-driven people's initiatives dedicated to thinking, rescuing, promoting and looking for new ways of contemporary sustainable country life.\r\n \r\n&zwnj\r\n \r\nPeople with a soul who love their land and their roots, and who are not willing to see it languish. They know that it is a difficult job, that requires struggle, energy and tenacity, but they are all committed to a common effort to leave a legacy with great potential for the younger generations, so that Extremadura continues to be an exceptional place, with local products. excellent. It gave us the impression of being inside a large rural laboratory, where new ways of working that are more consistent with the environment are tirelessly sought. A trial and error laboratory that culminates in new practices that serve as a claim for the rest of the producers.\r\n \r\n&zwnj &zwnj\r\nAt each visit we would go through beautiful country roads that run through open fields of pasture, dotted with Templar castles perched on hills watching over the cattle that graze peacefully. We looked here and there for the ancient and the contemporary, a small Visigothic jewel lost among a field of olive trees, the basilica of Santa Lucía del Trampal a Mudejar hermitage tattooed inside with 17th century frescoes, the Virgen del Ara, nicknamed the &ldquoSistine Chapel of Extremadura&rdquo an old wool laundry in the middle of the fantastic landscape of Los Barruecos, converted into the Vostell Malpartida Museum, which houses the bizarre collection of one of the most representative artists of the s. XX, the German Wolf Vostell, and a lover of the rural world of Extremadura also the expansion of the Helga de Alvear Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by Mansilla y Tuñón, which bears the name of its founder, the gallery owner and philanthropist of German origin. Also monumental is Trujillo and the imposing Roman Theater of Mérida with its museum of Roman art, the Aqueduct of Miracles, which was built to carry water from a Roman dam still in use the Tartessian grave goods of Aliseda and very close, in the Maltravieso Cave, one of the oldest traces of Neanderthal art in the world&hellip\r\n \r\n&zwnj\r\n \r\nFields of holm oaks, cork oaks and olive trees, bulls, pigs, cows, goats, white sheep of many different breeds and a handful of black Merino sheep, which Miguel and his family care for, as if he were guarding a treasure. Miguel is quite a character, an idealistic farmer in La Siberia Extremadura, who has set out to recover this native breed, among other animals that are also disappearing, and that gives the best wool in Europe (yes, they are black). Watchful mastiffs, imperial eagles and black vultures gliding over our heads, black storks, herons and deer preparing for their moment of bellowing, mills, vineyards and wineries, country food with crumbs, cheese from the goats that graze there, Iberian ham from 100% acorn-fed sausage, black sausage and wine from the Ribera del Guadiana, spectacular country estates, and a wonderful recreational farmhouse, lost from the world, in a landscape of holm oaks that does not reach the end, with a garden of roses and water lilies and the shade of an imposing fig tree, ready to accommodate you and experience, among many other proposals, one of our ancestral rites, the traditional-style slaughter.\r\n \r\n&zwnj\r\n \r\nAll under a relentless sky, without a cloud and, surprisingly, bearable. He didn't give us time for more. But there is much more to discover, enjoy and learn in Extremadura, a land with history (land of conquerors and cross-border, which was an international power in the textile industry and with a livestock culture responsible for much of the landscape of our peninsula), full of small stories of love and respect for a cultural legacy that has been passed down through generations, people with a great desire to move forward betting on the future, theirs and ours. This is an example of rural Spain that is being built, and, seen what has been seen, we take our hats off. As Rosa María Aráujo, mayoress of Tamurejo, a town in La Siberia of Extremadura, recently named a Biosphere Reserve, says: &ldquoThe most valuable thing we have in the region are the people who live there.&rdquo p>\r\n \r\nWe can't wait to share people and places like this with you and discover what is there and who is behind everything we are going to enjoy.\r\n \r\n \r\n\nThe Sigena Monastery under reconstruction. A fascinating story.\\|\/María Pérez de Arenaza\\|\/\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\nPreparing a new travel report through the province of Jaén, for the magazine NUEVO ESTILO COLLECTION, I discover a master craftsman specializing in Mudejar coffered ceilings, who has left me impressed, Paco Luis Martos, Award National Craftsmanship 2023, born in Villanueva del Arzobispo and with a workshop in Úbedea, a World Heritage Site. A researcher dedicated to the recovery and transmission of know-how dating back 1,000 years, when the first wooden covers appeared in the peninsula under Islamic influence that would decorate alhambras, fortresses and Arab, Christian and Jewish religious buildings. A unique art that was developed exclusively in Spain.\r\n \r\nAnd among the wonders he created is a very special coffered ceiling, made for the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Sigena in Villanueva de Sigena (Hudesca) commanded to be built in the 12th century, by Queen Sancha of Castile as a monastery intended for hospital nuns. It was built in the middle of the Los Monegros desert and became one of the richest and most beautiful monasteries in Aragon thanks to the important donations it received, and among its palatial rooms the Chapter House stood out, decorated with rich medieval frescoes. In 1923 it was declared a National Monument and between 1983 and 1994 the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem sold a series of assets of great artistic value to the Generalitat of Catalonia without the permission of the heritage authorities. In 2002 it was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest and after a long litigation for its recovery, the vast majority of the pieces were returned and returned to Aragon between 2016 and 2017. \r\n \r\nThis wonderful documentary tells the enormous story of the recreation of the Chapter House, whose original frescoes are found in the National Museum of Art of Catalonia. The SIGENA MÁGICA project led by the philanthropist Juan Naya, born in Villanueva de Sigena, who in his free time dedicates himself body and soul to this exciting work to once again recover the beauty of the walls of the church of his town. A bold work that uses craftsmanship and new technologies to get as close as possible to what others created more than eight centuries ago.\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n"
*Sierra Oeste de Madrid
Sierra Oeste of Madrid\|/
The Sierra Oeste of Madrid, straddling the Sierra de Guadarrama and the Sierra de Gredos, is steeped in history and a highly varied landscape dominated by the of the Alberche river, with its tributaries and its trout, which feeds the San Juan and Picadas reservoirs. We are going to move through a landscape of hills, pastures, Mediterranean and riverside forests, aromatic herbs, orchards, vineyards, olive trees and fighting bulls. And all in full view of the Iberian imperial eagle, the black vulture, the eagle owl, the golden eagle, the peregrine falcon, the black stork, the oriole, the dipper and the kingfisher.
We start with a little history…
In these lands on the banks of the Alberche river in Visigothic times, around 700, a dozen nobles settled in a scattered way who decided to renounce their privileges to lead a hermitic life. It was the origin of the Benedictine Community with its small churches scattered throughout the valley. In 1150, Alfonso VII the Emperor, King of León, grouped them into a single community, under Royal Privilege, with the purpose of repopulating the area after the Reconquest. And as a base of operations, the Monasterio Santa María La Real de Valdeiglesias was founded. Two decades later, under the auspices of the King of Castile Alfonso VIII, the monastery passed into the hands of the Cistercian Order. The Cistercian monks led an active life there for seven centuries, until in 1835 the Confiscation of Mendizábal emptied the monastery and it remained abandoned for 138 years. One fine day in 1974, the architect Mariano García Benito noticed the following newspaper advertisement: “I am selling ruins, a magnificent monastery, 60,000m2 of land in total. Price 12 million (pesetas). All inclusive." He buys its ruins, cleans them up and donates it to the Pelayos de La Presa Town Hall on the condition that it constitutes the Santa María la Real de Valdeglesias Monastery Foundation . And from 2004 to today. It is one of the oldest monasteries in Madrid and only its propped-up casing remains, but even so you can get a very good idea of its size and beauty.
Very close by, in the province of Ávila, in El Tiemblo , are the four Toros de Guisando, a Vetón monument from the s. IV-III BC, next to the Cañada Real Leonesa Oriental pass. And right there, in 1498, in an inn of which no trace remains, the half-brothers Enrique IV and Princess Isabel signed the Treaty of Guisando, the foundations of the future kingdom of Castile that ensured Isabel as successor. But the treaty had a very short journey...This place has something special, I suppose it will be due to a mixture of time elapsed, the historical site, the silence that surrounds it and the natural setting. And it also hides a very curious story. In the 20s of the last century, a very unique character, the aristocrat María de la Puente y Sota, Marquise of Castañiza, acquired the bulls and their surroundings. She recovered the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Guisando , which can be guessed on the slope of Cerro de Guisando, to turn it into her mansion with some romantic gardens designed by herself. A few centuries before, the monastery had been destined to be the place of retirement of the Emperor Carlos V, but a fire cut short such ambitious plans. And Santa Teresa de Jesús, Felipe II and the Grand Duke of Alba visited there. The marquise, who was smart, innovative and daring, in addition to dedicating herself to organizing concerts and parties in her mansion, created an experimental poultry farm in one of her cloisters that won international awards. It was decorated for being the first private rural initiative where all the workers were women. She also rescued and restored Guisando's third bull that was straying underground. She, along with her daughter, Ernestina, actively promoted the promotion of the place, today Asset of Cultural Interest as a Picturesque Spot , thanks to her tenacity. Of all that splendor, today there remains a landscape of romantic ruins among the undergrowth and, a little higher up, the caves of the hermits who were predecessors of the monastery.
Singular winemakers paving the way
The extreme southwest of Madrid concentrates a very interesting number of terroir wines, many of natural production, which are the reflection of the careful and personal know-how of each winegrower. The culture of wine was introduced by the hermits of the Visigothic era and strengthened by the Cistercian monks who settled there. It had its golden age in the Golden Age, but its decline began with the phylloxera plague that entered through San Martín de Valdeiglesias in 1914 and quickly spread throughout the Community, ruining more than half of the Madrid vineyard and causing a change important in wines. The Spanish civil war also devastated the provincial vineyard, and then came the inevitable expansion of the city, which replaced vineyards with brick and asphalt. But, finally, in 1990 recognition of its quality was achieved with the Wine of Madrid Denomination of Origin and timidly began to be present on the menus of Madrid restaurants and shops, dominated until now by the monopoly of the Rioja and Ribera del Duero.Farming bulls
The wineries share their leading role with one of the great treasures of our cultural and natural heritage, the fighting bulls in the dehesas area.
A touch of surrealism to the landscape
The undulating roads that run through the west of Madrid are a spectacle of landscapes of holm oaks, aromatic herbs, dry stone fences, granite rocks and some surprises... Half hidden, the giant antennas of the first European telecommunications space station appear from NASA. Its first antenna was placed in 1961 to explore the planets Venus, Mars and Mercury for the first time. And, later, these antennas formed part of a transmission network that NASA distributed equidistantly around the Earth: in Robledo de Chavela, in Goldstone (California) and in Canberra (Australia). From here the landing of Apollo XI in 1969 was followed, and the phrase that Neil Armstrong pronounced when he planted his left foot on the moon for the first time was broadcast to the whole world: «It is a small step for a man, but a great leap for The humanity". A historic moment that kept the world in suspense, and which was experienced with special emotion in this base of operations installed on a rural road in Madrid. But these antennas that connect us with space are not the only ones in the area, there is also the European Station for Monitoring Deep Space Satellites in Cebreros and the Lunar Museum in Fresnedillas de la Oliva.Also There remains the memory of the civil war forts scattered throughout the mountains and an old forest surveillance watchtower whose parts were built in the very Eiffel workshop in Paris. And we left a few kilometers from the Sierra Oeste to enter the Sierra de Guadarrama, at the foot of Mount Abantos. From the road that leads to the city of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, the profile of the Royal Monastery of El Escorial, UNESCO World Heritage Site stands out. . The building was built in the 16th century, by the architects Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera, to become the center of political power in the last years of the reign of Felipe II. One of the most impressive rooms in the monastery is the Renaissance library founded by Felipe II with the aim of turning it into a center for humanist studies. And María de Hungría, aunt of Felipe II, and they say the most brilliant mind in the family, had a lot to do with it. She was a great collector of art and codices, as well as an important political mediator between her brothers, Carlos I, King of Castile, Navarra and Aragon and Emperor of the German Empire, and Ferdinand I, who succeeds him as Emperor of the German Empire. . She brought a large part of her library to Spain, which contained the latest currents of humanism, and which served as the seed for the royal library. She was also responsible for the contribution of works such as that of Carlos V on horseback by Titian and the Descent by Rogier van der Weyden, which today hang on the walls of the Prado Museum.
*Cáceres
Touring Cáceres\|/
You are going to travel through a landscape that crosses pasture fields towards cross-border lands, with its particular flora and fauna, monumental cities and towns with their stories and intra-histories. You are going to enjoy art, local gastronomy and very pleasant accommodations. But, above all, you will discover unique people who we consider ambassadors of their land, for their good know-how, their determination to value their territory and their hospitality.
The journey begins in Trujillo
declared Historical-Artistic Monumental City. It was the nerve center at the brilliant moment of the expeditions to the Americas, a city birthplace of explorers and conquerors, such as Francisco Pizarro and Francisco de Orellana, and of Diego García de Paredes, great captain of the Spanish Tercios in Italy. Therefore, its imposing Plaza, its palaces, stately homes and churches. In addition to the Almohad castle fortress from where you can see a splendid view of the Berrocal de Trujillo (natural heritage in a state of vulnerability, according to the Hispania Nostra association).
And in the meantime, the monument, the church of Santa María la Mayor with the imposing altarpiece by Fernando Gallego, and the Convent of La Coria, which houses the Xavier De Salas Foundation, an exceptional 15th century building, which is part of the list of the International Fund for Monuments (IFM) for the conservation of the world's irreplaceable treasures. The foundation is dedicated to the conservation of the historical-artistic heritage, the cultural and social development of Extremadura and Latin America, the defense of the environment and the landscape, and anthropological and musical research.
In this land you will learn about traditional and contemporary crafts, and you will have the opportunity to walk through beautiful farms alongside ranchers who guard jewels of our heritage. native breeds, such as the merino sheep, the purebred Spanish mare or the retinta cow.
Camino de Cáceres
UNESCO World Heritage. One of the most complete urban complexes from the Middle Ages and Renaissance in the world. Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together there, and their traces remain there. A walk through its labyrinthine streets transports you to times of intrigue and strife. A walk that can be done day and night in total solitude (out of season). One of our most beautiful and unfrequented cities in Spain.
There are many places to visit and our guide specialized in history will be in charge of making a selection of the most unique, but I cannot help but recommend the symbolic walk that connects the Maltravieso Cave, with remains of rock art from Neanderthal times, and the Helga de Alvear Museum. The origin of art and the avant-garde just 20 minutes away.
Very close to the city, there is an unusual place, the Vostell Malpartida Museum, an old wool laundry converted into a museum, surrounded by a fantastic landscape, the Los Barruecos Natural Site, declared < em>Natural Monumentfor its landscape and environmental value. The museum houses the collection of the German artist Wolf Vostell, pioneer of video art and initiator of the Fluxus movement. The artist married the Cáceres writer Mercedes Guardado and during his visits to Cáceres he fell in love with the rural world, the landscapes and the conversations with the people there. And it was in this special place where he decided to settle his legacy for our enjoyment.
In a park on the outskirts of the city, Gonzalo, an environmental consultant and one of the most conscientious and dynamic people I have met, together with a group of partners, has a flock of black Merino sheep, a breed that was a jewel of the Crown for centuries and today it is an endangered species. It is his peculiar army of firefighters that is in charge of clearing the mountain of stubble. And through this small mountain range he carries out research actions on biodiversity. HERE I will tell you, or much better, he will teach you.
Alagón Valley
We leave the city of Cáceres heading towards the border territory. We tour the Cañaveral mountains towards the Alagón Valley with a stop in one of its artisan towns, Torrejoncillo or Montehermoso, to learn about the work of María José, a young artisan in extinction, who weaves the latest Montehermoso Caps; or that of a family business that has been making bells for churches around the world since the 19th century using clay, fire and bronze; or that of a family saga of tinajeros... And from there, to visit one of the most emblematic towns of the colonization architecture of the last century or the monumental city of Coria, whose cathedral guards a relic of the Tablecloth of the Holy Supper of the Lord, both declared Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC).
Sierra de Gata
We leave the pasture fields to immerse ourselves in one of the most attractive areas of the province, Sierra de Gata, so close to Portugal that there are towns where Fala is still spoken, a Romance language of the Galician-Protuguese. The towns of this mountain range experienced continuous clashes between Muslims and Christians, between the Portuguese and the kings of Léon, and with the Napoleonic army during the War of Independence. And the castle of Trevejo and the Torre de Almenara still remember so much fighting. From both hills the views of the sunset are spectacular, and from below they can be seen like omnipresent watchtowers. This secluded and somewhat forgotten mountain range is a small paradise, which boasts of its Cáceres olive oil, produced on a small scale and marked by excellence, also goat cheese, honey and its wine. popular pitarra, made since pre-Roman times in family wineries and still wrapped in a certain halo of clandestinity. Goats, sheep, cows and horses graze extensively on its mountains.
But the best, the neighbors whom we are going to meet, promoters, ranchers, farmers who love their land and are committed to taking care of it and making it known. Among them, Daniel, a restless soul who carries his love for the mountains with a pride that comes from generations. He inherited from his great-great-grandfather land with a Gothic hermitage and a modernist mansion, where an olive grove and historic and unique vines grow; Laura, an Argentinian, full of energy and courage, who takes care of a beautiful plot of aromatics with more than 70 species; Neighbors from the area who meet regularly to make bobbin lace, an art that dates back to the 15th century. Seeing them handling the bobbins is a spectacle. Also ranchers who dedicate themselves to their tasks with an admirable determination to do things well: they take care of their herds, preserve the countryside and look towards a long-term future. And they tell stories capable of tearing us away from our daily lives. A walk with them through the mountains is a luxury.
Five towns enjoy the seal of Cultural Interest for their historical-monumental complexes: the district of Trevejo, along with its historic castle, the medieval town of < strong>San Martín de Trevejo, which keeps three panels by the painter from Extemeño Luis de Morales "El Divino" (16th century); Gata monumental and warlike; Hoyos, stately and Robledillo de Gata, between corridors, medieval houses and small orchards, has an ethnographic jewel, the Molino del Medio oil museum, a medieval oil mill restored by a very peculiar character.
The mountainous shade of Las Hurdes
Let's move away from Siera de Gata to enter the mountainous shade of the Las Hurdes mountain range. This was the depressed area that King Alfosnso neighbors. It still hurts. A place that amazes with its abrupt landscape, the morning fog, the blackened slate, the dense green, the sensation of humidity and its ancestral and silent character.
Stone and slate, mountain and closed forest, waterfalls, streams and meanders, farmhouses (tiny villages) scattered throughout the mountain and many abandoned, old gold mines hidden in the undergrowth, resin pine, holm oaks, cork oaks and yews, rockrose , pennyroyal and pennyroyal, black and griffon vulture, golden eagle and falcons, black stork and bee-eaters, ibex and hurdana goat.
Antonio is in charge of recovering the last hurdana goats whose mission is to create firebreaks to prevent fires. A project launched by the MOSAICO association as a result of the terrible fire that devastated the Sierra de Gata in 2015. He climbs every day to meet the herd that awaits him at the top of the mountain, in a tremendously lonely landscape with spectacular views. to the impressive valleys. Going into that place with him is moving.
In these rugged mountains mountain honey has been produced for generations and is today one of the most important production areas in Europe, although its beekeepers have to take their hives further and further away. p>
And from Las Hurdes you return to Madrid, with the dream of that lush and mysterious landscape and the spirit full of experiences.
