Spain Estramadura
Spain Estramadura · 25 April 2018
On a windy fine day in April 2018, after leaving Torrejon el Rubio, the last inhabited village in a vast green undulating landscape that forms the South-Eastern approaches to Monfrague National Park, Extremadura, we set off to explore the park’s birdlife. The UNESCO recognised park, with 18,396 hectares in its core area around the confluence of the Tagus and Tielar rivers, was the first space to be protected as a biosphere in Extremadura, being declared a Natural Park in April 1979. It's...
Spain Estramadura · 23 April 2018
Vinas las Torres is a rural, family run hotel in a beautiful unusual house 4.3 kms from the village of Madronera. It offers tranquility in beautiful countryside just 12 kms from the nearest main town of Trujillo, an interesting historic site in itself. It has lovely welcoming hosts who are very competent in English and produce interesting beautifully cooked local foods as starters, main courses and desserts, as well as limited bar. Breakfast is a wide range of cold meats, cheese, spreads and...