Villages: Molinaseca
Jan 10, 2011 Castilla y León, Ponferrada, Villages, Tourism, Tourism, Cultured Tourism, Tourism León, Natural Tourism, Rural Tourism, Villages
Close to Ponferrada, in the province of León, is the village of Molinaseca. You can find all the possible tourist attractions that you could ask for here: tradition, culture, history, nature… and of course… The Way of Saint James.
Molinaseca is highly attractive to pilgrims, who enter the village by crossing the River Meruelo with its crystal waters, over the pilgrims’ bridge or De los siete arcos (of the seven arches).
Tags: Way of Saint James, Culture, molinaseca, Ponferrada, Villages, Route, Routes, Tourism, Active Tourism, Cultured Tourism, History Tourism, Tourism León, Natural Tourism, Ponferrada Tourism
ROUTES: 4TH STAGE REGIONAL MIGRATION (LAGO DE OMAÑA – ABELGAS DE LUNA)
Jul 30, 2010 Activities, Castilla y León, Culture, Spain, Mountain, Nature, Leisure, Landscapes, Routes, Hiking, Traditions, Tourism, Tourism, Cultured Tourism, Tourism León, Natural Tourism, Rural Tourism
A while ago I wrote about Regional Migration and more specifically, about a migration made by a farming family from León. We still have one stage left to reach the end of this migration: Lago de Omaña – Albelgas de Luna, the most physically demanding.
Below are links to previous articles on this route provided here as a reference.
Just a note before we begin this next adventure: there is a map and a file of the route which you can download at the end of the article. Please remember that this information is merely representative so if you decide to do this route, we strongly recommend you equip yourselves with a map and compass or GPS.
Tags: Abelgas de Luna, Animal, Animals, Culture, Lago, Lago de Omaña, Mastiff, Spanish Mastiff, Mountain, Mount, Nature, Landscape, Sheepdog, Dogs, Route, Routes, Hiking, Traditions, Seasonal Migration, Regional Seasonal Migration, Tourism, Active Tourism, Tourism León, Natural Tourism, Rural Tourism
HISTORY: PONFERRADA CASTLE
Jun 9, 2010 Architecture, Capital, Capitals, Castilla y León, Culture, History, History León, Monument, Monuments, Monuments León, Tourism, Tourism, Cultured Tourism, Tourism León
Ponferrada is a beautiful city which the River Sil runs through. Its many ruins hold great cultural importance, providing evidence of the different civilisations that lived there in the past.
One of these ruins is the Ponferrada Castle, declared a Historic Artistic Monument in 1924.
Tags: Art, Way of Saint James, Castilla y León, Ponferrada Castle, Templar Castle, Culture, Leon Culture, History, History León, León, Monument, Monuments, Ponferrada, River Sil, Tourism, Cultured Tourism, History Tourism, Tourism León, Ponferrada Tourism
NATURE: “THE BROWN BEAR”
Jan 27, 2010 Asturias, Castilla y León, Nature, Landscapes, Tourism, Natural Tourism
The brown bear used to exist practically in all the continents of Europe, Asia and a large part of west North America. Unfortunately, as the centuries past, the presence of the brown bear has reduced, although it continues to exist in a sufficiently extensive area today.
The brown bear lives in a variety of habitats, from semi-desert cold climates to coastal areas or even the Arctic tundra. But its habitat par excellence is the forest and it is one of the most common mammals to be found in Siberian or Scandinavian taiga conifer forests, or in mixed-type forests in eastern Europe and the Pyrenees, or in deciduous beech, oak and birch forests along the Cantabrian Chain. The few bear populations that exist in Western Europe are found in the highest mountain massifs where human presence is slight.
Tags: Animal, Animals, Animals Danger Extinction, Asturias, Cantabrian Chain, Cantabrian Chain Fauna, Nature, Bear, Brown Bear, Pirineos, Tourism, Natural Tourism
CITIES: “SEGOVIA”
Dec 29, 2009 Architecture, Capitals, Castilla y León, Town, Towns, Culture, History, Segovia Monument, Segovia, Tourism, Cultured Tourism, Segovia Tourism
Segovia is the capital of the province that shares its name in the autonomous region of Castilla & León, and lies at the base of the ‘Sierra de Guadarrama’.
Because of its position along transhumance routes, Segovia became an important centre for wool and textile production throughout the 12th century.
Tags: Segovia Aqueduct, Segovia Fortress, Capital, Castilla y León, Segovia Cathedral, Town, Towns, Culture, History, Monument, Monuments, World Heritage, Segovia, Tourism, Cultured Tourism, History Tourism, Segovia Tourism, Unesco