Over Spain there are many
places where you can spend your holidays approaching their nature and their
customs.
Direct contact with nature
and the return to areas less overcrowded make this type of tourism has
increasingly fans throughout Spain.
Picos de Europa
The area is filled with small
towns and villages increasingly conditioned to receive tourists who prefer the
rural environment. Too often, the restoration of old houses to turn them into
rural accommodation.
In this area include the Parque
Natural de los Lagos de Covadonga, whose views surprise to anyone who
decides to move. Their heights are the main Naranjo de Bulnes (Picu
Urriellu) and Torrecerredo. Both areas are of great interest for lovers
of the mountain.
The cuisine is another of the
attractions of this place. The stews as fabada and cooked mountain, cheese and
curd are some of the specialties that make the delights of the visitors.
In the Cordillera Cantábrica
also include the National Biological Reserve in Muniellos, the Natural
de Redes and the Natural Park of Somiedo among others.
Sierra
Nevada
Appointed Biosphere Reserve
in 1999. Stresses for its botanical variety, the beauty of its landscape and
its height, as it has the highest peak in the peninsula.
The most prominent of these mountains
are Vereda de la Estrella and routes Sulayr and Comprehensive 3,000
meters. The station Winter Sierra Nevada is one of the major destinations
for lovers of skiing.
This mountain is also
attractive because of the variety of accommodations offered. Along with the
usual hotels and farmhouses in this area are shelters like the Poqueira
which is located 2,500 meters above sea level, the High Postero, 1,880
meters and Puerto de la Ragua, 2,000 meters.
The cuisine of the area noted
for its goat cheeses, gazpacho warm season and Iberian sausages.
Regional
Park in the Sierra de Gredos
This area has greatly
increased in recent years because of its proximity to large urban areas like
Madrid. The forests of pines and oaks are one of the great attractions of the
Regional Park in the Sierra de Gredos.
Offers variety of routes to
the peak Almanzor or Surety. They are very familiar excursions by
valleys and lakes that can be observed in the footsteps glaciers.
The cuisine of this region is
notable for its sausage and pork. The suckling pig is a very typical dish of
the Sierra de Gredos.
Sierra de
Guadarrama
This area is home valleys of
great interest to tourists as rural Valley Fuenfría and Valsaín, La Pedriza,
circus and gaps in Peñalara and Valley Lozoya. In addition, we found this saw
places of historical significance as the Mount of the Almenara.
Its proximity to the Spanish
capital makes the area has developed a lot in terms of accommodations and
restaurants in town. The Sierra de Guadarrama has become the main escape route
for those who live in Madrid.
In the gastronomy of the
Sierra de Guadarrama include cooked Madrid, tripe and beef.
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