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How to become a
shepherd for a day
or make cheese in an artisanal way. These are some of the new activities that Paradores propose to its clients to enjoy the network of historic accommodations in a different way. The
common denominator
of the recently presented program of experiences is
sustainable and responsible tourism
and has its own name:
Nature for the senses.
In this way, those responsible for Paradores intend to promote ecotourism that generates
social, environmental and economic benefits
in the territories where the different hotel establishments are located.
The project starts in Cangas de Onís (Asturias) and will be extended to around twenty of the 98 accommodations that the network has throughout Spain, to which we must add one more in Portugal, Casa da Ínsua.
Nature focuses the new proposals of the accommodation network.
After Cangas de Onís, the experiences will continue
Bielsa
(Huesca) and
Villafranca del Bierzo
(León), rural environments where nature in its purest form is the main claim.
The initiatives have been devised in collaboration with
Global Nature,
a private non-profit foundation dedicated to the protection of nature.
Proposals in nature
In the Asturian parador, the guests of this old monastery of the seventeenth century will be able to learn about rural life through the
herding of xaldas sheep,
also highlighting the work of the
bordier collie
dogs
in their livestock management.
Another proposal consists of
discovering the bearded vulture up close
in its natural habitat, in the Picos de Europa National Park, to verify its relationship with livestock in maintaining the ecosystem.
Two clients making artisan cheese.
You can also enter the sheepfolds and cabins used by the shepherds to see how the cheeses are made or
take a forest bath
, whose objective is to find oneself through the sensations that the trees and their ecosystems transmit.
There is more: discovering how
Los Bellos cheese
is made
,
avoiding the gorges of the Ponga Natural Park and strolling among caves, cliffs, sea caves, gorges and beaches that reveal how the Picos de Europa arose.
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The final objective of
Nature for the Senses
is to create real opportunities for
development, employment and roots
for the inhabitants of the rural environments where the hostel in question is located.
In addition, its
biodiversity,
history and culture are
valued
.
Not surprisingly, the different activities also allow the guests of the network to get to know the towns and the way of life of their inhabitants.
In fact, it is the
local producers
themselves
who lead the activities, from which Paradores does not obtain economic benefits and which are
aimed at all audiences
.
They will be available throughout the year following the security protocols set by Covid 19.
Open-air day in the Picos de Europa.
Galician artist
Lara Lars was used
to
illustrate and transmit the new initiative
, who through the
collage
technique
has been inspired by "the elements of interest" that are found when visiting each parador: "the immediate surroundings, the
surroundings natural
".
In his opinion, "after the time lived, many people when they travel, they want to
reconnect with the nature
that surrounds the place where they are staying and that already has cultural value for the various architectures of interest of the Paradores ".
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