Updated Monday, March 18, 2024-01:58
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We arrived at Easter wanting to travel and pack our suitcase.
These are some proposals to debut the best season to escape and change of scene.
Medina de Rioseco: many brothers and a canal
Rioseco, in Valladolid, boasts of being the city with the most brothers per inhabitant in Spain: 4,200 brothers per 4,200 inhabitants.
Everyone focuses on their Holy Week, one of the most impressive and participatory in our geography.
The city of the four cathedrals also adds other attractions this year.
It has been
175 years
since the waters reached this place in Tierra de Campos.
We are talking, of course, about the Canal de Castilla which, back in 1849, represented a revolution.
Rioseco is fortunate to still have one of the navigable sections of this colossal work of the Enlightenment.
The
Castilla Canal Travel Center
is located in warehouse No. 2 of the dock , which provides information on the possibilities of active tourism on the Canal: from canoeing to hiking and bicycle routes.
You must also visit the old San Antonio flour factory, with all its original machinery to understand what this waterway was.
More information at tourism.medinaderioseco.org
Medina de Rioseco, the city in Tierra de Campos with as many brothers as inhabitants.SHUTTERSTOCK
road to santiago
It is another corner of the Castilian plateau that invites you to relax and enjoy small pleasures.
Although it is even better known for being one of the essential stops on the
French Way
to Santiago de Compostela.
We are talking about Castrojeriz, Burgos, one of the
most beautiful towns in Spain
where, in addition to jewels like the church of Santo Domingo, the pilgrim finds peace in a rural hotel like Quinta San Francisco.
Tasty meals, very comfortable rooms and a footbath for your feet are guaranteed.
It also has a small spa, convent-style gardens and an organic garden.
More information at hotelruralquintasanfrancisco.com
La Quinta San Francisco, a rural hotel on the Camino de Santiago.TRIPS
elf in GRANADA
On Holy Wednesday, Sacromonte plays to accompany the Christ of the Gypsies among immense bonfires and zambras full of duende.
Holy Thursday, however, is the magical night of the Albaicín.
Just like Good Friday, the protagonist is the Las Chías ritual in the Convent of San Jerónimo... Granada during Holy Week,
a festival of international tourist interest
, is a celebration that thrills the five senses.
To live it, these days it is advisable, of course, to plan.
The good news is that the Nasrid capital has opened several interesting hotels in recent times.
An example is the new Seda Club Hotel, a five-star luxury hotel with interior design by the New York studio David Rockwell.
Another is the Palacio Gran Vía, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, which occupies the former headquarters of Banca Rodríguez Acosta and hides a hammam with a Turkish bath and a heated indoor pool inside.
More information at tourism.granada.org/es
The Seda Club Hotel in the center of Granada.TRIPS
heading to RIOJA Alavesa
And the award for Best Wine Accommodation in the World goes to... La Rioja.
This has been decided by the
Best Of Wine Tourism
awards , which have chosen the Riojan winery Cosme Palacios and its exclusive experience at the
La Casa Cosme Palacio
accommodation as one of the best wine tourism proposals in the world.
To demonstrate this, this Easter, the first "invitation-only" accommodation in Spain, offers custom-designed experiences around wine culture.
It also offers relaxation.
With nine rooms and four suites, La Casa's goal is to make guests feel at home.
More information at lariojaturismo.com
The Cosme Palacio House. TRAVEL
devotion in ÁVILA
Holy Week in the walled city of Ávila is pure Castilian sentiment and devotion.
You have to experience it at least once in your life.
Its 16 spectacular processions leave unusual images: those streets barely illuminated by the candles and lanterns of the Nazarenes, the shadow of the Crucified and Nazarenes reflected on the wall, the more than ten thousand faithful accompanying the Christ of the Executed in the early hours of Good Friday ...But the city where Saint Teresa of Jesus was born does not only live on devotion.
Also from other less spiritual traditions... Because there is no Holy Week in Ávila without
torrijas and hornazo.
And for that well-deserved rest, there is also a small boutique
hotel
where you can indulge yourself: take a look at
Sofraga Palacio
, a majestic 16th century building attached to the wall.
More information at www.avilaturismo.com
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