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Pork cheek with red wine with cherries and hummus in the Balneario del Jerte restaurant The great prominence that cherry trees give during the spring to the Jerte Valley, in Extremadura, extends until summer during the activities of the Cerecera 2016, an excellent time Now to enjoy the delicious taste of cherries.

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Rincon de Combarro in the Rías Bajas de Galicia In the last two years he has had the opportunity to travel to Galicia a couple of times, after many years without visiting this beautiful land of northern Spain. Specifically, the trip to Galicia that I made during the 2012 vacations led me to visit both the Rías Bajas and a part of the Rías Altas, not missing a visit from Santiago de Compostela, and also always enjoying an excellent weather.

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Portico of the church of Santa María de Laguardia in Rioja Alavesa Your wine tourism trip to Rioja Alavesa is not limited to visiting wineries. This region of southern Euskadi also offers you an important cultural aspect that focuses on the medieval villages whose streets you can walk through. And from the monumental and artistic point of view, you will find a real hidden jewel, the Portico of the church of Santa María de los Reyes, in the medieval village of Laguardia.

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Gorge of the Foz de Lumbier in Navarra A little more than half an hour southeast of Pamplona, ​​in Navarra, you can walk through a deep gorge that fly over griffon vultures and other raptors. This is the Foz de Lumbier. You will be in a nature reserve that extends along just over a kilometer between the vertical cliffs of the gorge created by the erosion of the Irati River.

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Plasencia Cathedral in Extremadura In the historic city of Plasencia, in Extremadura, one of the most significant monuments is, without a doubt, its cathedral ... or cathedrals. Indeed, during your walk through the historic center of Plasencia, when you arrive before the great cathedral building, it is sure that your peculiar configuration will catch your attention.

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Consistorial Palace of Cartagena in Murcia If you have not yet had the opportunity to visit Cartagena, I anticipate that you will be surprised, as happened to me in the visit I made recently. Cartagena is a city with a very long history behind it, since it was founded by Carthaginian General Asdrúbal in the year 227 a.

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Rural architecture in Cabezuela del Valle in the Jerte Valley I am not going to tell you that in the Jerte Valley, north of Extremadura, you will find villages that are true monumental complexes, or even villages with great architectural harmony, because it is not so . However, during your visit to the Jerte Valley you will have the opportunity to find some corners that are a good example of the rural architecture of the area.

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Fountain of Columbus in the Plaza de Santa María de Guadalupe Your visit to the Monastery of Guadalupe, in Cáceres, has a double attraction, which you will see as soon as you arrive at the small town where this great monument of Extremadura sits. Walking through the known since the fourteenth century as Puebla de Guadalupe already justifies the trip to this enclave of the region of Las Villuercas, east of the province.

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Faro Roncudo on the Costa da Morte in Galicia Punta O Roncudo is one of the emblematic and most historic corners of the Costa da Morte in Galicia. Even on a day with calm waters, such as those when I had the opportunity to visit this corner, the tip O Roncudo gives you the feeling that the fame of wild sea that has earned this coastal area of ​​Galicia makes perfect sense of the world.

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Trench and machine gun nest of the Iron Belt in Berango You will probably know that during this year 2014 in several European countries marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the First World War. The truth is that the great wars are part of our historical and cultural heritage, and that explains that many sites that have been the scene of battles, or large cemeteries, have become places of tourist interest.

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Vivanco Winery in Briones in La Rioja Alta @Foto: Vivanco Just a year ago I had the opportunity to make a wine trip to La Rioja, and I was surprised by the spectacular autumn landscapes with the vineyards covered by reddish and yellowish colors. It is certainly a beautiful time to enjoy wine tourism, but this time I am going to propose a visit beyond meeting wineries and enjoying delicious wines.

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Butrón Castle in the Uribe region near Bilbao Until a few decades ago it was difficult to imagine that the city of Bilbao, in Euskadi, could become a point of tourist attraction. The commitment to the construction of the Guggenheim museum, and the simultaneous recovery of the surroundings of the estuary, until then an industrial area that is the focus of great pollution, has led to such a substantial change.

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Feria Castle in the province of Badajoz in Extremadura Can you imagine a castle right on top of a mountain from which the landscape that currency is lost on the horizon, and at its feet, a small town with white houses and reddish roofs? This scene is also found in Extremadura. Specifically, I refer to the castle of Feria, a small town in the region of Zafra - Río Bodión, in the province of Badajoz, which I had the opportunity to discover during one of my last trips to Extremadura.

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Rehearsal of the historical recreation of the Battle of Albuera in Badajoz There is no doubt that historical reenactments are in vogue and have become a tourist activity that arouses great interest and summons many visitors wherever they are celebrated. In recent times I have had the opportunity to attend, for example, the Cantabrian Wars of Corrales de Buelna, in Cantabria, or the educational activities of Tarraco Viva, in Tarragona.

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Hiring tourism experiences on the official website spain.info That tourism experiences and activities are increasingly demanded among those who travel is something already known. Therefore, after the renovation that a few months ago was carried out on the official tourism website in Spain, spain.info, developed by Turespaña and Segittur, now the possibility of directly contracting a wide range of tourist experiences offered by various companies in the sector, in all the communities of Spain.

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Main square of Trujillo in Extremadura If you still do not know it, I will say that Trujillo is one of the most beautiful villages in Spain. Therefore, you will not be surprised if it is one of the most visited corners of Extremadura. Two and a half hours to the southwest of Madrid, and very close to Cáceres and Mérida, a walk through Trujillo will give you a return to the times of the discovery of America, and you can see the boom that led to those who faced that adventure.

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