The vast province of Burgos constitutes a privileged
place for the practice of the country holidays:
mountain, remote valleys, vast fields, narrow
passes, millenial villages, model an always changing
and surprising landscape. Every other minute the
traveller will find with innumerable examples of the
past of these Castilian lands, and at the same time
our little villages will make a great show of their
slow life pace where enjoy with the tradition and
the tranquillity.
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Villages
From the country holidays centre La Parada
del Cid it is possible to visit two clearly
defined sides. On the one hand the valle del
Arlanza
, where all the villages of this region remember
us the history and the legends of Castilla:
the lovely village of Covarrubias, the
romanesque of Santo Domingo de Silos, the
baroque Lerma, as well as the little
localities full of rural taste. In this area are
alternating the vast and rough plains and the
enjoyable valleys: the
narrow pass of the Arlanza, the Yecla,
the Cervera Rocks
, and much more marvels.
And on the other hand the Ribera del Duero,
land of wines, noble and ancient. Where its
lands accumulate a dense history and a rich
cultural heritage in its churchs and
monasteries. The roman city of Clunia,
Caleruega, Peñaranda, La Vid or
Aranda de Duero, come to offer us the
secrets of their past, inviting us to enjoy with
their famous gastronomy, where dominates the
roast lamb, and with their execellent wines.
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Santo Domingo de Silos, in a place
known as the Tabladillo Valley where it
is located the famous benedictine
monastery. To 11 kilometres from
Espinosa de Cervera.
More info.:
http://www.silos.arrakis.es
Visits to the Cloister,
click here.
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Lerma, to 31 kilometres from
Espinosa de Cervera and in the banks of
the Arlanza river, stands out its urban
ambit, just as its walls and the Palace
of the Duke from the century XVII.
More info.:
http://www.citlerma.com/Principal.htm
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Covarrubias, historical and
artistic whole from the medieval period,
in the middle of the Route of Fernán
González. Stands out its Collegiate
church of the century XV and romanesque
floor.
More info.:
http://www.ecovarrubias.com/es/turismo
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Aranda de Duero, ancient city to 24
kilometres from Espinosa de Cervera,
where the tourism is attracted by its
monuments and by its excellent table,
where the king is the roast lamb.
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Peñaranda de Duero, one of the more
beautiful and picturesque village in the
province of Burgos. It stands out by its
parochial church, the palace of the
Avellaneda and the Castle.
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La Vid, to 7 kilometres from
Peñaranda is located this premonstrant
monastery and nowadays of austin friars,
founded in the place where it was found
the image of the Virgin of La Vid.
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Historical Places
As a main place to be known we recommend the
visit to the city of
Burgos, where it takes us one hour to arrive
from Espinosa de Cervera, and in a day we
have time enough to complete the visit to its
main monuments and to enjoy with its gastronomy.
We recommend the visit to
the Cathedral, la Cartuja and the
monastery of Las Huelgas
, just as going round its main avenues as the
Espolón.
Also in the same region of the Arlanza,
and in the nearby Sierra de la Demanda
and the Ribera del Duero, the visitor
will marvel at the visit to the ruins of ancient
roman cities, deserted monasteries or millenial
necropolis.
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The Cathedral, main monument of
Burgos begun to be built in the year of
1.221 by Fernando III the Saint. Work of
the master Enrique, who also built the
cathedral of León.
More info.:
http://www.burgoscard.com/es/Inicio.aspx
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Cartuja de Miraflores, monastery of
Elizabethan style full of spires and
other very baroque motives, and that
houses a great artistic richness.
More info.:
http://www.cartuja.org
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Atapuerca, to 15 kilometres of
Burgos in the locality of Ibeas de
Juarros it is located the Sierra de
Atapuerca, part of which has been
declared as Good of Cultural Interest
and where there has been spectacular
advances in the discovery of the
humanity origin.
More info.:
http://www.patroturisbur.es/indexatapuerca.htm
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San Pedro de Arlanza, a monastery
considered as "Cradle of Castilla" and
one of the more important cenobium that
existed in the Spain of earls. To 5
kilometres from Covarrubias direction to
Hortigüela.
More info.:
http://www.arteguias.com/monasterio/arlanza.htm
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Quintanilla de las Viñas, to 5
kilometres of the village it is located
this visigothic church dedicated to
Santa María. The building was begun to
be built in the century VII.
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Necropolis of Cuyacabras, as a
clear example of necropolis from the
high medieval that is dated in the half
of the century X. It is located in
Quintanar de la Sierra and possess the
most spectacular settlement and
necropolis between those located in the
same area, with its church and its 166
anthropomorphic tombs excavated in the
rock.
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Numancia, located to 7 kilometres
from Soria, takes up the tall hill of
the Muela de Garray. It was the most
powerfuld city of the arevacos and made
a hard resistance during 20 years
against the romans.
More info.:
http://www.numantinos.com/index_numancia_esp.htm
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Roman City of Clunia, to 27
kilometres from Espinosa de Cervera it
is located this roman city Colonia
Clunia Sulpicia. Placed in a plateau,
known as Alto de Castro, dominates all
the surrounding territories.
More info.:
http://www.arqueoturismoclunia.com
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Parks
All the area is spattered with natural spaces or
nature reserves where we can travel across
enjoyable valleys, extensive forests and high
peaks. As examples there are: La Yecla
where we can find the most vast and best
preserved sabine groves of the world, the
canyon of the Río Lobos, or the peaks of
Urbión with its small lakes of glacier
origin, and the source of the Río Duero.
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La Yecla, to 8 kilometres from
Espinosa de Cervera it has an
spectacular relief, succession of
plicated structures belonging to the
mosozoic complex that surrounds the
Sierra de la Demanda. It consists of
vast oak, sabine and turkey oak groves,
and a fauna consisting of lioned
vulture, golden eagle, roe deers, wild
boars, between others.
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Canyon of the Río Lobos, declared
Natural Park in 1.985 the canyon
measures 25 kilometres from Ucero until
to Hontoria del Pinar. The carstic
landscape shows us nice formations as
caverns, caves or abyss.
More info.:
http://www.tierrasdelcid.es/paginas/riolobos.htm
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The small lake Negra, wrapped up by
the Sierra del Urbión, whose slopes are
full of white pine and also immense
rocky places, in order to embellish this
place also known as the tomb of Alvaro
González. It is also known as the "sea
of Soria" because of the history that
tells it has not bottom.
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Source of the Río Duero, in the
Picos de Urbión, between the localities
of Duruelo de la Sierra and Covaleda it
rises the Río Duero between rocks in a
great altitude in order to descend by
its bed and so become a calm, wide and
deep river.
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Routes
From historical routes to cultural and
gastronomical routes, here we include all those
routes that can be made by foot, bike and car in
order to know and to be enriched with the past
and the present of these lands of Burgos. We
recommend the part of the route of the Exile
of the Cid
in the region of the Arlanza, and the
route of the Wines in the region of the
Ribera del Duero.
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Routes of the Romanesque, being
these lands one of the more important
spanish provinces in architectonic
terms, you will find innumerable
examples to be visited in the region:
Espinosa de Cervera, Monastery of Silos,
Monastery of Arlanza, ...
More info.:
http://www.arteguias.com/romanico_burgos.htm
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Route of the Exile of the Cid, it
passes by the same La Parada del Cid,
near of which there is this monolith
that marks a point of the way. It begins
in the cradle of the Cid, Vivar del Cid,
in the north of Burgos, and goes by the
province until it enters in Soria.
More info.:
http://www.rutacid.com
Information Telephone: 947 525 732
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Route of the Wines, as routes to
enjoy in a fully way of the fertile
plains and of the best wines of the nice
and interesting villages of the region:
Aranda de Duero, Roa de Duero, Sotillo
de la Ribera, ...
More info.:
http://www.rutasdevino.com/riberabodegas.htm
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Festivities and Folclore
The region of the Arlanza has unique
traditions typical of these lands that have an
incredible history. Games that date from the
celtic period of the area, traditions of the
countryside with its own songs, festivities,
pilgrimages, and much more traditions from which
enjoy and share with the people of these
villages.
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Visits
Timetable and Tourism Offices in the region of the
Arlanza.
The Lent of Espinosa de Cervera.