Cáceres is nature, but it is much more than a perfectly preserved environment.The entire province invites you to enjoy the many possibilities offered by active tourism and experience in nature.In Cáceres you can practice your favorite sport, outdoors, and in a beautiful stage, which feeds the body and soul.
The entire province gathers the charm of the wild in its Protected UNESCO spaces: Monfragüe Biosphere Reserve and National Park, the Unesco World Geopark Villuercas-Ibores-Jara, and the Tajo International Natural Park International Biosphere Reserve of the Biosphere Cross-border.To them we must add the urban spaces of Cáceres Heritage of Humanity and the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe.
Bird observation is another of the great incentives.The province of Cáceres hides natural corners and without contaminating that they appear before the traveler as true ecological paradises.Any era is good for traveling to this amazing Extremaduran enclave.
The province of Cáceres is full of reservoir water and navigable rivers (which add up to 300 kilometers nothing more and nothing less).The reservoirs of Alcántara, Valdecañas and Gabriel and Galán, which mean 40% of the region's water, stand out.In addition to the Tajo, the Jerte is also navigable, tributary of the alagon that travels its homonymous valley to whose channel many throats pour its brave waters.Complementary activities companies take advantage of this resource to offer their enjoyment to those who like risk sports.
At night and day the clean skies of Cáceres are a powerful attraction.Many areas are Starlight destination due to the absence of light pollution and there are companies specialized in teaching us their skies.In fact there are designed 28 astrotourism experiences, framed in the Global Tourism Development Strategy Project (GLOBALTUR - EUROACE).Sports activities are countless and if your hobby is the photograph of nature, tour pastures on horseback, fish in our numerous ponds, lagoons or reservoirs, know how the earth formed or simply contemplate our abundant flora and fauna, all that and moreYou will discover in the province of Cáceres.Now how fashion.In this province you will find that place that you are looking for in which to be calm, where to breathe deep and restore harmony between your body and your mind.
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Cáceres vital
Once the body is exercised, he asks to replenish strength with exquisite delicacies.Gastronomy is another of the great attractions of the province of Cáceres.Many are the travelers who come to this territory in search of the traditional flavors, the ‘grandmother's dishes’, of those meals that it is no longer possible to enjoy in the city, so far from the rest that the stoves require.
The province of Cáceres is a destination for gourmets, as it has excellent products, endorsed and recognized by denominations of origin and protected geographical indications, as representative as the Iberian ham from Extremadura, the Casar Cake, the Ibores cheese, the paprika ofLa Vera or the Jerte Cherry, the Ribera del Guadiana wines, the Gata - Hurdes Olive Oil, the Honey Villuercas Ibores, the veal of Extremadura or the Lamb of Extremadura (Corderex).
These are quality have been possible thanks to an extraordinary nature and populated by centenary olive groves, vineyards and pastures, huge chestnut trees and flower cherry trees.All that knowledge has crystallized over time in coveted recipe.
These recipes are heirs of three cultures - Jew.
In the province of Cáceres, these flavors are united to popular demonstrations, surprising fairs and parties such as the Patatera request in Malpartida de Cáceres, the National Cheese Fair in Trujillo, on Tuesday Major in Plasencia or Magic Autumn in the Ambroz Valley.All year is perfect to enjoy provincial cuisine.Patatera, Zorongollo, Casar Cake, Gazpacho, Cochifrito, Migas, Chanfaina, Peaorejo, Calderetas and Cooked Extremadura are some of the identity signs of the kitchen of the province of Cáceres.Each municipality has its typical dish and each visit to each of them becomes a discovery for the senses.
Crafts is also another of the undisputed attractions of the province and the traveler will still find the echoes of the offices before in their municipalities and can take home manufactures in copper, iron forge, cork, embroidery, lace, ceramics,fabrics ... all this is the result of the vitality of the peoples of Cáceres, full of cozy and close people.
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Social Cáceres
The essence, the ‘miajón’ Cácereño, is something that cannot be transmitted in a text, or explain only with words.We must live it in situ in each of the peoples of the province of Cáceres, in their traditions in their most relevant events full of ancestral knowledge.
The traveler who visits the province has the opportunity to enjoy the tranquility of their peoples, the material and immaterial heritage that they house, to chat with their always friendly neighbors who, in the end, are the living memory of the territories,
There are surprising locations such as Romangordo, whose buildings are ornamented with trapantojos, celebrities worldwide.Or if you want to immerse yourself in a magical world, with a speech of yourXalima), which has been declared a good of cultural interest and that has recently published a dictionary.
Crafts, trades, lifestyle and roots and the friendly and open character of its people are also one of the provincial attractions, together with the popular architecture present in each of the municipalities.
In Cáceres everything is authentic.There are no prefabricated, decorated scenarios designed to dazzle the traveler.Do you want to live as an emperor?Without a doubt in the region of La Vera you can know how Carlos V spent the last days of him in the precious monastery of Yuste, merit of heritage and the history of Europe.
Another authentic flavor can be found in Trujillo, with a famous main square worldwide.
The Roman site of Cáparra (Oliva de Plasencia) is another example of singular heritage.It is unique in its kind for being quadrifronte and has become the symbol of the Ruta de la Plata, so fashionable in this year Jacobean.Although there is a monument that leaves visitors speechless that is the Roman bridge of Alcántara, even in use and that is an example of top -level engineering.
In Alcántara, a classic theater festival takes place in August in the impressive Saint Benito Convent and through which great stars of the national scene have passed.Cáceres, that place where the only time that matters is the one you dedicate.