Spain Old Castle
Feel the peace in a different landscape every day as you ride westward along the Tormes River Valley for five days. The key to this ride is the breathtaking landscape across a medieval town filled with history.
♣ Highlights
1. Riding makes you feel at peace by taking a daily walk on the plain and controlling it with trotting and cantering.
2. Cantering or galloping on safe terrain, and enjoy breathtaking views with plain or breaking news in mountainous areas that do not allow canters or gallops.
♣ Required riding level
You need the stamina to sit in the saddle while riding above intermediate level, use your hands independently, and to do plain news, breaking news, trotting, cantering, and galloping in open spaces for four to seven hours a day.
♣ Horseback riding style
Trail Riding
Point to Point Trail
♣ Equestrian group size: 4-10 people
♣ Accommodation
The property is Jerebeque Trails Horse Riding, with a support van following the group throughout the schedule, offering tapas breaks, lunch and dinner, and carrying luggage.
On the first and last nights of this vacation, you'll spend a night at El Milano Real, a very nice boutique hotel.
Very comfortable rooms, great views of the Gredos Mountains, very delicious food, spa (not included). The second night will be at a local hotel in Navacepeda de Tormes, and the third night will be at a four-star hotel in El Barco de Avila. The fourth night will be spent at La Trocha de Hoyorredondo, a country inn. The fifth night will be at a charming hotel in Navacepedilla de Corneja.
♣ Tour journey (This schedule is subject to change depending on weather or other circumstances.)
Day 1 Madrid-Navaredonda de Gredos
Gathering at Madrid Airport until 3 p.m. Later, after a two-hour trip to Navaredonda de Gredos, he visits Avila, a medieval town surrounded by stunning wall designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for a short break.
You can enjoy beautiful views of the highest peak of Sierra de Gredos. Enjoy a welcome dinner at the hotel in Navarredonda de Gredos, a mountainous town 1,600 m above sea level.
Day2 NAVARREDONDA DE GREDOS-NAVACEPEDA DE TORMES
Through the Tormes Valley, pine forests, and fields where you can appreciate the stunning views of the Gredos Mountains, you have time to make friends with horses. In the summer, they have lunch with a great cooked paella at the fisherman's hut next to the swimming Tormes River.
After a short afternoon ride to Navacepeda de Tormes, spend the night after dinner at a local hotel. Day 2's riding time is about 4 hours.
Day3 NAVACEPEDA DE TORMES-BARCO DE AVILA
Follow the valley through a small, remote medieval village while appreciating the views of the most beautiful mountains of the Gredos Mountains. Lunch at Aliseda de Tormes, next to the Tormes River and the Medival Bridge.
In the afternoon, we will go down the open valley with breaking news and another landscape to El Barco de Aévila. You will cross the Tormes River, a Roman bridge, from El Barco de Avila, the 12th-century town where the castle was located at the time. You will relax with a dinner at a four-star hotel. The riding time on day three is about 6.5 hours.
Day 4 El Barco de Avila-Hoyoredondo
Passing through the countryside of Salamanca, a beautiful, flat, dry area with granite terrain, you can enjoy the ever-changing scenery, including fields with stone walls and farmers riding donkeys. The ride passes through oak forests and pastures, and crosses Fuente del Congosto, another medieval town with a 15th-century bridge and castle. In the summer, it is a very beautiful place to swim, so you can enjoy a picnic near the river.
After lunch by the river, in the afternoon, they race refreshingly back to the Hoyorredondo and stay for the night with dinner at La Trocha de Hoyorredondo, a very beautiful country inn. This is when the horses can be seen resting peacefully through the window. The riding time on day four is six hours.
Day5 HOYORREDONDO-NAVACEPEDILLA DE CORNEJA
In the morning, from the flat, open Corneja River Valley to Bonilla de la Sierra, a very important medieval city with a beautiful church, enjoy breaking news and news, lunch in a dedicated garden with a swimming pool, and taste the barbecue with Avilan beef steak.
In the afternoon, they start climbing the mountain again, and wrap up the day with dinner at the charming hotel in Navacepedilla de Corneja. The total riding time is six hours.
Day6 NAVACEPEDILLA-NAVARREDONDA
The course through the magnificent Sierra Gredos, one of three different valleys, will take you up to Puerto de Chia (1,800 m), the highest point in the Gredos Mountains, in the morning.
♣ Highlights
1. Riding makes you feel at peace by taking a daily walk on the plain and controlling it with trotting and cantering.
2. Cantering or galloping on safe terrain, and enjoy breathtaking views with plain or breaking news in mountainous areas that do not allow canters or gallops.
♣ Required riding level
You need the stamina to sit in the saddle while riding above intermediate level, use your hands independently, and to do plain news, breaking news, trotting, cantering, and galloping in open spaces for four to seven hours a day.
♣ Horseback riding style
Trail Riding
Point to Point Trail
♣ Equestrian group size: 4-10 people
♣ Accommodation
The property is Jerebeque Trails Horse Riding, with a support van following the group throughout the schedule, offering tapas breaks, lunch and dinner, and carrying luggage.
On the first and last nights of this vacation, you'll spend a night at El Milano Real, a very nice boutique hotel.
Very comfortable rooms, great views of the Gredos Mountains, very delicious food, spa (not included). The second night will be at a local hotel in Navacepeda de Tormes, and the third night will be at a four-star hotel in El Barco de Avila. The fourth night will be spent at La Trocha de Hoyorredondo, a country inn. The fifth night will be at a charming hotel in Navacepedilla de Corneja.
♣ Tour journey (This schedule is subject to change depending on weather or other circumstances.)
Day 1 Madrid-Navaredonda de Gredos
Gathering at Madrid Airport until 3 p.m. Later, after a two-hour trip to Navaredonda de Gredos, he visits Avila, a medieval town surrounded by stunning wall designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for a short break.
You can enjoy beautiful views of the highest peak of Sierra de Gredos. Enjoy a welcome dinner at the hotel in Navarredonda de Gredos, a mountainous town 1,600 m above sea level.
Day2 NAVARREDONDA DE GREDOS-NAVACEPEDA DE TORMES
Through the Tormes Valley, pine forests, and fields where you can appreciate the stunning views of the Gredos Mountains, you have time to make friends with horses. In the summer, they have lunch with a great cooked paella at the fisherman's hut next to the swimming Tormes River.
After a short afternoon ride to Navacepeda de Tormes, spend the night after dinner at a local hotel. Day 2's riding time is about 4 hours.
Day3 NAVACEPEDA DE TORMES-BARCO DE AVILA
Follow the valley through a small, remote medieval village while appreciating the views of the most beautiful mountains of the Gredos Mountains. Lunch at Aliseda de Tormes, next to the Tormes River and the Medival Bridge.
In the afternoon, we will go down the open valley with breaking news and another landscape to El Barco de Aévila. You will cross the Tormes River, a Roman bridge, from El Barco de Avila, the 12th-century town where the castle was located at the time. You will relax with a dinner at a four-star hotel. The riding time on day three is about 6.5 hours.
Day 4 El Barco de Avila-Hoyoredondo
Passing through the countryside of Salamanca, a beautiful, flat, dry area with granite terrain, you can enjoy the ever-changing scenery, including fields with stone walls and farmers riding donkeys. The ride passes through oak forests and pastures, and crosses Fuente del Congosto, another medieval town with a 15th-century bridge and castle. In the summer, it is a very beautiful place to swim, so you can enjoy a picnic near the river.
After lunch by the river, in the afternoon, they race refreshingly back to the Hoyorredondo and stay for the night with dinner at La Trocha de Hoyorredondo, a very beautiful country inn. This is when the horses can be seen resting peacefully through the window. The riding time on day four is six hours.
Day5 HOYORREDONDO-NAVACEPEDILLA DE CORNEJA
In the morning, from the flat, open Corneja River Valley to Bonilla de la Sierra, a very important medieval city with a beautiful church, enjoy breaking news and news, lunch in a dedicated garden with a swimming pool, and taste the barbecue with Avilan beef steak.
In the afternoon, they start climbing the mountain again, and wrap up the day with dinner at the charming hotel in Navacepedilla de Corneja. The total riding time is six hours.
Day6 NAVACEPEDILLA-NAVARREDONDA
The course through the magnificent Sierra Gredos, one of three different valleys, will take you up to Puerto de Chia (1,800 m), the highest point in the Gredos Mountains, in the morning.