Adamello Brenta nature park

The Adamello-Brenta Nature Park houses the largest protected area within the Trentino region. It is located in the west of Trentino; it covers an area of 620 km² and includes such mighty mountains as the Adamello and Brenta massifs.

 

Today the nature park is characterised by more than 50 lakes and the majestic Adamello glacier. The rich fauna includes all kinds of mountain species such as ibexes or brown bears. Rich green woods and pastures, wild fruits, berries and flowers, rare fish and birds have found a home in this unique natural area.

Featuring a maximum depth of 123 metres, lake Molveno is the deepest lake entirely belonging to the Trentino territory. Its average depth is 49.3 metre. Its waters reflect the surrounding mountains of the Brenta Dolomites as well as the Paganella mountain chain.

Furthermore the lake Molveno is popular thanks to its diverse fish species. Trouts, arctic chars and perches are only a selection of different fish which have their natural habitat in the lake. However, not only in the lake the variety of animals is huge, but also around the lake, where rabbits, chamois, roes and many other animals live. Thanks to the wind lake Molveno is perfect for sailing and other outdoor activities, so now you know what you can visit in Trento!

Hey! Here you have information of another natural park in Trento. It is the Stelvio National Park, which includes mountains of up to 3,900 m. The Stelvio National Park is definitely among the biggest Italian nature parks and the largest one of the Alps. Colourful valleys formed by huge glaciers some thousand years ago, pristine waters and the Ortles-Cevedale massif towering high above - this is the Stelvio National Park.
This natural park is home to numerous types of animals such as deers, chamois, eagles, ibexes, wolves, woodpeckers as well as a rich variety of plants such as buttercups or wild orchids.

Natural parks in Trento

Hi guys! As you know our colleagues are going to Trento for ten days next week, so we are going to tell you about some natural parks there. The first one is the Peneveggio Pale di San Martimo natural park, which was founded in 1967 and is one of the first natural parks in all Italy.

In it you will find lots of contrasts and different natural sceneries. While the north is home to a majestic spruce wood called Paneveggio, the south is characterised by the Pale di San Martino Dolomites. In the west, the nature park borders the porphyry rocks of the Lagorai Mountains. From the pinks-shining walls of the Dolomites and the dark rocks alternating with pristine waters in the Lagorai Massif to rich green woods and pastures at lower altitudes - here you will find all you can wish for!

Weekend in Loja and Alhama de Granada

We are going to do a trip to Loja and Alhama de Granada during a weekend with our family on 26th (Saturday) and 27th (Sunday) of March. We are going to stay one night in Loja, in a hotel called El Mirador Loja and the prize is 30€ per night.

We will arrive at the hotel in the morning, we will leave our luggage and we will go for a walk along the river Riofrío. Then we are going to have lunch in a restaurant called Mesón Riofrío. In the afternoon we will go to see how caviar is made in the fish farms. At night we will return to the hotel and have dinner there.

River of Riofrío

Fish farms

Riofrío's caviar

 On Sunday, first, we will have breakfast in the hotel, we will take our luggages and we will go by car to Alhama de Granada to stay there all day. Then, when we arrive at Alhama, we will visit the Arab baths and the Tajo balcony.

Arab baths

Tajo balcony

Next we will have lunch at a restaurant called Los Caños de la Alcaicería. Finally, in the afternoon we will do a hiking route around Los Tajos of Alhama. When we finish the route, we will take the car and return to Granada at night.

Route

Alhama de Granada (Los Tajos)

Trip to Loja and Alhama de Granada

The class will leave from Granada at 8:15 a.m. to Loja. They will do an excursion along Riofrío, which is a river there. It will last about two hours. After that, they will have a picnic there. Here they can also learn about aquaculture and the sturgeons that live in the river and produce caviar.

In the afternoon they will go to another village nearby called Alhama de Granada. There they will go for a walk in the Natural Gorge Los Tajos, which is a canyon with a valley where they will walk by. In this place they can observe the different types of rocks and animals they learn in biology and geology.
Finally, they will visit the aqueduct and the Arab baths that can be analysed by the history students. Then they will return to Granada.

Weekend in Madrid

Madrid is a south-western European city and the capital and largest municipality. The city is located on the Manzanares River in the centre of the country. While Madrid possesses a modern infrastructure, it has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighbourhoods and streets. Some of its historical buildings and important places are: the Royal Palace of Madrid; the Royal Theatre with its restored 1850 Opera House; the Retiro Park, founded in 1631; the 19th-century National Library building Golden Triangle of Art, Prado Museum, the Reina Sofía Museum, a museum of modern art, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and the Cibeles Palace and Fountain have become the monument symbol of the city of Spain. We are going on a trip with our family to Madrid on 19th (Saturday) and 20th (Sunday) of December.
We are going by car and we leave from Granada the 18th in the afternoon to arrive to Madrid at night. We will sleep in a Hotel called Hostal Rayuela situated in Fuencarral,in the center of Madrid.

We will sleep there two nights and the price is 26€ per night. We have booked a room for three people.

The 18th, when we arrive we will leave the baggage in the hotel and we will go to have dinner in a restaurant near it, called Las Noches de Moscú. We will have a 20€ menu.
  

The next day we will go to Las Rozas village that is a shopping centre with many expensive brands that has articles of old collections so everything is cheaper.









After that we will go to a shopping centre called Heron city, that is next to Las Rozas, to have lunch in a Fosters Hollywood, we will have a 15€ menu.



 






In the afternoon we will go to the city centre and go for a walk there to see the city. In the evening, we will have dinner in a resturant called La Esquina del Real and at night we will take the subway and return to the hotel.




  


                                                                   






On Sunday, we are going to the Rey León musical in the Lope de Vega theatre. The tickets cost 49€ per person in the second amphitheatre.

When it finishes we will have lunch a 10€ menu, in a restaurant called Nebraska. Then, we will return to Granada.

Trip to Nerja

We leave from Granada at 8.30. When we arrive we will have a guided visit by the Caves of Nerja. The entrance costs 9 euros.
 
The Caves of Nerja are a series of caverns close to the town of Nerja in the Province of Málaga. The caverns are one of Spain's major tourist attractions. Concerts are regularly held in one of the chambers, which forms a natural amphitheatre.
The caves were re-discovered in modern times on 12 January 1959 by five friends who entered through a narrow sinkhole known as "La Mina". This forms one of the two natural entrances to the cave system. A third entrance was created in 1960 to allow easy access for tourists. The cave is divided into two main parts.

After visiting the caves, we are going to the centre of Nerja and we are having lunch there in a restaurant called La Marina, in which we will have a 15€ menu, that is at 200 metres from the "Balcón de Europa".


The "Balcón de Europa" was built where before was the destroyed fortress in 1812, during the Independece War. It is situated at the end of a large avenue. There, we can see a panoramic view of the Nerja coast.

Finally, we are going for a walk around the city center and we return to Granada at 6.00.