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Gastronomic tourism in spring | Food Service Magazine
Few seasons are so eagerly awaited as spring to start traveling …
Its explosion of colors, the joy it confers to every corner and its resounding spontaneity, which makes everything change very quickly, make it the favorite time to enjoy weekend trips or gastronomic tourism routes.
There are places that dress in their best clothes during this time and that allow you to enjoy unavoidable aesthetic pleasures, in short, there is no excuse to stay at home.
5 Destinations to enjoy a spring weekend
Jerte Valley, Cáceres
Every year, this valley north of Cáceres has an unmissable appointment with spring and the unmistakable mantle that surrounds it.
At this time, with the flowering of the cherry trees, the white that floods everything, allows you to enjoy an unforgettable picture. In addition, it is the perfect starting point to discover the region, since during those days festivals or tastings of local products are organized, as well as a wide range of leisure activities and activities in the villages that dot the valley.
Lago de Sanabria Natural Park, Zamora
There is no better time to get to know this beautiful natural space than that of flowers, and this season is spring.
It is the time when the willows bloom, the wild flowers bloom on the side of the trails, you can still see the snow-capped rocky peaks and the lake shines in all its splendor. Added to all this are the attractions that the park offers for lovers of mother nature, such as the fish lagoon or the Yeguas lagoon. If we add to physical activity the interesting cuisine from the area, we will complete an excellent day with the guaranteed supply of variety and flavor.
Campo de Cagitán, Murcia
In the most flowery of seasons, this region of the southeast of the peninsula is completely transformed, thanks to the almond trees, everything is covered with a pink mantle that gives warmth, and especially eye-catching, to any hiking route. Now walking can become a unique sensory experience.
It lasts more than a month and coincides with the Bando de la Huerta, a popular festival that is celebrated with a parade of traditional costumes and floats, accompanying the floral offering to the Virgin of Fuensanta. And like any popular festival worth its salt, its cuisine It is excellent and complete, the vegetable garden and rice dishes give a good account of the tradition to ensure the necessary rains so that the field also feeds, the “patron” knows a lot about this, and hence her veneration.
Las Merindades, Burgos
Not so busy, but no less interesting is this area of the Merindades, between the Cantabrian mountains and the Burgos moors.
It offers us a spring visual spectacle that is imperative to see. Here, the lush forests and green meadows begin to show their maximum splendor. The swamps overflow and the waterfalls flow with an unusual force, giving us a feeling of unprecedented freedom. Especially beautiful is Pedrosa de Tobalina, which is more than 12 meters high, which makes it one of the most impressive in our geography.
We are in gastronomic zone And still being able to enjoy a good stew or roast will make us see the route with better eyes, not in vain the heat is not guaranteed and warming up the body after a long path on foot is well worth the effort.
We finish to the north with a charming enclave, dense as its forest and deceiving as the stories that the locals tell of its interior.
This enclave between Navarra and the French Basque Country, shows us its most exuberant profile in spring: the oaks and beech trees are dressed again, the peaks are dyed an intense green and the rivers overflow. A natural paradise that allows you to enjoy nature in an intense way, achieving a feeling of placidity and calm that few enclaves offer.
And as a good livestock area, they offer us excellent cheeses and mountain dishes that more than help to regain strength to undertake a new journey the next day.