Day 1. Arrival and Escape Maps
Arrival and check-in at the accommodation. Next, you will learn about the history of the Jewish neighborhood of Hervás through a remastered Escape Maps that will discover the history, the passage of time and will test you.
Day 2. Trades and culture
Local beekeeper Olmo will show you the exciting world of bees. You will know the history of the bee society and visit the settlement of hives dressed in an authentic beekeeper costume. You will live the experience of closely observing their customs, feeling them flying around the body, and smelling their wonderful perfumes. At sunset, with the help of an expert in night photography and historian, you will participate in a night photography workshop at the Roman site of Cáparra. In the light of the stars, you will know the history that houses the place while enjoying a campero appetizer.
Day 3. Between wool and chestnuts
In the morning, you will learn about the wool culture in a training workshop. You will end up making your own felt object. Next, you will taste a menu of local products. In the afternoon, you will enjoy a bike route at your leisure, along the Vía Verde de la Plata following the course of an old 19th century railway, crossing bridges, lush chestnut forests, rivers and gorges.
Day 4. Nature and native crops
During the morning, you will explore the old Villa de Granadilla in 4×4, with the help of an expert nature guide and biologist. You will discover its history and be dazzled with a spectacular perspective of the entire ecosystem of northern Extremadura. In the afternoon, Inés and Ricardo wait for you to learn about the profession of mushroom grower, the types of mushrooms that collect in the Ambroz Valley, their qualities and their uses. You will enjoy a tasting with 2 varieties of mushrooms and local products.
Day 5. Farewell
Before returning home, Luis, master miller, will receive you at his mill to teach you the secrets of the Manzanilla Cacereña. You will learn about the grinding of the olive and the procedure of extraction of this oil. You will make a blind tasting of different oils to learn how to taste and identify different oils.
