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Ruta Bancos Gigantes or Huge Bench Route in Andalucia

A new rage is slowly spreading across Andalucia with its beginnings in the province of Malaga and that is huge benches are being installed in beauty spots across the region. The Huge Bench Route or  Ruta Bancos Gigantes #rutabancosgigantes can be found on Instagram  where they are more active with updates on the new installations of these enormous benches and they have a   Facebook  page too. Map of the Ruta Bancos Gigantes The initiative started by Forest Green an agrobroker company that supplies and works with treated wood to large construction and environmental companies in Spain. The huge bench route is steadily growing, with constant new installations spreading across Andalucia. The enormous handmade wooden benches are 4 metre long and 2.3 metre high, with the seat being 1.3 metres above ground and needing steps to get onto them, appearing in natural beauty spots hopes to encourage people out into and  enjoy the views and of course take photos to be ...
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Chocolate Belen in Rute

A Belen is a Nativity Scene, a common find in nearly every Spanish home for the Christmas festivities. The Chocolate Belen made by the Galleros factory in Rute, Cordoba province, is rather outside the norm and is the largest in Europe.



The Belen, in the factory itself, is open daily for viewing from early November until early January, but not Christmas or New Year´s Day.

An incredible 1,450kg of chocolate was used to produce this year´s scene of Malaga, as well as the 180 figures made of sugar and marzipan.


Don´t, if at all possible, go at the weekend. It was packed. Coach after coach pulled into the parking area and although they try and stagger the coach loads, it does get really busy.

Pressure was on to keep moving along, which made it tricky to take any decent photos of the Belen, let any study the intricacy of the work.


After seeing the Belen and a measly sample the exit is through the gaily decorated shop oozing with shiny packages of various cakes and nougats. Hard, soft or sugar-free nougat with nuts or dried fruit also crystallised fruit. Too much choice, too many dislikes from the kids, so I bought nothing and escaped for a spot of fresh air, space and sanity before heading back to my coach seat.

This was just one visit in my day packed with factory visits and samples, there´s more to come, watch this space.




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