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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 ...

Michelin Star Restaurants in Andalucia

Andalucia has nine restaurants in this year´s Michelin Spain and Portugal Guide. With only one 2* restaurant, Calima in Marbella and eight 1* restaurants found in:


Abantal - Sevilla
Alejandro - Roquetas de Mar
Aponiente - El Puerto de Santa María
Choco - Cordoba
El Lago - Marbella
La Costa - El Ejido
Santo - Sevilla
Skina - Marbella

I haven´t (yet!) been to any of them, but I would love some feedback from anyone who has.

For other recommended restaurants in the region see my review on Dining Secrets of Andalucia.

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