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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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Why I Choose One Hotel Over Another

It´s the second Wednesday (ok, Thursday) of the month again and time for a bit of girlie gossip Across the Café Table with The Travel Belles.

This month’s question, the ninth in Belles series: What are the factors you consider when selecting a hotel?

For me, and it doesn´t happen as often as I´d like, the actual hotel is more important than the destination. If (and I do) want to visit Avila for instance, I´ll check out the most historical hotel in the area. Even if it means it´s not right in the centre, hotels with character and idiosncrasies get my vote above modern and functional every time.

Call me old-fashioned or just old – but I like old. Old cars, old buildings anything with an interesting past. If it has a spa or not, free wifi or paid that doesn´t come into the equation. Age always wins.

Here´s a couple of examples on my list of want-to-visit hotels in some of the cities I mentioned in The Travel Belles Across the Café Table Where I Most Want to go in 2012 post.

Molino de los Gamusinos in Avila, a converted water mill dating from XVII century.


Convent of the Barefoot Nuns in Caceres, a small 6-bedroomed converted convent from the XIX century.



Small or big, luxurious or simple I don´t mind just lots of character due to age please.
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