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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 ...

Jaen Experience Gastronomy Event

I´m writing this post as a reminder for me as well as for you to share a little about the first gastronomic “Jaen Experience” which I missed! I´m kicking myself but it is to be a yearly event. This year it was organized by Castillo de Canena Olive Juice and over 1,000 people participated tasting gastronomic dishes from six local chefs and various delicatessen products.

Some of the samples for tasting were an octopus cookie, Castillo de Canena Picual or Salmon with green apple jelly with Castillo de Canena First Day of Harvest Arbequino.

The success of this first gastronomic show offered tastings from 14 of the best bodegas in Spain, ham, caviar, smoked salmon, Spanish cava and French champagne.

There was of course plenty of extra virgin olive oil from Jaén. The CEO of Castillo de Canena Olive Juice, Francisco Vañó, said the aim was to create an annual event for “unique gourmet experiences, attractive and innovative pairings, live cookings and continuous tastings.”

Next year I´ll be there!

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