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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 ...

IV Tapas Competition in Priego de Cordoba

Priego de Cordoba in the Sierra Subettica Natural Park has medieval and Muslim influences and is also known as the cradle of Spain´s baroque architecture with several fine churches and the fabulous Fuente del Rey or King´s Fountain with tiered pools and hundreds of spouts surrounding King Neptune.

King´s Fountain, Priego de Cordoba

Priego´s IV Tapas Gastronomic Competition begins on the 1st March and runs for three consecutive weekends 1-3, 8-10 and 15-17 March. Each participating bar or restaurant will present one tapa, the same for each of the nine days of the competition at lunchtime and in the eveing at the price of 1.5 Euros.


Will you be there? I sure hope to be.


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