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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 ...

Spain Trip Planning - Tapas Tours & Horse Shows in Andalucia

Tapas is a way of life, an expectation on our dinner table, a necessity with chilled beer and a fabulous way to eat al fresco sampling a little of what you fancy from a large choice.

So when my latest trip planning clients wanted me to include some flamenco and tapas tours on their Andalucia trip I couldn´t have been more delighted than to recommend Shawn, the Tapas Queen in Sevilla, with whom I´ve had the pleasure of joining on a tapas tour. Shawn also offers Market and Tapas Tours and Flamenco and Tapas Tours which my clients are going to do.

Tapas Tour in Seville
Tapas in Sevilla

Their other requirement was a horse show, so we combined a visit to Jerez de la Frontera and the Yeguada de Cartuja Andalusian horse display and then to nearby Vejer de la Frontera to join the popular Annie B on a private Tapas Tour, who I´ve haven´t had the pleasure of meeting yet but hope to this summer, Annie also offers cooking holidays in Spain.

Yeguada de Cartuja, Jerez
Yeguada de Cartuja, Jerez

Flying into Malaga and out of Madrid we had to make lots of choices of what they should see and do on this trip and what could feasibly and enjoyably be done. The trip planning is now 95% complete and their journey starts in just a few weeks time, I´m so looking forward to their feedback, knowing that they are so excited about it all, will have a fabulous time and will go home wanting to return.


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