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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 ...

Monday Morning Photo - Osuna quarry, Game of Thrones Setting

Hardly a normal place to visit when exploring towns but the Osuna quarries or Canteras de Osuna kept cropping up in my research, even before Game of Thrones was filmed there. Typcially, for us, they were closed when we arrived but still quite remarkable.








I haven't yet written about Osuna but have a post on my other blog about where we stayed - the 18th century Baroque Palace - Hotel Palacio Marques de la Gomera.

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