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]]>Visit natural spaces that are now dressed in snow. Enjoy fun moments, experiencing unique experiences. Look at the magnificent views where the images reflected in the beauty of the territory. From the house, you can easily reach Rasos of Peguera. A place is at an altitude of 1836 meters. Access is very easy and has a large parking lot, called Sant Crist. You can also visit the mountain Pedraforca. A unique and unique mountain in our territory. Once it seen, more will kept in memory. In addition, the snow between the hurdles accentuates its own charm.
From our rural establishment: Baluard, Volta and Cal Cisteller there is a distance of 25 kilometres to reach Rasos de Peguera and to reach Pedraforca skirt there are 45 kilometres. They are a very nice journey. While it is arriving to the chosen place, it enjoys the same moment of the natural wealth that exists in the territory.
When you reach the chosen place you can take a walk, ski, walk, get off the sleigh, play with the snow, snap-in … In order to enjoy 100% family outing with rackets, there is nothing better than renting the professional services of the mountain. In addition, for the most daring you can make a night out. An experience where you can combine an original activity on the mountain with the silence of the night illuminated by the stars.
Keep in mind that getting to the snow must be well prepared. Warm clothes and good shoes!
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]]>La entrada Gastronomy of the Berguedà region aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa Baluard.
]]>Gastronomy of Berguedà. The relationship obtained between food and the environment itself. In the course of time, our region been known for the quality of our meats. A territory has always opted for good products. Our climatology favours obtaining, for example, a very good corn or black peas or varieties of potatoes. In addition, the area known for mushrooms. It is a region where you can enjoy gastronomy in a restaurant or cooking it in the rural home.
Lamb, beef, pork or chicken. They are very good and tasty meats. We, apart from offering rural tourism, are farmers and we market our lamb. Many shopkeepers are also processors and handlers of pork and beef. You can easily buy farmed chickens.
The squid corn and the black peas are typical dishes of the region. Berguedà is a unique and authentic territory. In the same way that the visitor is able, to appreciate these characteristics the resident values its products. The people of the region are able to convey this feeling of pride to the visitor at the same time that he himself can also enjoy his own gastronomy.
Nor should we forget about fuet, cheeses, jams, cakes … and other elaborate products that are exquisite. I encourage you to take a break in Berguedà and plan all meals in the rural home or in a restaurant. If you prefer to go to a restaurant, we can advise you by explaining the characteristics of each place.
Much good may it do him!
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]]>La entrada Olvan for Saint Sebastià is a great party aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa La Volta.
]]>Olvan is one of the popular festivals of the Berguedà region. It is a party organized by the neighbors of the town. It is for Saint Sebastià and it called party rice. According to the legend, it was this saint who released the population of the black plague and, in gratitude, its inhabitants decided to offer each year the main course of their meal to the needs people that were in the village of Olvan on January 20.
Although Saint Sebastià had no beard. The party coincides with the bearded week. Popular wisdom tells us that bearded week is the coldest week of the year. The name comes from the long, abundant and thick beards that the saints of this week have: Saint Hilari, on the 13th, Saint Pau Hermit and Saint Maur, on the 15th, and Saint Antoni Abat, on the 17th. It is also usually extended until Saint Fructuós, on the 21st, and Saint Vicenç, on the 22nd. The popular saying goes: for Saint Sebastià, it is cold that it cannot stand.
It is a day marked for a visit to our town. Rice is the central event of the party. However, there are also other events during the day of the celebration. At 8:00 in the morning, there is a mass and adoration of the relic of the saint. At 12:00 noon, there is another mass and worship, procession through the streets of the village and a concert offered by the choir. At 2 noon, the square of Saint Sebastià blessed rice. Everyone with his plate can go to find the rice and eat it in the square with the tables and benches that have been prepared for the occasion. In the afternoon, other cultural events held and there is a craft market throughout the day.
Let’s go!
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]]>La entrada Web of our lamb raised in the field aparece primero en Casa Rural - Cal Cisteller.
]]>Redesigned web we already had a Xai de Ferreres website but did not adapt to mobile devices. We wanted a current website and we could easily buy our lamb. A space where we also wanted to explain the advantages of buying lamb in our house. Recipes to do at any time. Giving ideas to cook it in different ways, taking advantage of all the parts of the lamb. You have to have a good recipe so that you always like to eat lamb.
A project has a few years. With the sale over the Internet, we want to get to know our lamb and our way of life. One way to do it taking into account the three axes of sustainability:
We hope that the new website will appeal to you as much as we do. Feel free to send us your opinions. We are happy to do the online sale of our agri-food product. You can choose to buy it when you are in the cottage: Baluard, Volta or Cal Cisteller, or, conveniently from your home to eat it whenever you like. You can place an order at any time of the day, from our e-commerce platform. We can serve it any day of the year.
We work 365 days a year!
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]]>La entrada Give a weekend aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa Baluard.
]]>Give and make happy the people with whom you want to share fun moments. Sometimes, when the holidays and celebrations arrive, you do not know which gift to choose. A new experience that remembered forever. Experiences enrich us, while routine leaves us the same. The experiences do not come alone, and if you want to live them, you should look for them. A weekend that does not miss the good living. You just have to think about how it would be a few days in the rural house and plan it.
Different ideas to serve as inspiration. In the rural house, you want to choose you can make routes, games and activities with farm animals. Routes for our environment with the map that we will provide you or spaces to visit in the region. Games to spend fun moments: minigolf, pim pom, table football, petanque or football. Activities to get to know the farm animals: bottle feed small lambs, take the chickens for a walk or give the pony a special snack. To fight the cold the fireplace, in the good weather the pool and for the whole year barbecue.
Give, plan, live the moment and share experiences. Things you can do in real time with who else you want it. You should be able to enjoy the most essential moment to enlarge the stay. What may seem like a small gift makes a difference in the result of being a great gift.
It is a gift for any occasion, you just have to choose the dates in the calendar of the rural house and make the reservation: Baluard, Volta or Cal Cisteller.
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]]>La entrada Find the Christmas Trunk from the rural house aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa La Volta.
]]>Find the Christmas time from your rural house. We have a special route for the occasion. You just have to choose one of our rural houses: Baluard, Volta or Cal Cisteller to spend a weekend. Think of a custom message that you would like you expect of trunk. And in the morning you will find the letter of the route to the door of the house.
It is an activity for the whole family, for all ages. The experience of going to look for the Christmas trunk in the forest is already possible. In the heart of our forests there are Christmas trunks. From our territory, all walks, go to the forest to find the throne. By means of a map that marks the route you will be able to go with the children of excursion by the forest. The meeting of the trunk is a very different experience. Your trunk is hidden in a very special place. Come and find your trunk. It will be an experience full of magic for the little ones at home that will be the protagonists of the adventure.
The route also aims to foster respect for natural environments. Avivating the culture and tradition of the Christmas trunk. And, generate economic activity in the area. It is a totally sustainable experience!
Also, during the weekend. You can do other routes around us. Enjoy the spaces we have to play: football, mini golf, petanque, pimpom, table football. And also, do the activity of farm animals: give the bottle to the young lambs and give the special snack to the dwarf horse called Pipa.
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]]>La entrada Quince season, “allioli” recipe aparece primero en Casa Rural - Cal Cisteller.
]]>Season to make a recipe that I use at any meal. It is very practical and easy to do. I know this blog is not the style of entries that normally do but I wanted to share it. House Ferreres have a quince tree every autumn offers good quince. Now we are in November is a good time to make quince aioli, the fruits are a good point of maturation. Obviously, when we have a group of friends or family in our establishments: Baluard, Cal Cisteller and Volta, the quince it give.
The quince aioli is a very nutritious and caloric. The fruit is sweet and slightly spicy for all. It made with three ingredients very beneficial for our body: garlic, olive oil and quince. This product is very suitable to combine it in all kinds of dishes. Maybe accompaniment for meats and fish like to put it on a slice of bread, roasted or unroasted.
Ingredients
2 garlic cloves, 2 quinces, 1 apple, 1 pinch of salt 1 dash of oil
Preparation
Cut and boil the quinces and apples, even when bull threw salt. Once it is removed from fire, drain, and peels and flattens with a fork making a paste / puree and let cool. In addition, it is trampling upon the mortar with the garlic until they become a paste. Then we add the two pastes (quince+apple and garlic) and mix it so that it is all integrated. Then we gradually pulling oil and stir until we left a dense texture and soft.
Can also made quince jam. It derived from a fruit harvesting techniques and optimization of the resources of rural areas.
Let’s go!
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]]>La entrada Mushroom route in Berguedà aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa Baluard.
]]>Route to know places in our territory. Autumn offers unique images that invite you to enjoy the forest while looking for the precious fruits, the mushrooms. The villages also offer a wide range of fairs and markets where the protagonist is the mushroom.
To look for mushrooms we have to look at the environment. Pay attention to the types of trees that exist. If the space is sunny or shadow. Other factors that can condition a good harvest are meteorology itself.
We must be prepared to walk without losing guidance. There years, it is easier than others to find mushrooms. You have to be patient. If the place is very humid, better go to a more solitary space. However, it can done in reverse. If it observed that, the forest is very dry better look for the humidity of the shadows. You need to move from one place to another so you do not miss the opportunity to find many mushrooms.
El Berguedà is one of the regions with the greatest bollard tradition. Its privileged location means that many mushrooms can found in almost the entire region. There are different types: from the appreciated sprouts to sprigs, vines, mushrooms or ferns…
Berguedà is especially rich in sprouts. If your goal is to find this mushroom, you may be lucky. Remember to look for them in sunny areas and pine forests.
However, if nature does not end up giving us the fruits we wanted, there is always the option of going to the mushroom fairs and markets. In the fall, many towns fill the square or the street with mushroom stalls. In our municipality of Olvan we have the Boletus Market in the center of Cal Rosal. From our country houses, it is very easy to go there.
Did we explain it to you?
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]]>La entrada Visit Bagà a town medieval aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa La Volta.
]]>Visit Bagà, a town that was thanks to the richness of the commerce of the low Middle Ages a favored village. In its splendor it was reflected in most of its constructions. Walking through the corners of the town you can discover the magic of the middle Ages. The Vila de Bagà is considered the historical capital of the Alt Berguedà. The Medieval Center and the Cathars is located at the Palau dels Barons de Pinós. It is currently a cultural asset of national interest. Place of interest where the Road of the Good Men passes.
In addition, Bagà is a town known for its traditional festivals.
The feast of the Faia Faia is celebrated on December 24, as a liturgy of worship. It declared Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO (together with all the faults in the Pyrenees). It is a celebration, a prelude to Christmas festivities. Relate the fire with fertility and birth. Fallaires climb to the mountain and light up a bonfire when dark. They transport the beech trees to the Porxada place with dances and fireworks.
Bagà is very present in its era of splendor. Every year an intense Medieval Market is organized that begins on the second Saturday of July and ends on the third Sunday of the same month. There are a multitude of activities, such as demonstrations of antique trades, stalls with products from the region. There is also the representation of the legend of the Rescate of the Donzelles Cent. It is a medieval tale about the miraculous liberation of the Catalan nobles Galceran II de Pinós and the Sancerni knight, lord and vassal of the barony of the Pines. This legend is also known in reference to the rescue demanded by their captives.
You make a visit!
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]]>La entrada Pedraforca the Bergueda mountain aparece primero en Casa Rural - Cal Cisteller.
]]>Pedraforca is a magical mountain, conquers the people who can see it and who goes up falls in love with its beauty. It is located between Saldes and Gósol, in the high Berguedà. Its highest point has an altitude of 2,506 meters. Its peculiar form of fork: its two summits, the pollegons, are separated by a great neck, the Enforcadura. The most well-known and popular view of Pedraforca is that of its eastern slope, from the valley of Saldes. The Pedraforca massif is located in the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park and is classified as a Natural Place of National Interest due to its great biological and geological wealth. There are several routes to make the summit.
The stretch trail from Saldes is spectacular for the places that are going through. Leave the car in the space of the viewpoint of the Gresolet. Take the path through the forest until you reach the refuge of Lluís Estasen. In front of the shelter there is an informative panel and the indicators that mark different routes: for the scree and verdet. The path to follow is very clear, over time a lot of people have passed and it is marked naturally. To avoid confusion, this route is marked with white streaks and yellow. The path is going up the forest. When there are no trees anymore it goes up the side of the scree until it reaches the fork. At this moment you can see both sides of the mountain, on the one hand Gósol and on the other, Saldes. The path continues marked to climb the highest peak of the mountain. The descent is done in the same place.
Yay! Summit achieved! the emotions you have are fantastic!
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]]>La entrada Recycle in the rural home aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa Baluard.
]]>Recycle now thought for a future. By doing rural tourism you can enjoy the stay and contribute in our environment. If we choose correctly, we avoid throwing products that damage and impair the natural environment. We have recycling bins to make the selection easier:
– To the blue, paper and cardboard.
– To the green, the glass.
– Yellow, plastic containers and cans.
– In grey, the rejection.
If we protect the environment, natural resources will not be exhaust. We will improve the quality of life. Recycling is a reflection of culture and proves to be aware of the social responsibility that we have as people. In addition, good practices can be use such as not wasting water or light if you do not need us.
It is imperative that we assume that we have a problem for us all before us. It must be resolved voluntarily and from home. Among all, a healthy and sustainable society must be achieve. For us and for future generations.
A simple gesture such as recycling contributes to advantages for the environment, the economy and health. It fights against climate change. In the waste management, the 3R rule must be applied:
Reduce: avoid or reduce the generation of waste.
Reuse: give a new use to the product before throwing it.
Recycle: deposit the waste correctly to the colour of the container that corresponds.
Not recycling, it not only produces disadvantages in our society but also affects our flora and fauna.
The importance of recycling is to separate well. This results in depositing each residue within the relevant container.
Separating well is the base!
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]]>La entrada Region of industrial tourism, el Berguedà aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa La Volta.
]]>A region well-known for all the textile colonies that were formed next to the river Llobregat. Each colony had the surname of the owner of the factory. For example, the colony of Cal Rosal the owner had the Rosal surname. In the region of Berguedà there were many textile colonies: La Plana, Monegal, Cal Metre, Cal Bassacs, Viladomiu Vell, Viladomiu Nou, El Guixaró, Cal Prat, Cal Casas, Cal Pons, Cal Marçal, Cal Vidal, Cal Riera, Merola …
The buildings that make up a colony are divided into three groups, depending on the functions. Next to the river was the factory. The residential complex with the owners house. And on the other hand, the working colony: with the houses, the services, the cultural buildings and the spaces of leisure.
Currently you can visit different spaces:
The Tower of the Amo of Viladomiu Nou is a building built as the residence of the owners of the Viladomiu textile colony. It is a building that is advised to visit to know the lifestyle of the owners of the colony.
The colony of Cal Pons stands out for its symbolic buildings such as the church, the convent and the two modernist towers, all surrounded by a garden. You can visit the interpretation centre of the church of the Pons colony, known as the Llobregat cathedral.
The Cologne Vidal museum allows you to see how it worked and lived in an industrial colony of the beginning of the century. From the factory you can see the lock and the canal that diverted the Llobregat water. In the visit you can also see the turbine and the steam engine. In the warehouse of the looms, it is shown the most significant textile machinery of the process of transformation of cotton: the continuous ones of filing the garland looms. The workers ‘colony is visited by workers’ apartment, school, library, cinema, church, fishmonger, showers and utility bins.
Our rural houses: Baluard, Volta and Cal Cisteller are very near. As reflected in the map.
Do you encourage yourself to do industrial tourism?
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]]>La entrada Culture of the territory, “els Castellers” aparece primero en Casa Rural - Cal Cisteller.
]]>Culture and tradition unique in the world. “Els castellers” originated in Valls derivatives called dance Ball de Valencians. A dance that ended with the launch of a tower. The castles held in the main square and usually in times of festivals in the village. Casteller calendar begins in April and ends in November. There are also some activities in winter and early spring.
The castles are building human towers. The slogan identifying traditional “strength, balance, courage and common sense.” Contemplating a display towers, especially participate is an exciting experience that allows to highlight the struggle for individual and collective self-improvement, the effort to achieve a goal, solidarity and integration of people of all ages, conditions and capabilities under one project.
The pineapple all the castles have in common. The foundation holds the weight and structure, the bigger the better. The trunk is the cornerstone formed by the towers themselves and may be two or more stories high. The knob above consists of three floors: twos, and the lifter enxaneta, are the smallest of “els castellers”. The name of the castle comes from the combination of the number of towers with floor to heights. Thus, eight-story castle with three people on each floor is a “three-eight.” Some important castles lining wear, a second smaller pineapple on a pineapple base. The castle rises with the sound of traditional music.
There are many groups in Catalonia and other areas. The Berguedà region also has its “castellers”, els Castellers de Berga. For this year 2017 there have been performances. From now, on they plan to go:
Up!
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]]>La entrada Olvan, town and municipality of Berguedà aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa Baluard.
]]>Olvan is a territory where the most important economic activity is agriculture. We find, above all, the cultivation of cereals and fodder. Livestock predominates beef and pork. The World Centre of the Catalan Donkey, a centre dedicated to the conservation of Catalan donkey, is worthy of mention. One of the popular festivals in the region is for Saint Sebastià or the rice festival. According to the legend, it was this saint who released the population of the black plague and, in gratitude, his inhabitants decided to offer each year the main course of his meal to the needs that were in the town of Olvan on January 20.
Cal Rosal was a great textile colony in the 19th century. The narrow-gauge railroad that went over the Llobregat from Manresa had stopped at Cal Rosal, it was considered the station of Berga. Now Cal Rosal is a nucleus of population with its own personality. Its fairs as the mushroom market and its commercial activity are an economic engine directed to the services.
The municipality is large and diverse. It has many fantastic natural places and resources to explore in the family. The church of Santa Maria de Valldaura is a small example of the 13th century Romanesque that created as a place to pray of the monastery of the nuns. The Orniu Bridge built between the 17th and 18th centuries with Romanesque remains. The cattle route. The fountain of Pere Casas or Fèlix’s fountain…
From our rural home, you can enjoy the authenticity of a territory of Central Catalonia.
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]]>La entrada Route the source Pere Casas aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa La Volta.
]]>The route is linear and the distance is almost 5 km round trip. The approximate duration is one and a half hours. The elevation is 86 meters upwards and 152 descents. The tree that dominates it is the pine. During the walk you can see beautiful places such as the city of Berga under the Sierra de Queralt and the Serrat de la Figuerassa.
The path is wide and good. It can be done with all kinds of footwear, no specific equipment. It is possible to do it by bicycle. Keep in mind that it will have to pass through the doors of the electric wire locks and when it has been closed.
At rural home la Volta we provide a map, made by ourselves. It serves as a guide to make this small trip with the family. We offer it in digital format or on paper. You just have to ask for it during your stay in one of our establishments. We take care of preserving and respecting the journey as it is part of our environment.
I encourage you to take this route by walking around and listening to the birds of the forest as they sing.
In summer, it’s my favorite route. I like to put your feet in the water of the stream!
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]]>La entrada Golden cereal in the bag aparece primero en Casa Rural - Cal Cisteller.
]]>The cereal has already arrived!. It is the moment to be able to enjoy and obtain the fruit that has been worked for almost a year.
It is nice to see the fields as they take on the golden color. Indicates that the maturation of the cereal is already finishing in order to be harvested and make the use that is considered appropriate according to the variety of seed that has been considered to be sown.
When we talk about cereal seed we refer, for example, wheat or barley. Two cereals that have a great similarity but at the time they are very different. As you can see in the fields there are several differences.
Wheat has a characteristic feature that the grains are oval shaped with their rounded ends. One of its uses is for bread making. The grain of the barley is tapered, thicker in the center and slows towards the ends, one of its uses is for the elaboration of the beer.
It must be said that both cereals have many more uses either for the consumption of animals or humanity.
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]]>La entrada The Patum is a great party aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa Baluard.
]]>Patum is a festival where the senses and feelings predominate, with different melodies the “patumaires” dance with the groups:
• The Tabal is the harbinger of the party
• The Turcs i Caballets is one of the oldest dance party
• The Maces represent the eternal struggle between good and evil
• The Angels represent good fighting evil
• The Guites are the most primitive elements of the Patum
• The Àliga dances the most majestic and appreciated dance
• The Nans Vells are figures with tricorn hats and castanets
• The Giants defeated former Muslim leaders
• The Nans Nous four festive characters and misshapen
• The Plens is the apotheosis of the party
• The Tirabol gives the final point of the Patum
This year, 2017, for the first time, a draw was made to be able to jump as a Ple. There were doubts about the risk it could pose to the safety of the Patum that this year could skip people without experience or, which is still much worse: without a credited companion and expert knowledge of how a full jump is developed, one of the Moments of maximum risk of the celebration. The jump takes about three minutes and 100 people are dressed in demons with 9 petards (6 in the head and 3 in the tail), with more than 5,000 people accompanying them in the square of Sant Pere to dance to the rhythm of music.
The companion is a key figure in a full jump. It is the eyes of the saltador who, stuffed inside the frog and the tight carota, just has to breathe and move when it’s time to jump. A good companion must guide the jumper and must avoid crushing it and getting it back in the square.
Good Patum!
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]]>La entrada Visits the farm “Benvinguts a pagès” aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa La Volta.
]]>This visit is the second edition of Benvinguts a pagès. A chance to say hello again and meet other people who are interested in seeing the origin of the foods that you come to the table.
It may attend Catalan farms in each region. Spend a memorable weekend tasting the Benvinguts a pagès menu. Acquire special accommodation packages. Our accommodations Casa Ferreres: Baluard, Cal Cisteller and Volta. We offer you a free tray Xai de Ferreres our lamb for the barbecue. A special gift for a special weekend.
Peasants and peasant girls of Catalonia will open the doors of their farms, to show their herds, their gardens, their workshops, their fields … The best way to see, taste and buy the products of the land in their place of origin. Directly from the hands of their producers!
Benvinguts a pagès is a firm commitment by the product of proximity. It is to value the rural, inland boost tourism and enhance our food. Older, small kitchen fans, lovers getaway, families, couples, groups of friends … everyone will find here an offer to suit you.
To show our environment will see the lifestyle we have. Our day to day, on the farm and in the field. We explain our own experiences. In a few minutes we teach a sketch of the work we do. We get target convey our feelings and experiences.
It will be a privilege for people who come. We try to meet in the best possible measure to questions. The visit not only be seeing things, also you will hear anecdotes. The primary sector is a sector where all people use their products.
See you!
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]]>La entrada Pearl of the Llobregat Gironella aparece primero en Casa Rural - Cal Cisteller.
]]>Pearl of the Llobregat Gironella say the town by its similarity in beauty. Gironella is a place where you can enjoy many areas. The old part of the town consists of terraced houses that climb steep and narrow streets. Some houses still show medieval elements. The core was formed around the Romanesque church of Santa Eulalia de Gironella. It is advisable to start the visit by & nbsp; Old Bridge, while admiring the mirror of the river Llobregat.
After visiting the old town, Gironella can do some hiking. Personally, I like to make the trip to see the last stones that formed the Devil’s Bridge. It is a trip of only three miles, very little difference and can circulate. When I start this route by the Old Bridge (A) to the Devil’s Bridge (B).
One of the parties that has made this town is the popular representation of the 11 September. A work comes to rock the Old Bridge at the foot of the Clock Tower. Play commemorating the events of 1714 in Gironella.
When you have to enjoy rural tourism in the house and the surroundings. Get people or places that have their own history give authenticity to stay.
Click here to get the best route.
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]]>La entrada Hen is a rural experience aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa Baluard.
]]>Hen hen, slowly, all leave their roost. The let them eat something from herbs. Sometimes eat a small insect or worm. Scratch the earth and walk a little. Later, we can close. To close them we have to take to get them to their roost. Small assistants who enjoy the house that are able to experience touch and catch the chicken. It is the ideal time to take a picture!
Although the experience of hens is fun. We also provide activities for small lambs with bottle milk. It consists of preparing the bottle with hot water and powdered milk. The milk powder is special for lambs. When it is well stirred and you can fill the bottle. We do a fair amount for all the lambs there at the time. Depending on the size of the lamb will have a whole bottle or half bottle. It is a fun activity. The children family they like very and the parents do many photographs. Whenever they doing milk bottle is a fantastic and unique experience. Worth living a moment like this. Enjoy the feel of wool lamb. See Lamb enjoys the bottle.
Small animals are very happy, they like the visit!
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]]>La entrada Culture “Mona” Easter aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa La Volta.
]]>Culture and tradition in the house. When it comes Easter is Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays in Catalonia. It is a bridge that many people make holiday. Any house is ready to receive tourists or new repeaters. The space and tranquillity offered serves to recharge your batteries in nature.
In Catalonia Easter tradition dictates that the godfather or godmother to give away the monkey godson or goddaughter. This dessert has always had eggs, symbol of fertility and birth. The format is traditional egg du but with the passage of time is also chocolate egg. There are grandparents who commissioned the monkey is when they put an egg in the godson. The maximum number of eggs are twelve it is time godson will take the communion.
The celebration of Easter dates vary depending on the year. A celebration belongs to the lunar calendar. It is Easter Sunday following the first full moon of spring (March 21). Then the data can vary between 22 March and 25 April. The Sunday before Palm is forty days ago and if we have the Ash Wednesday. From this Wednesday when Lent begins.
Following the lunar calendar. After Easter Sunday is the Sunday of Pentecost, ten days later, the feast of Corpus will held Patum in Berga
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]]>La entrada Aroma of the house and its surroundings aparece primero en Casa Rural - Cal Cisteller.
]]>Aroma can be found by rural tourism. Fragrance is a nice cup of coffee. It is the smell of the flowers of nature. After the rain, you can smell the forest and green vegetation. Experiencing the feeling perceive smells is a unique experience that has to live when you are surrounded by nature.
Inside the house, we have the aroma of the fireplace. Outside smell the barbecue. Senses is where the attitude of relaxation and tranquillity. When you decide to go into a house looks the essence of the basic things. Recognizing the raw material environment combined the comfort of the accommodation. The aroma not to be found, is located.
The air invites us to connect with nature and forget the noise and stress of the city. It is the opportunity to recharge your batteries with a good feeling that emerges rural atmosphere. It is the oxygen that you need to have strength against the adversities of everyday life.
Natural light gives a sense of space and health is essence. All feelings are to enjoy your stay in any of our establishments: Baluard, Volta and Cal Cisteller.
There is nothing more beautiful than simplicity, which sometimes do not see, but it is perceived. There are no photos whatsoever; the scent is a unique experience!
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]]>La entrada Spring color joy aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa Baluard.
]]>Spring begins in late March. Days before we are enjoying good temperatures. It seems that no longer remember the cold of winter and we want to advance to the best comfort. It is a nice resort where the highlight colours. Sprout a variety of trees and plants flourish. However, keep in mind the popular saying in our area that ensures that when the cold just because sprouting oak is the only tree that sprouts new leaves freeze.
The symbolism of spring refers to the vitality of youth, beauty and green. Our rural establishments: Baluard, Volta and Cal Cisteller are in place in nature. When you are making a stay in our establishments, there is nothing better than a walk to see, smell and breathe the spring. We have hiking trails in our immediate surroundings; some are shorter than others are. We also have the route Cal Rosal Pedret bridge, a journey that we pretty Berguedà. The senses are awakened in rural areas benefiting them all our properties.
Think Spring is thinking positive. It is time to renew, to remove layers and relieve us. It is time to prepare for the summer holidays and enjoy time to yourself.
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]]>La entrada Drone for fun in the house aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa La Volta.
]]>Drone on the house for a while. To practice and learn at your own pace, knowing that there is no wall. The rural setting is ideal for flying your Drone. If your device has, a camera will have the opportunity to take some excellent photos or videos. It will be a memory that you can take home after having enjoyed device.
The legislation says that will be flying devices only in remote areas of agglomeration of buildings, cities, towns or places where you find many people. The exterior of our house is a place where there are few people and away from many buildings. It is an ideal place for your Drone fly!
The following photos taken from a Drone. In the first picture, you can see an overview of our environment and the flock of sheep grazing in the field. In the second picture could capture the whole house Ferreres in front is the Baluard and Volta. In this image, you can also see solar panels on the Baluard. Both photos are great!
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]]>La entrada Rasos de Peguera, natural space in the Berguedà aparece primero en Casa Rural - Cal Cisteller.
]]>Rasos de Peguera is a mountainous area, a set of very hilly terrain. It is located in the Pyrenees Mountains above Berga. He was a ski resort but is currently closed. For its geographical location was the only alpine ski resort in the province of Barcelona.
In different seasons, you can enjoy this place. In winter, it is a place to have fun in the snow is at an altitude of 1836 meters. Spring flowers and leave predominant colours of nature, ideal for walking. Summer is a place to escape the heat; its height is a cool place. Fall is an excellent place to go looking for mushrooms.
Aside from knowing the various advantages of each season offers its own nature, is a place to perform sporting activities in nature. You can go with family or friends, enjoy all of the areas where there had been skiing.
From our rural establishments: Baluard, Volta and Cal Cisteller is a distance of 25 km approximately. Because of the slope and the curves of the road, it self takes about 40 minutes to reach the parking lot of the Holy Christ. On the way, you can go to enjoy splendid views.
The same residents of the Berguedà they like Rasos Peguera. It is a place very close that any valid reason to go for a walk. When I can, I go with my family.
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]]>La entrada Sustainability in the rural house aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa Baluard.
]]>Sustainability involves having to take account of its three main perspectives: socio-cultural, economic and environmental. They are three points that been applied in the past and can be applied over the next years in the rural areas. In the vision, we consider sociocultural traditions of the territory. The economic vision guarantees the continuity of the work. The environmental vision is the way that we care for the environment and habitat.
In this blog, we talk about sustainability to discuss the advantages it provides. For example, we have a large rainwater tank that collects water from the roof and then watered the gardens of the house. We have solar panels to generate hot water. Participate and collaborate in a timely manner to allow spaces to perform outdoor sports. Conserve and care for our environment. We ask professional services in the region.
Through these actions, seek to be able to work effectively and efficiently. Given our commitment and responsibility to be part of the monitoring generations as we found. We maintain the chain of sustainable values. We are a family that follows in the footsteps of generations maintaining traditional values inherited from our lineage peasant, yet we upgraded to be more competitive within our industry.
The house is a product where the benefit is to emphasize direct service of personalized treatment. We seek to give the best quality and guarantee through our way of considering the main axes to provide sustainable tourism.
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]]>La entrada Mira is a star to see from the farmhouse aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa La Volta.
]]>Mira is a star and the sky there is millions of them. Apart from enjoying the rural house during the day there are also activities for the night. If time good and there are no clouds. The rural house being located in a rural environment where there is no light pollution can see the sky very well. Before of night is at dusk, you can see some fantastic images of our surroundings.
In our rural house: Baluard, Volta and Cal Cisteller in summer there is a pleasant temperature to see the stars and in winter can be see wrapped with a blanket. The important thing is to be able to enjoy the experience of seeing the starry sky in good company. We sometimes do not consider these details. With just a moment, you can enjoy a fantastic panoramic.
There are days that seems a very beautiful and unique scenario. In the town of Saldes he wanted to obtain the “night sky of quality”. Space of natural interest or environments of astronomical observatories. Saldes establishes a clear line of strategic action to be a professional and tourist reference point in astronomy. They carry out sports activities such as the Saldenca Night Walk, as well as the installation of a mobile planetarium.
The night with its stars can be magic!
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]]>La entrada Route greenway Cal Rosal to Pedret aparece primero en Casa Rural - Cal Cisteller.
]]>Route can done at any time of the year. Start the colony of Cal Rosal where you can leave your car in a parking unpaved called “pla de l’Italià”. It ends at the church of Sant Quirze Perdret. At the end of the route, we will find the Gothic bridge of Pedret. The long route does not reach a total of 10 km (5 km and 5 km round trip).
The advantage of this route is that it involves a very wide road, formerly the railway. The slope is very low, except at the end there is a rise between the bridge and the church. To see inside the church by conducting prearranged visit.
It is simply a natural environment rich in plant species by passing along the river Llobregat. In the spring green highlights and plenty of water. In summer the yellow river calm and freshness of the trees. The sweet autumn red and brown. Finally, in the winter we were lucky to see the stalactites and stalagmites that have formed by low temperatures. Throughout the journey prevails tranquillity. Sometimes the silence broken by the sound of water and birdsong.
In our rural tourism offer, we have all the details. Fortunately, in the Berguedà have spaces and places worth visiting to enjoy the natural resources that nature offers us.
Would you a little walk?
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]]>La entrada Culture of the territory, “els Castellers” aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa Baluard.
]]>Culture and tradition unique in the world. “Els castellers” originated in Valls derivatives called dance Ball de Valencians. A dance that ended with the launch of a tower. The castles held in the main square and usually in times of festivals in the village. Casteller calendar begins in April and ends in November. There are also some activities in winter and early spring.
The castles are building human towers. The slogan identifying traditional “strength, balance, courage and common sense.” Contemplating a display towers, especially participate is an exciting experience that allows to highlight the struggle for individual and collective self-improvement, the effort to achieve a goal, solidarity and integration of people of all ages, conditions and capabilities under one project.
The pineapple all the castles have in common. The foundation holds the weight and structure, the bigger the better. The trunk is the cornerstone formed by the towers themselves and may be two or more stories high. The knob above consists of three floors: twos, and the lifter enxaneta, are the smallest of “els castellers”. The name of the castle comes from the combination of the number of towers with floor to heights. Thus, eight-story castle with three people on each floor is a “three-eight.” Some important castles lining wear, a second smaller pineapple on a pineapple base. The castle rises with the sound of traditional music.
There are many groups in Catalonia and other areas. The Berguedà region also has its “castellers”, els Castellers de Berga.
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]]>La entrada Recipe of “allioli” of quince aparece primero en Casa Rural - Casa La Volta.
]]>The recipe I use is very practical and easy. I know this blog is not the style of entries that normally do but I wanted to share it. House Ferreres have a quince tree every autumn offers good quince. Now we are in November is a good time to make quince aioli, the fruits are a good point of maturation. Obviously, when we have a group of friends or family in our establishments: Baluard, Cal Cisteller and Volta, the quince it give.
The quince aioli is a very nutritious and caloric. The fruit is sweet and slightly spicy for all. It made with three ingredients very beneficial for our body: garlic, olive oil and quince. This product is very suitable to combine it in all kinds of dishes. Maybe accompaniment for meats and fish like to put it on a slice of bread, roasted or unroasted.
Ingredients
2 garlic cloves, 2 quinces, 1 apple, 1 pinch of salt 1 dash of oil
Preparation
Cut and boil the quinces and apples, even when bull threw salt. Once it is removed from fire, drain, and peels and flattens with a fork making a paste / puree and let cool. In addition, it is trampling upon the mortar with the garlic until they become a paste. Then we add the two pastes (quince+apple and garlic) and mix it so that it is all integrated. Then we gradually pulling oil and stir until we left a dense texture and soft.
Can also made quince jam. It derived from a fruit harvesting techniques and optimization of the resources of rural areas.
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