{"id":352,"date":"2014-08-04T09:54:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T09:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/tourism-culture"},"modified":"2014-09-08T15:05:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T15:05:25","slug":"tourism-culture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/?page_id=352&amp;lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Tourism &#038; culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Santo Domingo de Silos, Lerma, Valle del Arlanza, Burgos, Atapuerca&#8230;<\/h1>\n<p>When you visit Covarrubias, you are not only enjoying a beautiful and traditional <strong>Castillian Village.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Covarrubias and the sorrounding areas allow you to make a brief historical tour to find out the wealth of <strong>medieval Castillian monuments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This site also offers a break-taking view hence a visit here should not be missed<\/p>\n<p>In such way, you could visit the Hermitage of<strong> Quintanilla de las Vi\u00f1as<\/strong>, of visigoth architecture \u20133er century-, walk through archaeological remains such as Neolithic dolmens of <strong>Quintanalara<\/strong> and the ruins of <strong>Carazo Castells<\/strong>; this last was of great importance during the withdrawal of the Arabes.<\/p>\n<p>Few kilometers away from <strong>Covarrubias<\/strong>, you could visit the locality of <strong>Santo Domingo de Silos<\/strong> and its impressive monastery. There, the monks will show you the building premises and an introduction to Gregorian chants.<\/p>\n<p>It is also recommended to visit the <strong>Revenga Necropolis<\/strong> (Quintanar de la Sierra) and the <strong>Hacinas fossilized trees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With regard to natural\u00a0environment, we can mention Ura. It is a little and beautiful place whose river \u201cMataviejas\u201d forms a valley of special value in terms of ecology. Other wonderful surrounding is the Yecla gorge; this is located near from Silos and it may be covered\u00a0on\u00a0foot for around 15 minutes. You could also visit the Arlanza river course, frequently edge with many rocky cliffs. During the rainy season, the river gets a striking orange color.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-352 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'><dt class='gallery-icon'><a href=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-34764_resizeimag-2-asp-jpeg.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[gallery-1]\" title=\"Valle del Arlanza\"><img src=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-34764_resizeimag-2-asp-jpeg-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'><dt class='gallery-icon'><a href=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-34764_resizeimag-3-asp-jpeg.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[gallery-1]\" title=\"Monasterio de San Pedro de Arlanza\"><img src=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-34764_resizeimag-3-asp-jpeg-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl><dl 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alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'><dt class='gallery-icon'><a href=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-35235_resizeimag-2-asp-jpeg.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[gallery-1]\" title=\"Valle de Silos a Lerma\"><img src=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-35235_resizeimag-2-asp-jpeg-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'><dt class='gallery-icon'><a href=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-35009_resizeimag-3-asp-jpeg.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[gallery-1]\" title=\"Palacio del Duque de Lerma\"><img src=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-35009_resizeimag-3-asp-jpeg-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'><dt class='gallery-icon'><a href=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-35009_resizeimag-asp-jpeg.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[gallery-1]\" title=\"Lerma\"><img src=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-35009_resizeimag-asp-jpeg-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'><dt class='gallery-icon'><a href=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-35009_resizeimag-1-asp-jpeg.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[gallery-1]\" title=\"Tumba del cura Merino (Lerma)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-35009_resizeimag-1-asp-jpeg-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'><dt class='gallery-icon'><a href=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-34764_resizeimag-asp-jpeg.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[gallery-1]\" title=\"Naturaleza\"><img src=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-34764_resizeimag-asp-jpeg-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'><dt class='gallery-icon'><a href=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-38952_resizeimag-asp-jpeg.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[gallery-1]\" title=\"Burgos ciudad\"><img src=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-38952_resizeimag-asp-jpeg-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'><dt class='gallery-icon'><a href=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-38952_resizeimag-1-asp-jpeg.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[gallery-1]\" title=\"Catedral de Burgos\"><img src=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mad_466097913-38952_resizeimag-1-asp-jpeg-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'><dt class='gallery-icon'><a 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src=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Necropolis_Revenga._Burgos_Spain-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'><dt class='gallery-icon'><a href=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/arboles-hacinas.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[gallery-1]\" title=\"\u00c1rboles f\u00f3siles de Hacinas\"><img src=\"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/arboles-hacinas-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both;' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo de Silos, Lerma, Valle del Arlanza, Burgos, Atapuerca&#8230; When you visit Covarrubias, you are not only enjoying a beautiful and traditional Castillian Village. Covarrubias and the sorrounding areas allow you to make a brief historical tour to find out the wealth of medieval Castillian monuments. This site also offers a break-taking view hence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412,"href":"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/352\/revisions\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotelprincesakristina.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}