One day in our last Easter holidays I decided to take a trip with my family. We decided to make a route along some
interesting places from the province of Soria.
In the morning, we went to a small medieval
village called Calatañazor. We walked through the streets of the village during
approximately one hour and a half. We saw interesting things like the monument
dedicated to Almanzor, a muslim warrior that was defeated in a battle that
occurred in the village during the Reconquista; the medieval streets of the
village, with the cone-shaped chimneys, very common in the zone; the
architecture of the houses, and the shops selling typical souvenirs from the
area.
In the highest part of the village, we
visited the Major square, where is located the “Rollo” (during the Middle Ages,
this was a place of punishment where the thieves were exposed for several
days).
A few meters from the square, we visited the
castle and we enjoyed the view of the area form the viewpoint located at
the top of the main tower.
Then, we looked for a restaurant to eat.
In the afternoon, we travelled to a
very popular natural place called “La Fuentona”. During the car trip, we saw the pine trees and the sabine trees, which are very common in the place. When we arrived to Muriel de la Fuente, the
nearest village to La Fuentona, we left the car and we started to walk.
Firstly, we wanted to visit the waterfall that carries the same water that drops in La
Fuentona. During the walk, we enjoyed the sun, the green colour of the trees
and the plants, and the crystalline water. Sometimes, the water was so
clear that it looked green or blue. When we arrived at the waterfall, the
landscape was magical. The waterfall only contains water after periods of
abundant rainfall.
Then, we walked a few kilometers more until
we arrived at La Fuentona. The river Abion is born in this natural lake. Under
the water, there is a set of natural galleries. Some of them are under the
water and others are above the water. There are some legends that say that the
Laguna Negra and la Fuentona are connected through this set of natural galleries.
It is not known whether these legends are true or not because the underwater
galleries have only been explored 100 meters under the floor, the rest is
unknown.
After enjoying in La
Fuentona for a while, we returned to the car, with a little stop at a pub to have a
drink. Then, we visited “La casa del Parque”, an ancient
nobleman palace that is nowadays a museum about La Fuentona and the
nature of the area.
After that, we returned to Soria but during
the returning trip we visited “el sabinar de Calatañazor”, a natural place with
hundres of sabine trees, that are very common in the region.
I enjoyed this trip a lot and I would like
to repeat it a soon as possible.
