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Aug 8, 20201 min read

Return of the Quebrantahuesos - The Bone Breaker

The Bearded Vulture is back in the Picos de Europa

Olmares

Jul 14, 20202 min read

A rare sighting at Olmares - the bears are coming back!

Bear country - Photo taken from the Olmares apartments by Juline Mcguirk 2020 Lara who works at Olmares was out doing one of our local...

Olmares

Feb 3, 20203 min read

What's Cooking in Basieda

Cooking on the fireplace in the Manor House in winter - a step back in time to live life at a slower pace.

Olmares

Jan 1, 20202 min read

El Marucho - Serious Seafood

This Christmas we spent a week in the Manor house at Olmares, the Picos are beautiful now and ever so peaceful, the summer tourists are...

Olmares

Jun 19, 20191 min read

La Viñona - our local bar

Since the arrival of Romi (pictured above) and his family our local bar has taken on a new lease of life. This institution called La...

Olmares

Apr 21, 20192 min read

Spring at Olmares

Spring has arrived and the mountains are waking up from their winter slumber - wild flowers and blossoms are putting on an amazing...

Olmares

Feb 25, 20192 min read

Wattle and Daubing at Olmares

The manor house at Olmares is an increasingly rare example of one of the traditional grand houses of the Liebena. These beautiful old...

Olmares

Oct 9, 20182 min read

Searching for the source...

One of the simple pleasures at Olmares is to be able to drink water straight from a mountain spring - no more plastic bottles of some...

Olmares

Apr 30, 20181 min read

First Eggs!

One of the things Pablo did when he first arrived was to do up our old hen house and buy himself 5 young black hens. He spends time...