Olmares
Return of the Quebrantahuesos - The Bone Breaker
The Bearded Vulture is back in the Picos de Europa
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Olmares
- Jul 14, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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Olmares
- Feb 3, 2020
- 3 min
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.
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Olmares
- Jan 1, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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Olmares
- Jun 19, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Olmares
- Apr 21, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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Olmares
- Feb 25, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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Olmares
- Oct 9, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Olmares
- May 1, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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