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Return of the Quebrantahuesos - The Bone Breaker
The Bearded Vulture is back in the Picos de Europa

Olmares
Aug 8, 20201 min read
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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
Jul 14, 20202 min read
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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
Feb 3, 20203 min read
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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
Jan 1, 20202 min read
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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
Jun 19, 20191 min read
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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
Apr 21, 20192 min read
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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
Feb 25, 20192 min read
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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
Oct 9, 20182 min read
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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...

Olmares
May 1, 20181 min read
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