This weekend to celebrate, among other things, our anniversary and my new (now old) job I prepared a surprise trip – I wanted somewhere no more than 2 hours from Madrid (for practical reasons) and something very rural but with a bit of style. A few hours of googling and somewhat disappointed with the amount of casas rurales with dusty vases of dried flowers and flammable bedspreads I stumbled upon Hotel Nabia in the Sierra de Gredos at the foot of Almanzor mountain and with views over the picturesque Valle del Tietar. The hotel is gorgeous - see photo of room 14 below where we stayed - breakfast is also yummy serving all kinds of local goodies. In the vicinity you can go to nearby village Candeleda which is quite pretty (see bottom photo) and eat roast lamb/goat and there are plenty of stunning walking routes if your inclined to hiking. But to be honest, it's worth the journey (2.20 hours from Madrid) just to wake up to such gorgeous views of the valley.
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Lovely hotel. Candeleda is indeed a beautiful place. Congratulations on your new job - still an "editor and a writer and translator of sorts", or forced to explore other worlds? I don't have a job now, so I'm fascinated by the ones who still have theirs, haha ;D
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Hi satelitres and thanks for comment :-) I've moved into marketing, but still in the world of books - I do indeed feel lucky to have a job in the midst of the recession. Good luck with everything and take care :-)
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