ENGLISH FOR TOURISM
Blog for students of English for academic purposes in the field of Tourism.
viernes, 3 de febrero de 2012
Cabarceno Inn
Discover Cantabria staying at the Cabarceno inn. A rural tourism establishment to the gates of the Cabarceno Natural Park is one of the most beautiful place of Cantabria.
Contemplate a herd of elephants walking around a lake or hear the roars of wild animals are some experiences that you will live if you visit the Cabarceno Inn.
The exceptional location of Cabarceno Inn will allow you all kinds of activities, as recreational and cultural. Walking around the Cabarceno Natural Park is a luxury for lovers of animals and photography. However for the more adventurous, there are several tourism companies that offer a wide range of activities. Horseback riding, canoeing, rafting, quads ... are some of the activities that offer .
Cantabria has a rich natural and cultural heritage. From the Cabarceno Inn , you can move to any point of the region to enjoy long walks in some of the natural parks or visit the many monuments which has this region.
Rural accommodation: La Colondra, Los Tojos

Rural Accomodation in Los Tojos, Cantabria. It is located in the Natural Park

of Saja-Nansa.
Great gastronomic tourism, cultural and hiking.
La Colondra is a traditional country ho
use. It has twelve rooms with bath. Also has heating, TV, WIFI area, and a porche where you can breakfast , living room with chimney, reading room and games.
For more information about the accomodation click here http://posadalacolodra.com/

"Las Fuentes" in Selaya
It is a self-catering house situated in Selaya, in "Los Valles Pasiegos".


I recommend you that you taste the Sobaos and quesadas pasiegas, because it is the best place for eat and buy.
You can visit the Donadía baroque Palace and “La Casona de Miera” it is a big house. They are the most important monuments in Selaya.


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t was built in 17th century and It is a charming and beautiful repaired house in the centre of the village. It is decorated with old furniture and it is a quiet place.
There are 4 rooms, 1 kitchen, 2 bathrooms and 1 living room with fireplace.
The kitchen has a lot of facilities like washing machine, fridge, cutlery, crockery… and there is a tv.
It is for 7 people and the price is 90€ for day.
There are 4 rooms, 1 kitchen, 2 bathrooms and 1 living room with fireplace.
The kitchen has a lot of facilities like washing machine, fridge, cutlery, crockery… and there is a tv.
It is for 7 people and the price is 90€ for day.

Selaya
Selaya is a nice and rural village with incredible views and you can do many activities like horse riding, biking and hiking in the nature.I recommend you that you taste the Sobaos and quesadas pasiegas, because it is the best place for eat and buy.
You can visit the Donadía baroque Palace and “La Casona de Miera” it is a big house. They are the most important monuments in Selaya.


BUCIERO'S MOUNTAIN SANTOÑA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4v6Z18E7T0

This video is about the representative mountain of Santoña, Burciero's mountain, in where we can find Caballos' lighthouse whit its 736 stairs that lead you directly to the sea.
jueves, 2 de febrero de 2012
La Casona de los Güelitos
Located
in the most touristic village of Cantabria, Santillana del Mar; this posada is
a wonderful and peaceful place to rest and enjoy the environment. The posada
was built following the traditional architecture and decorated with typical
tools and items like: “vieldos”, “albarcas”,
yokes and similar.
It has 10 double rooms and a suite. In this
rooms the ancient style is mixed with the latest comfort technologies: plasma TVs,
customer’s identification by fingerprint, WIFI…
The common areas and 3 of the rooms are
adapted for reduce mobility people, everybody can enjoy our posada.
The restaurant serves a wide variety of
traditional homemade dishes.
It’s a unique place which breathes
comfort, elegance and romanticism. La Casona de los Güelitos is specially thought
for couples.
Come to know us!!!
BÁRCENA MAYOR
BÁRCENA MAYOR is located in the area of Cabuérniga, it´s the only village where people can lives into the Saja´s reserve.
This place, is the best example of rural architecture of all villages in Cantabria, probably because is the oldest town in Cantabria and maybe in Spain.
Well worth walking along it´s narrows streets, discovering its medieval character and beautiful landscape; in a short tour, we can see hallways, laundries, bakeries, barns, stables and some tudanca cow.
In the town, one can find an ancient Roman Road that has been in continual use for almost two millennia. The houses and buildings are examples of the rural medieval stone mountain construction with wooden balconies and windows.
If you like craft, is a must to visit the work of the artisans from here, they to carve wood and are the best that we have in Cantabria; not only in the work of the balconies, also in others elements that are part of the ethnography of the region, such as sandals, the Cachava , silverware and everything that passes through the imagination of the master craftsman.
Whether you´re interested in architecture or craft or typical food, Bárcena is the ideal place in Cantabria.
No visit to Bárcena is complete without a photo of La Franca!

Vanesa Burgos.
Rural accommodation
In recent years, rural tourism has grown in Cantabria.
Accommodation is in small traditional buildings, located in the nature. They
are very attractive for visitors.
Between the different types of accommodation we can
find:
- PALACIOS AND CASONAS: establishments in buildings of historical or architectural value.
- POSADAS: establishments in buildings with the typical architectural of the province of Cantabria.
- CASAS DE LABRANZA: establishments in houses where farming and fishing activities are still carried out.
- RURAL HOMES: independent buildings in the traditional rural style.
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