Stay in Extremadura

The Extremadura Area little known of the Spaniards themselves, is however one of most beautiful of interior Spain.

Ground of the conquistadors, its cities were in turn Roman and Moslem, medieval and aristocratic. The natural richness of Estrémadure is one of the principal attractions for the tourist. Each winter this area receives more than 50.000 cranes and the visitors have the privilege to remotely observe vultures, black storks and imperial eagles.

Principal festivals:

Feria de Badajoz (June) Celebrates of Encamísá with Torrejoncillo (Caceres). A strange night, religious festival and layman, where riders disguised in phantoms, form a procession to accompany the virgin with the gleam by their torches. The standard of the Immaculate Conception, which one celebrates this day there, thus traverses the streets of the small city in the medium of the cheers of crowd and one deafening din of detonators (December) Will square of San Antón in Navalvillar de Pela (Badajoz). This festival points out the defense of the villagers against an attack of the Moslems. The unrestrained race of the horses in the streets and the cries of the knights in the honor of San Antón cause the enthusiasm of the participants and the spectators (January) Of San Sebastian "Carantoñas" of Acehúche (Cáceres) celebrates, where disguised men, covered skins of animals and forks and spoons of masks, incline themselves in front of the statue of the Saint during the procession. In Navaconcejo (Cáceres) the "tarabell", character holding a cord wet continues the young people during the procession (January) Holy Week with Badajoz, Sherry of los Caballeros (Badajoz), Cáceres and in Valverde of Vera (Cáceres). The "Empalaos cover their chests, their backs and their arms of a cord during and are attached in cross to the tiller of a cart and traverse this way the stages of the way of cross (March-April) Corpus Christi With Penalsordo (Badajoz). (June) Bulls of the Jean Saint in Coria (Cáceres). To release bulls in the streets of the city. (June).

Weather in Extremadura : Extremadura knows a continental climate moderate by the influence of the Atlantic. That gives a various weather according the moment of the year. The rains, weak, fall especially in spring and in autumn. The summer is very dry. Generally, the rainfall is more abundant in the west of Extremadura than in the remainder of the area. However, the mountainous areas, have cold winters and dry summers. In north, the rains are frequent and in winter transform themselves into snow.

Tourist office of Extremadura : Paseo José Alvares Sáenz de Buruaga, s/n - 06800 Mérida (Badajoz).

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