House of Rural Tourism "The Pedregales"

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House of Rural Tourism "the Pedregales"
50212 CARENAS (Zaragoza- Spain)
Telephones: 678493807 | 976842614 


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We have prepared this old house for the Rural Tourism. We have a capacity for 12 people in 4 stays totally equipped. To that we can add beds supletorias. We throughout watched after its comfort the year.

The Pedregales, original name of the zone in which it is located the house, has been rehabilitated respecting the original structure, its ample rows of balconies and set of beams, but adapting it to the most modern comforts, like a air conditioning individualized in each one of its stays.

We have come to its restoration with mimo and incorporating the new elements with the same techniques whereupon they were constructed long ago. You will be able to by hand verify it in the embroidered visillos of natural thread, in the pictures that adorn their walls, in the artisan brick arcs, the furniture rescued and recovered to make our house more cosy, and yours by the time who you wish to remain between us.

The patio, that gives access to the different apartments is the true center of the house. In it is possible to be enjoyed outdoors the breakfasts or the coolness at night the Vista of mounts of our town.

The house is divided in different independent apartments, with diverse capacities. 


STAYS

THE WATCHTOWER. "LA ATALAYA". 
With an ample viewpoint that flood it of light, oriented towards our mount, this apartment consists of 1 dormitories doubles, bath and hall it cooks.

APARTMENT. "
LAS TORCAS"
With direct access from the patio of the house, it consists of double kitchen, hall with chimney and 2 dormitories, each one of them with his complete bath. To emphasize in same the high original balconies of the house.

APARTMENT "
LA ACEDERA"
With its high ceilings and their set of beams and located in the high part of the house, coast of kitchen, double hall with chimney and two dormitories, complete bath each one of them.

DOUBLE ROOM "LAS LOMAS" 
In addition to the apartments also we have a double room with bath. 


PRICES 2009

APARTMENT "LA ATALAYA". 
Low Season: 95 €/night high Season: 105 €/night
(2 people) 
Taxes including

APARTMENT  "LAS TORCAS"
Low Season: 150 €/night high Season: 170 €/night
(4 people)
Taxes including

APARTMENT TWO "
LA ACEDERA"
Low Season: 150 €/night high Season: 170 € /noche
(4 people)
Taxes including


HABITACION DOUBLES "LAS LOMAS"
Low Season: 55 €/night high Season: 65 €/night
(2 people) 
WITH BATH 
Taxes including

AUXILIARY BED
15 €
Taxes including

High season: Easter, Christmas, August
Low season: the rest of the year.


CONDITIONS OF THE RESERVE

The day of arrival, you will be able to have your room or apartment from the 13:30. The last day you will have to evacuate the same one before the 11:00. If the first day you have predicted to arrive before or if the last day you go later to irte, you do not worry. We offer a maletero to you where you can leave to your luggage and a place for cambiarte and asearte. If there is availability, you have the option to leave your room after the 12:00 paying a supplement.

If iron gates your reserve before 7 days before the date of arrival, we will receive one night to you of lodging and the rest of the deposit will be paid to you. Four or less days ahead, you will lose all your deposit. If you march to you before the predicted thing and you do not warn in advance, we will receive one night to you. The confirmed reserves are not valid.
Attention! Your reserve implies the conformity with these conditions.


Special offers
 
For stayings between Sunday and Thursday:

3x2 offer: Every two nights you order, you get one free.
            (offer not available on July and August)
5x3 offer: order five nights from Sunday to Thursday and pay just three of them.
             (offer not available on July and August)
For longer staying or special dates, see price list and availability
 


SERVICES

In all the apartments you will find an ample kitchen totally equipped, microwaves, vitrocerámica, refrigerator, television set, conditioned air and heating with individual climatizador for each stay, dinner services, a small library and of course all the necessary equipment of kitchen, bed and bath. 

We have a service of laundry, in an annexed stay, equipped with washing machine, dryer and irons, in case it was necessary to you to use it during your stay.

In brief dates we will put into operation a small restaurant in which we try to offer a food homemade elaborated with products of our orchard and a room of baths nailed on the same rock, with facilities of jacuzzi and sauna.


ACCESS To CASA

The House the Pedregales is located in the municipality of Careenings, villa of the province of Zaragoza to 108 kilometers of the capital and 25 kilometers of Calatayud, of whose region it comprises. One is located Siguiente
to the A-1501 highway. 

The House is located to the entrance of the municipality and it is seen from the arrival highway, his colors and their form is unmistakable. From Madrid or Zaragoza the accessibility to Careenings and the Region of Calatayud is fast by the Railcar of Aragón (N-II), that crosses the region.
Map of the Region


SURROUNDINGS

THE ZONE
The landscaping surroundings of Careenings will call our attention, surrounded by the rivers Stone and Table, affluents of the Tug. It arranges a particular lateral formation orogénica in that they emphasize rocky Teeth of great altitude and escarped. Very Siguiente
to the dam of the Tranquera, Careenings are the suitable place for the practice from the aquatic sports. To borders of the marsh, we will be able to rest, to enjoy a calm stroll or to make activities like the oar, the candle, the diving or the fishing. And wonderful excursions like the one of the Stone Monastery, one of you will bind them more emblematic of the tourism in Spain. 


ACTIVITIES IN THE ZONE

Many are the activities that can be made in the surroundings of the Pedregales. Your creativity and your eagerness of knowledge will help you to improvise but we give some ideas you:
Observation of colonies of vultures, migratory eagles and birds in defiles of Calmarza..
Excursion to the one of the Stone Monastery, the more emblematic natural place of Spain.
Treatments of health in the near bath of Alhama, Jaraba and Paracuellos de Jiloca. It visits the underground warehouses in Careenings with tasting of wines and typical gastronomy.
It visits Calatayud, with I magnify patrimony, its interesting Muslim wall, and the Museum of the Dolores.
Collection of rebollones and mushrooms, in addition to wild fruits.
Scaling.
Star observation.
Senderismo or bicycle 



THE WATER, THE KEY OF THE REGION

The region of Calatayud blanket the main number of bath of the province of Zaragoza that is framed in the localities of Jaraba, Alhama de Aragón and Paracuellos de Jiloca. Six are the thermal stations that have done of this Aragonese part one of the main points of interest of the national bath sector.

Kindness of the water
The bath have stopped being solely centers of health to also become places of leisure and rest. But the curativas properties of the water and its different treatments are recommendable to resist cutaneous diseases or to fight renales problems, for rheumatics or people with difficulties in the kidney, to face the fatigue, rheumatic cystitis, inflammations or urinary and digestive problems. Baths, thousand type and massages, water spurts, inhalations, showers circular, aesthetic treatments. a good number of forms to complete our organism. To all these curativas possibilities the attractiveness of the surroundings is united that surround to the bath that show other so many alternatives of leisure outdoors.

The route of the bath
The route of the bath gives beginning in Alhama, a small population located to 600 meters of altitude to which it is acceded by the perfectly signalized highway N-II and that passes by a tremendously rewarding place. From this locality we will take the A-2502 that ends at the dam of the Tranquera to continue way towards Jaraba by another highway of local or regional importance, a 1501. In this municipality bathed by waters of the Mesa river, also they appear, again, other thermal water bath.

Section the one of Paracuellos de Jiloca solely has left just a little bit to which we will accede from Calatayud by the highway that leads to Maluenda (N-234). To way of these two localities is the bath of Paracuellos.


THE STONE MONASTERY

The attraction of the bath, one of the tourist formulas with greater projection in Aragón, the enchantment of the Stone Monastery, the history and the culture of Calatayud, the flavor of the populations that conform this region. a magical route with infinity of alternatives with which to please the diverse delights.

One of more important the tourist and monumental resources of Aragón, a natural oasis that breaks aesthetic the barren one, a silence spring where the water splashes of beauty all whatever covers. Thus it is the Stone Monastery, founded by the gravies of the Císter on century XII and turned the hotel and the present natural place the XIX.

And they are these two slopes, monumental and the landscaping one, those that fragment this magnificent tourist set.

To discover the dependencies of the Monastery
This itinerary is lead by the guides who are showing the traveller the form of life and customs of the old monks. They cross claustro, the room to capitulate, the abbey, cripta, the passage, the room of vehicles, the refectory and the conventual kitchen, among others. In this last place it was where the chocolate in Europe was introduced for the first time. For that reason the visit is sweetened more and more.

In the warehouses it emphasizes the Museum of Vino from the Denomination of Origin Calatayud, a totally recommendable to know and present the past space wines of this prestigious vinícola region.

To lose itself by the nature
Another one of the possibilities that the Stone Monastery offers is the one to cross the different itineraries that cross this Protected Natural Space. Depending on the chosen route, which they appear noticeable with red arrows, blue and green, we will be discovering the different corners from the park. The red ones ramble by the most recommendable snapshots: From the impressive viewpoint of the Tail of Horse Iris descends itself to the Grotto and the Rock of the Devil is crossed, the relajante Lake of the Mirror, the Chorreadores, the Lake of the Ducks, or the Grotto of the Artist, among others. To make this route is to go deep in one of the most beautiful places of Aragón.

The route indicated with blue arrows leads to the Orchard and the innovating Center of Interpretation of Fauna Piscícola, the first center of piscicultura of Spain.

Finally the green señalética emphasizes the areas of rest and the places to contemplate so impressive natural manifestation. Calm strolls, corners for readings, silence. a backwater of calm and calmness.



MUNICIPALITY OF CAREENINGS

Careenings. Villa of the province of Zaragoza to 108 kilometers of the capital and 25 kilometers of Calatayud, of whose region he comprises. One is located Siguiente
to the A-1501 highway that runs between Ateca and Jaraba to a more or less equidistant distance of both. Equally located in spurs of the Iberian System to 654 meters on the level of the sea.
Km2 covers a surface with 31.2
In 1996 it had a population of right of 251 inhabitants
Careenings belong to the region of CALATAYUD COMMUNITY

Waters above we can appreciate in the left margin of the river the building of the harinero mill of Careenings, and above the fluvial course is cut by the prey of the Tranquera. The dam extends the placidness of its waters by the encounter of the channels of the Stone with Mesa and the Ortiz, that are united between escarpments of reddish tones and lateral covers by forests of repoblados pines, that offer places shaded for the break. In Careenings, on the beautiful fertile valley, in slopes, a good holm-oak forest grows. 


THE CALATAYUD REGION

Territory located in the high course of the Tug, between the province of Guadalajara and the regions of Cariñena and Daroca, which it limits the west with the province of Soria, and whose emblematic natural place that distinguishes to the zone is the natural place of the Stone Monastery, an authentic labyrinth drawn up by cascades of the Piedra river, Siguiente
to whose channel a cisterciense monastery rose from century XIII part of whose dependencies they today lodge the Museum of Vino from the Denomination of Origin Field of Calatayud. 

Its capital is the villa of Calatayud, with an artistic patrimony guaranteed by the deserved title of Mudéjar City. The locality has in addition ruins to the old Bílbilis Roman Augusta. In others of their municipalities monument samples exist important like the church to mudéjar of Ateca, the church of San Miguel de Villafeliche, the wind mill of Malanquilla and the rest of the medieval castle of Moors. 
Web of Tourism of Community of Calatayud
From Madrid or Zaragoza the accessibility to Careenings and the Region of Calatayud is fast by the Railcar of Aragón (N-II), that crosses the region. 

Innumerable they are the enchantments of the region, whose neuralgic point is the city of Calatayud, cradles of Martial, fourth city of Aragón and monumental city, being able to mention its churches like Real San Juan, with decoration painted by Goya, the Church of San Andrés with gorgeous tower to mudéjar, the Colegiata of Santa Maria the Greater or the one of the Virgin of the Rock, and her civil buildings like its doors (the Door of Terrer or the Door of Zaragoza). To the West of the Region they locate Torrelapaja, Berdejo, Malanquilla, Clarés de Ribota and Bijuesca, with castle, something that will be repeated in almost all the localities, like Torrijo of the Gorge, Nigüella or Arándiga or in the fortifications of Villalengua, Villafeliche, Torralba de Ribota, Moors, Godojos or in the spectacular castle of Cetina, locality where Francisco de Quevedo married. Splendid it is the church of Villarroya of the Mountain range, like the one of Cervera of the Gorge, the one of Ibdes, the one of Careenings, the one of Maluenda or the one of Aniñón or the one of Campillo de Aragón. Of great interest mudéjares is the urban set of Ateca with its towers, like the one of Terrer, Moto'n or Mara. And it is that mudéjar it is fundamental in this region (Velilla de Jiloca, Morata de Jiloca, Embid, Sabiñán, Tobed - impressive monumental set).

Well-known region also by its situated bath in Alhama de Aragón where we can also find the castle of Alhama, the parochial church of the Natividad of the Virgin Santísima, Jaraba and Paracuellos de Jiloca, as well as by the Stone Monastery, impressive artistic set in a privileged person nails natural, in the municipal term of Nuévalos and by to be cradle of Balthasar Gracián, born in Belmonte de Gracián baptized in the gorgeous church to mudéjar local.



PATRIMONY

To cross Calatayud
Exerting the unquestionable capitalidad of the region is Calatayud, a monumental city that fuses between its streets a compendium of cultures, styles and traditions.
Its strategic location has favored during the passage of time the one that numerous towns were based in the present region. Its capital is declared Joint Historical and Monumental from 1967.

Qal´at Ayyub to mudéjar
Of all the region, Calatayud is the population that greater vestiges mudéjares conserves although the passage of time, by destructions or negligence, has eliminated some of them. Of all the existing constructions the colegiata of Santa Maria is most representative. Claustro, the apse and the imposing tower, that is descried from great part of the locality, are greater the attractiveness than it offers the Arab legacy. But it is not the only church since others like San Andrés, San Pedro of the Francs (Photo 1), Virgin of the Rock or the present colegiata of Santo Sepulcro are other samples of the art to mudéjar that Calatayud hides.

Of all of them, in addition to the outer structure and materials, they emphasize the interiors and the inner decoration. One of the options to successfully obtain information on the Muslim culture of the city is the office of tourism located in the Seat of the Fort, 

The Municipium Augusta Roman Bilbilis
To about five kilometers of Calatayud is the old Roman city of the Tug, Bilbilis. 

The inheritance to mudéjar through the river
Qal ´at Ayyub was during four centuries city occupied and governed by Muslims. And in all this time (714-1120) Arab and bereberes they put record of its culture with an impressive artistic reference to mudéjar. In order to cross the route to mudéjar of Calatayud, we can take like routes the courses from the different rivers that cross the region. Beginning by the Tug, the locality of Ateca has one of the more singular towers mudéjares of Aragón since their four faces were decorated equal. To little distance, on a tower of the castle the Tower of the Clock, a sample was built to mudéjar of century XVI. Following the channel in the direction of Terrer, the tower of the church very similar to the one of Belmonte and Aniñón calls the attention. Other outstanding towers of this zone are those of Huérmeda, Paracuellos of the Creek and Saviñán.

If we now took the channel from the Jiloca river its waters they will be to us discovering numerous localities whose wealth is than remarkable more. Maluenda, one of the epicenters mudéjares, has three churches with interesting apses, yeserías, porches and, evidently, towers. Although something separated of the course of the river, the locality of Olvés hides a peculiar hermitage that, along with Velilla, Morata, Fuentes and Villafeliche, compose the epicenter to mudéjar that it passes Siguiente
to the Jiloca.

The Parsleys, a river that passes parallel to its Jiloca neighbor, vertebra what would be another route to mudéjar. Villalba and the rest of their mosque, the church of Belmonte, the tower of Mara and some vestiges that are in Orera and Ruesca are their main ambassadors.

An affluent of the Tug, the Ribota river, and the adjacent localities also conserve numerous rest mudéjares. They emphasize the church of Torralba, the one of Aniñón, the one of Cervera of the Gorge and to a lesser extent the one of Villarroya of the Mountain range, since it conserves few rest



PATRIMONY OF CAREENINGS


In its term is the castle of Somet, of Muslim foundation (century VIII); the missing castle of Careenings (century XII), on which the Parochial Church was built, and the scaffolding of the Chorrillo, small defensive tower also of century XII.

It deserves to emphasize to emphasize the Parochial Church of Our Lady of Asuncio'n, in the old call of Santa Maria, who began to construct in 1258 on the location of the castle. The hermitage of Santa Ana, of aims of century XVI, the hermitage of the Tomb of principles of century XVII and the hermitage of San Sebastián, of century XIII, and at the half-ruined present time. It emphasizes the house-palace of the Señoría, that belonged to the cistercienses Stone monks, with two constructive times: century XIII and the great remodeling of century XVII.

Within their municipal term are two disappeared population centers, Cocos and Somet, that were covered by waters of the Marsh. In the term of Somet was the castle of its same name, constructed by the Muslims in century VIII, on a hill of great geologic interest.

It has Careenings three hermitages: Santa Ana (final of century XVI) the Tomb (beginnings of the XVII) and the ruinous one of San Sebastián (century XIII). A house-palace, that belonged to the monastery of Stone and his near two hundreds of warehouses excavated on the rock.

In the hermitage of Santa Ana de Carenas a stature of Sta. is conserved Ana Trinitaria, who comes from the factories of Malinas, the Netherlands.

One is a sculpture of the century XVI, whose presence in Careenings can be justified by means of documents from 1655, brought of Algeria by a monk Mercedario, call N. Romea.

The technical characteristics, correspond to the entalladores and escultores of altarpieces of Malinas, Amberes, Brussels, Lieja, Lovaina, and Utrecht, etc. We do not forget the circumstances derived from the narrow maintained mercantile relations between Spain and Flandes, which allowed a cultural interchange of great openwork.

The technique is of walnut wood stature and has 29 cm. of height, represents Sta. Ana holding in the same arm the Virgin and the Boy; with the back flattened in "chuleta". The policromía, very careful, is characterized because usually it goes punched with letter M in one of you fold power stations of the mantle.

The artistic characteristics are the following ones: The cleared face, emphasizing the made convex forehead, that empequeñece still more the nose and the mouth. The small and intimidated eyes, the eyebrows very bent confer to these images a special expression. The long hair works in wicks to taps of semicircular gouge.

From half-full of century XV and until entered good the XVI, one becomes present in the important production, "type maliné", statuettes that reach great diffusion by their technical and finished perfection.

These "statures" of Malinas today constitute a great interest for the great Museums and collectors, by their artistic historical value and the difficult thing to find a unit, by the few existing ones.

It constitutes a good occasion to be able to contemplate and to enjoy these "wrists" of Malinas in the hermitage of Sta Ana de Carenas. 

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