Apartamentos Las Eras, ubicados en Castelseras (Bajo Aragón - Teruel), próximos a: Alcañiz, Motorland, Ruta del tambor y el bombo, puertos de beceite, Calanda, Caspe...

In Castelserás, ( 9 Kms. to Alcañiz and Motorland)
Tel. 678 71 58 84
apartamentoslaseras@gmail.com

------THE APARTMENTS------RATES -------CONTACT -----HOW TO ARRIVE------ACTIVITIES AND ROUTES -------MOTORLAND -----CASTELSERÁS------SERVICES

TRAIL OF DRUM AND BOMBO

Intense, loud, religious and pagan at the same time, how to celebrate Holy Week in Bajo Aragon, The rate imposed by the drum and bass drum is much more than a historical tradition or cultural heritage. It is a way of understanding and feeling, a bond among nine people who harbor a significant cluster of attractions. For its rich natural, the nine towns of the Route, which is an interesting alternative tourism.

La Ruta del Tambor, and Bombo consists of nine villages (Albalate the Archbishop, Alcañiz, Alcorisa, Andorra, Calanda, Hijar, La Puebla de Hijar, Samper Calanda and Urrea Gaén) united in one mind and with the same aim: to encourage, nurture and respect a tradition ancient and its own way of celebrating Easter. Declared of National Tourist Interest party, this year celebrates the 35th anniversary of its founding.

This is one of the most vibrant events our country, whose origins probably go back to some ancient ceremony, but historically are in the Middle Ages, when knights of the military orders to these lands brought the two percussion instruments used , drum and bass drum.

In each village thousands of brethren (children, youth and adults) begin to play the drum and the drum at a specific time, oscillating between Holy Thursday and Good Friday. This "starter" is known as "la rompida de la hora" and is one of the most memorable and recognizable of Easter Lower Aragon. In each municipality shake the silence with his own particular touch and with a different color in the robes. After the break the brethren take turns because the rhythmic thunder of drums and bass drums day and night lasts until the evening of Holy Saturday.

We note in this page the act of "breaking the time" for all the stocks of the map and some of the most representative of the Ruta del Tambor y Bombo del Bajo Aragón.

Useful links:
www.rutadeltamborybombo.com
www.rutadeltambor.com

CASTELSERÁS

Castelserás, Sitting on the hill crowned by the Church of the Nativity of Our Lady SXVIII baroque in this population of 827 inhabitants, where he worked and died on pharmaceutical and botanical Loscos Francisco Bernal, are magnificent examples of civil architecture as the house of the Commandery, the imposing bridge under which flows the River Guadalope or Town Hall (SXVIII) against which is mounted around a poplar tree, the huge pile of wood that attaches to the traditional giant bonfire in honor of San Sebastian in January.

Useful links:
www.castelseras.com

RUTA DE LOS ÍBEROS EN EL BAJO ARAGÓN

The "ruta de los íberos" is an innovative cultural tourism product and culture-based Archaeological Iberian eastern area of Aragon whose territory was occupied in previous centuries was to change the ethnicity of the Ebro Ositanos or Ausetani The project promotes the recovery and valorization of A number of archaeological sites in the Iberian period of Bajo Aragon, for the most part already excavated, and the improvement or creation of a network of small visitor centers related recommendations.

With the creation of the Iberian Heritage Consortium Aragon has managed to mobilize in the same project the local, district and regional heritage related Aragon Iberico developing a model of archaeological heritage management can generate resources for maintenance and improvement.

Usefull links :
http://www.iberosenaragon.net

VÍA VERDE de la Val de Zafán

The districts of Aragon and Lower Matarraña Aragon, which every Easter is rung with heavy drumming, until the early 1970s also felt the resounding passage of trains linking the banks of the Ebro and the Mediterranean by an alternative path to the Iberian river. This route, lost and trains, has been conditioned to enjoy some stunning scenery.

Usefull links :
www.viasverdes.com
www.deandar.com/bicicletas/bicicleta-verde-valzafan

OTHER INTERESTING ACTIVITIES
EL MAESTRAZGO: Our apartments are also close to Mastership: hills shaped by a wide range of landscapes of rugged terrain, with oddities and contrasts could well be described generically as Mediterranean mountain. The current relief, the result of a long geological evolution, providing wealth and variety to the landscape. Also home to large populations of tourist and historic interest, as Morella, Mills, Mirambel, Cantavieja or Pitarque among others. Usefull links : www.comarcamaestrazgo.es www.maestrazgo.org www.morella.net

LAS GRUTAS DE CRISTAL DE MOLINOS : They are at the end of Mills, Northeast of the province of Teruel. The caves are enabled for tourism, with guided tour (no entrance fee) and access to them from the people is well noted. A good example of how underground karst, developed on Cretaceous limestone cavity with 620 m total plan development, presents a spectacular development of precipitation of carbonate formations (stalactites, stalagmites, columns, curtains, waterfalls, etc.). Highlights , as a curiosity, a plethora of eccentric stalactites (vertical growth). Usefull links : molinos.es/cuevas/portada_cueva_visor

FERIAS DE ALCAÑÍZ : RIEGO, Salón del Riego y la Maquinaria Agrícola TOTÁLICA, la Feria Total EXPORÚSTICA, Feria de la Restauración y Rehabilitación de la Vivienda Rústica y Tradicional SIDIMED, Salón Integral de la Cultura y la Dieta Mediterránea AUTOCLASSIC, Feria del Vehículo Clásico EXPOGUAY, Salón Infantil del Bajo Aragón Enlaces de interés: www.ferialcaniz.org

ALCAÑÍZ HISTORY : Surrounded by one of the gorges of the river Guadalope, Alcañiz houses an exceptional artistic and historical heritage. From its origins Arabs have been left traces of incalculable value as the medieval castle built by the Order of Calatrava, the collegiate or The singular beauty of the Town Hall Square with its Gothic-style auction. We can also visit ancient subterranean passages that cross the historic center of the city and its shrines of special scenic beauty and art. Enlaces de interés: www.alcaniz.es

Other links of interest:

www.granujarock.com
(Garage music festival has been held in Castelserás since 2002)

www.losazero.com
(Consolidated rock group of the region, with five albums and hundreds of concerts in its history)

www.ranetas.zobyhost.com
(cultural association dedicated to promoting concerts, exhibitions and various cultural activities)

www.circuitoguadalope.org

www.brujulea.net
Rural tourism website where you can find a wide range of accommodation rentals in Spain.

www.indicecultural.zobyhost.com
(digital magazine of cultural diffusion)