The Natural Park of the Monasterio de Piedra.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Tucked between the rugged mountains of the Iberian System, located in the municipality of Nuévalos, in the province of Zaragoza, the Natural Park of the Monasterio de Piedra offers one of the most rewarding experiences you can find in the world, a distance of two hours for unusual garden around water and its movement through waterfalls and caves. The Monasterio de Piedra Natural Park, home to dense riparian forest, one of the most biologically rich ecosystems, where many species of animals and a variety of giant trees.
The landscape of the Monasterio de Piedra, consists of rocks formed in the bottom of the sea and are eroded by the force of water. The river has shaped the rock stone forming lakes, caves and waterfalls, offering beautiful landscapes as "Mirror Lake" or the cascade of "Cola de Caballo", an impressive jump of 50 meters in height which conceals a spectacular cave natural.
According to the magazine "Fraser's Magazine", the effect of the setting sun seen through a cataract from inside the cave of the Cola de Caballo and feelings aroused by the spectacle can not be described.
We must not miss the guided tour of the monastery with its cloister and a twelfth century Cistercian of the few "Calefactorios" kept in monasteries today. The calefactory, is the room where the monks were heated in winter and is provided at the bottom of a glory where he mixed straw, wood, etc. .. with fire to warm the soil. A modern heating system copied from the ancient Roman baths.
Another peculiarity of the Monasterio de Piedra is the alabaster, since all the windows facing the outside were covered in this mineral that diffuses light and sends it in all directions, with the advantage that protects from the cold, white light passes ( Cister celestial light) but can not see the outside, avoiding the monks curious to know what happens outside.
But if we also want to rest or spend a romantic weekend with your partner, we should not miss the opportunity to stay at the hotel-monastery and sleep in the former cells of the monks of the abbey, which have been completely refurbished and equipped with the comforts of today. The hotel has 61 rooms overlooking the cloister or the park in which insurance will have a weekend to remember ...
