Casa Rural Finca El Tornero

Rural Accommodations in the Sierra de Aracena TORNERO I

...... The house El Tornero I is the old house of the farm, from the beginning of the 18th century, which was rehabilitated in 1997 and destined for rural tourism, conserving the traditional culture of the sierra taking advantage of agricultural tools of yesteryear. Surrounded by chestnut trees and cork trees is the ideal place for your well-deserved vacation.   It is built with stones from the terrain and Arabic tiles, using pots and chestnut sticks on its roof.    On the porch you can taste the different products of the Iberian pig in the barbecue and you will have splendid views of the Sierra de Aracena, reaching the southern part of Extremadura. This house shares the pool with the house El Tornero II. The living room in two rooms, one for dining room and the other we find a large fireplace that will not be separated, decorated with the warmth and comfort of the rural environment. This room communicates directly with the bedrooms. It consists of three bedrooms where you have played with light and dark tones being wrought iron beds and wood, one with three single beds, another with a double bed and a third with a double bed with canopy and sofa bed . All have heating by thermal emitters .. In the kitchen, fully equipped, highlights a red brick oven of the land where bread was baked in other times. The full bathroom has a shower tray. Beds and towels are included.

TORNERO II

The house El Tornero II is of new construction, is surrounded by chestnut trees and cork oaks, built with stone of the land and Arab tile, preserving the features and the typology of the old constructions of the place. It was inaugurated in 2006 and registered for rural tourism with the number CR-HU-100. It has an area of ​​204 m2 on two floors with wood ceilings and chestnut pots.   The whole house is installed with heating on the floor, through radiant folio, which gives a pleasant feeling of well-being. It is also equipped with central vacuum installation. Outside and next to the house is an area for barbecue under the shade of chestnut trees, where you can taste the delicious products of the Iberian pig, typical of the area. Large parking area. It is located about 300 meters from the house El Tornero I with which it shares the pool     You enter directly into the living room, with a stone fireplace in the back and on the right is the staircase that gives access to the first floor. On this floor there is a living room to enjoy reading freely. It consists of five bedrooms, three on the ground floor and two on the first. Each of them with two single beds with wooden headboards, wardrobe, tables and desk, direct ventilation to the outside and provided with sheets and blankets. Large kitchen completely furnished in wood, with ceramic hob, microwave, washing machine, refrigerator, dishwasher and all the necessary utensils for its perfect operation.   Three full bathrooms, two of them with bath and one with shower prepared for the disabled, towels included.

ARACENA

Aracena is located in the north of the province of Huelva and is a tourist place par excellence, presided over by the Cerro del Castillo (1) on which the ruins of the old fortress rise, which was built by the Templars on an old fortress Muslim, between the XIII and XV centuries. The enclosure is rectangular in shape defended by seven towers. In good state of preservation is the Prioral del Castillo Church (00) which highlights the Mudéjar style Tribute Tower, where we can appreciate a front decorated with tsebka cloths, imitating the Giralda of Seville and three naves with choir and atrium to the feet, Gothic style.   Under the Hill of the Castle is the Gruta de Las Maravillas (2). The popular tradition tells us that it was discovered by a shepherd who was looking for a lost sheep and that, given the vision of the formations, the name of Pozo de Las Nieves emerged, the name that currently has the street where the entrance is located. The Grotto of Las Maravillas receives its first tourist visits in 1.914. It has a distance of 1,200 meters. Visitable, starting with the Hall of Las Conchas; from this one a gallery leaves to arrive to the Hall of the Brillantes and the Room of the Shawls of Manila, emphasizing the washings of different colors. From here we reach the Great Lake and from it, for a hundred steps, we reach The Cathedral, which is the largest of the rooms and is where the thickest columns of the cavity are. We continue by the Lake of La Sultana (3), the Sala de Las Esmeraldas and La Cristalería de Dios (4) from where we go down to the room of Los Chorbanzos and from there to the Los Nudes lounge and along the shore of a huge lake. to the exit with one hour of duration in its route.

Aracena has a monumental heritage of the first order such as: CABILDO DE ARACENA (5)   * It is a building of the XVl century of quadrangular plant of two heights where the old Consistorial House and the municipal deposit was located, emphasizing its cover realized in 1.565 by Hernán Ruiz. It is currently occupied by the Interpretation Center of the Natural Park. HERMITAGE OF SAN PEDRO (6)   * It was built in the fifteenth century Mudejar style with the mission to Christianize the Moriscos who lived in the neighborhood. CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION (7) • Building of Renaissance architecture began to be built in the 15th century (1,478) finishing its work in the 21st century (2,008). It is composed of three ships divided into five sections. In the roof we can see beautiful baidal vaults on slender pillars with half columns in their fronts. HERMITAGE OF SANTO DOMINGO (8)    * Mudéjar Gothic building with Renaissance influence of the fifteenth century, was assigned to Dominican convent in 1570. It consists of three naves supporting their pillars pointed arches with alfiz. This temple was dedicated first to the hospital of San Sebastian. MUSEUM OF OUTDOOR SCULPTURES (9)    * This museum is dedicated to works by Pepe Noja. Opened in 1985 in the surroundings of the Plaza de San Pedro, today it is divided by several adjacent streets with 34 works by numerous artists. MUSEUM OF HAM AND IBERIAN PIG (10)    * Tells us the tour of the whole process of the ham, from the pig in the dehesas to the maturation of the hams in the wineries of the Sierra. CHURCH OF SANTA CATALINA (11)    * Ancient Jewish synagogue of the sixteenth century, became the Carmelites at the end of the century, its architecture being formed by transverse arches forming ships of four sections. CHURCH OF EL CARMEN (12)    * Built in the 16th century, it was the richest convent in Aracena, in 1597. It was the seat of the Chair of Latinity founded by Arias Montano, becoming a county prison. It is currently a subsidiary of the Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.

 

SURROUNDINGS In the surroundings of Aracena we can find typical villages of the area with white houses and cobbled streets, such as Jabugo (13), cradle of Iberian ham, where since 2003 the ham rally is celebrated and in the months of March-April every two years a cooked macro with a total weight of two thousand kilos is organized.   Alájar (14), with his Peña de Arias Montano, theologian and scholar who lived in the rock in the sixteenth century. Celebrate the most multitudinous pilgrimage of the sierra on September 8.   Almonaster la Real (15), of Arabic origin, where its mosque stands out at the beginning of the 10th century and the main axis of the days of Islamic culture where concerts of Andalusian and Arabic-Andalusian music take place.    And as many as Cortegana, Zufre, Linares de La Sierra, Major Summits, etc.