Garden

Wine Tourism

This stunning villa is in the middle of a Wildlife Reserve and very close to Salamanca (World Heritage City) and Toro (wineries). The house has its own Wine Tasting Room where tastings are done in Spanish or English seeing rose, red and white wines from D.O. Rioja, Toro, Ribera de Duero as well as other wines like French or Californian. Stays are delicious at the house where melodic sound of the fountains spread out from the patio to the house. Connected to a spectacular garden is the first floor with open kitchen and living-room. Sun comes greatly through huge windows. Four double and colorful rooms are at this floor. Loft is on top floor with four beds with kitchen, living-room and bathroom. Organic cleaning products are used and small details make unforgettable our costumer´s stay. The house, the WildLife Reserve, the restaurant “La Malvasía” with stylish cooking, the Wine Tastings, the guided visits to wineries and the exciting bull safaris make from Castronuño just a paradise.

Wildlife Reserve

Porch in the Garden

 

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Changeover day
Changeover day is flexible. Contact owner for arrivals and departures.

Accommodation

 

Notes on accommodation
An excellent breakfast on a buffet trolley is waiting for our guests. Our breakfasts are made with the greatest care. The mummy-chocolate cake; our newyorker strawberry cheesecake style and the irresistible walnut and raisin plumcake!! diaper board, child high chair, play table and cot. Blankets, iron, board and service carefully kept. Loft kitchen is provided with an American bar style with two high chairs, which provides with a more suggestive and intimate atmosphere.

Amenities/Facilities provided

 

Accessibility
Ground floor is accessible and suitable for wheelchairs.

Outside
A door on the groung floor opens to a magnificent garden with careful and varied plants. Cleaning, details and outer furniture cautivate. On its right side the French style massage room appears under the aspect of an old and rustic mountain hut; surrounded by essential fragances and golden reflections. The wine tasting room opens its doors just in front of the massage room and, at the end, an immense porch with farm tree decorated walls refreshes the warmest moments of the summer days. Armchairs, shelves, small and big tables. And, again, the sound of the water falls down over stone chubby children and gargoyles of a new fountain. We have put rosemary essential oil on the water and, in front of the two big magnolia trees, I want too stay here forever. The bicycle room is in front of the wooden large door on the bakcyard, right on the parallel street to the frontdoor. Safety helmets and life jackets are kept in the wardrobe trunk at the pink room.

Coast/Beach
There is a small beach (Duero river). You can walk by there or fish. The Water Slides Pool is in front of the beach.

Golf
There is a golf course to 25 kms from the house using the highway.
Characteristics: Approach, bunker and putting green, qualified teachers, single and group classes. School for children. Coffee shop and restaurant. Pool and shop. Tennis courts.
Day-care center.

Skiing
Skiing station will be open soon (30 kms from the house).

Special interest holidays
Wine Tastings - Castronuño belongs to the Toro route. Toro is a D.O. We can drive you to visit D.O. Toro, Ribera de Duero and Rueda wineries to see wine elaboration process. We offer you a guided wine tasting in which ten wines from different varieties and areas will be tasted.
14 bikes.
Bull Safaris - An amazing route across the ‘Carmona Dehesa’. Agroturismo - You can visit us to our organic farm (3 kms from the house) and pick the natural products of our vegetable garden (tomatoes, zucchini, watercress, peppers, egg plants, lettuces, plumbs, cherries, apples, pears...). Horse Riding - The riding school is placed in the middle of the Reserve. You can ride by the sandy paths in the pine groves, go up crests and distinguish the Reserve and the river.

Walking - You can walk by La Senda de los Almendros route (The Path of the Almonds) (pictures). Bikes - Fifteen bikes are available for our costumers. Everybody enjoy ‘La Senda de los Almendros’ route by the Wildlife Reserve.

Travel
The nearest airport is 45 minutes driving from the house, it is Villanubla (Valladolid) airport. Madrid is two hours driving from the house. A car is essential. But Castronuño´s taxi can drive everywhere.

Distances
Salamanca has been declared as World Heritage City. A jewel. It is 30 minutes by driving to the house by the highway.
Valladolid is the capital of Castilla y León and it is also 30 minutes by the highway.
Toro is a beautiful medieval city and a growing wine area where very important wineries are already established. It is 20 minutes by car.
Tordesillas and Medina del Campo are also very artistic places since they took a decisive rol at the History of Spain. They are 20 minutes by car.

Further details
Wine tourism: wine tastings at the villa wine tasting room and guided visits to Toro, Rueda and Ribera de Duero D.O. wineries. Esteban Celemín is the expertise and he is in charge of it. He has been awarded with different prizes as a taster and grape columnist. Bull safaris. Guided routes at Carmona Dehesa by Mayoral brothers. Horse riding. By Vega del Duero meadows and valleys and the Wildlife Reserve. Horse riding school. Mario is an excellent teacher for kids and adults. Massages: both, 45 or 30 minutes relaxing massages at the house massage room by a qualified masseuse. Paintball, cars, fishing, tennis. Game hunting at 'La Rinconada' farm. 'La Malvasia' restaurant. Our chef Ángel Otero has established his own restaurant last year. His dishes are delicious and his style, unmistakable. Several options are affordable. With a recommendable previous reservation exquisite courses can be tasted à la carte at upstairs lounge; or a standard but delicious menu at downstairs dining-room; or even our guests can call from the house and just ask for some real and good dishes to deliver. We just want to spoil you!! Guided bicycle and walking routes. The most used route goes by 'La Senda de los Almendros' bordering the Duero river. Water-slides pool at the Wildlife Reserve. Salamanca, Toro, Zamora, Medina del Campo, Valladolid y Tordesillas visits. All these towns are only 20 and 30 minutes by car from Castronuno. Agroturismo. 'Las Balsas' organic farm has more than 300 fruit trees and most of them are apples from different varieties. Supermarket, butcher's shop, fish market, kiosk with press, pharmacy, medical centre; bazaar, taxi, a Catholic church and cashier bank. La Casa De La Reserva. A remote control lens at this building allows to watch birds make their nests. Duero river has created an ecosystem with reedbed along the shore, poplars and irrigated land hectares strech to a holm-oak wood. A fossilized dune outlines on the sky a hat-shaped picture.

Booking notes
A 50% of the total amount is a must for reservation. A booking formality should be sent with the bank number account and IBAN.

Guest comments
It is a nice and comfortable house with a good heating. Very close to the house is the Wildlife Reserve where the Duero river makes a meander passing by Castronuño. It is spectacular, herons welcome you on the road. There is a Centre for Documentation and the instructors are very nice. Very close are Toro, Olmedo, Tordesillas, Medina del Campo where you can find the secrets of the History. The place is really worthy.

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