Come and discover it!!

The villages which form Botijas Valley are:

Mélida de Peñafiel Olmos de Peñafiel Castrillo de Duero Cuevas de Provanco

Mélida de Peñafiel :

Olmos de Peñafiel :

Castrillo de Duero :

Cuevas de Provanco:

Botijas Valley has got about 440 inhabitants during the year but in summer the number of residents increases.

We can access to Botijas Valley from Peñafiel by going along the VA- VP- 2006 road.We can see some wineries and vineyards like Carraovejas along these road.Botijas Valley has this name because Botijas stream has shaped this land along the time.

In this area the people live in farms, above all sheep farms. People work in the fields too.

Mélida de Peñafiel:In this village festivals are around the

first week of July.We celebrate the festival of Isabel Virgin.

Olmos de Peñafiel:In this village festivals are around the

first week of September.We celebrate the patronal festivals of St

Antolín.

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Castrillo de Duero:In this village festivals are around the

last week of August and the first week of September.

We celebrate the festival of Socorro and Asunción Virgin.

Cuevas de Provanco:In this village festivals are on 15th

August and on 16th of August.We celebrate the festival of the Asunción

Virgin and St Roque.

Mélida de Peñafiel: We can visit the Church of St Isabel. In this village there is a very big baptismal font in the middle of the square, inside the gardens; there is also an old beautiful fountain, Mélida’s people call it ’’el pilón’’ where they celebrate an old tradition in every wedding.

• Olmos de Peñafiel:

In Olmos de Peñafiel there is a flour and honey museum.

This museum is inside a wheat mill.

This mill is more than 300 years old.

Castrillo de Duero: People can visit “El Empecinado” which was a very important historical character.

There are many rural houses too.

Cuevas de Provanco:We can see the romanesque church of Vera Cruz.

We can go across the underground wineries.

We can find an old fortress from the Middle Ages from which The Village of Cuevas was defended.

If you come, you can get many tours through the beautiful natural surroundings around the township of Cuevas de Provanco.

LARA GRANADO. CRISTINA ALONSO.

LUCÍA CALDERÓN. ALEJANDRO PEÑA.

ANA BELÉN CANO.