2024-03-22

Springtime in Spain

The peach orchards near Lleida are already in full bloom in March with beautiful pink colors. It provides spectacular images every year and you can enjoy a nice hike through the fields. Just over an hour drive from Torre Nova.

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Springtime in Spain

The peach orchards near Lleida are already in full bloom in March with beautiful pink colors. It provides spectacular images every year and you can enjoy walking through the fields. Just over an hour drive from Torre Nova. The province of Lleida in Catalonia is known for its high quality fruits: cherries, peaches, apples, pears, nuts, etc. The village of Aitona organizes tours through the orchards every year and from May to September you can also come and pick fruit yourself! Not much text this time, the pictures say it all!

 


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2025-09-30

The Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet

About an hour’s drive from Torre Nova Resort is the Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet (Monestir de Poblet) in Vimbodí i Poblet, in the province of Tarragona, beautifully situated at the foot of the Prades Mountain Range. Poblet is the largest still-inhabited Cistercian monastery on the Ruta del Cister in Catalonia. The name "Poblet" likely comes from the Latin Populetum, meaning “poplar grove.” It is one of the most impressive monastic complexes in Spain, not only for its architecture and size, but also for the role it has played in history — religious, cultural and political.

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