There are many towns in Spain that seem to come out of a fairy tale. cardona, for example, located in a valley in central Catalonia and on the banks of the Cardoner river. Or the beauty of beech forest of Montejo de la Sierra. Today we are going to Burgos to visit one that looks like something out of a movie. From the Disney princess movie.
Barely 200 kilometers from Madrid, about two hours by car, we find this charming town that seems to have come out of the mind of Walt Disney. we can’t help tour Covarrubias in Burgos without feeling in France, in the town of Beauty and the Beast.
Covarrubias, the beautiful town that looks like the one in Beauty and the Beast
Together with Lerma and Santo Domingo de Silos it forms the so-called Arlanza Triangle, but we will feel in the French Touraine. And I’m telling you this because I’ve been to both and this small town of barely 500 inhabitants has such a French stamp that it’s hard to remember that we’re in Spain.
As we walk through its cobbled streets, it seems that when we turn the corner someone will sing la vie en rose and we will meet one pâtisserie that fills our senses with the smell of butter and freshly baked croissants.
Covarrubias stands out for its traditional architecture built with wooden and adobe structures that both They remind us of the Disney movie.
Its Plaza Infanta Urraca, also known as the Plaza Mayor, is the heart of this town, but it is worth going to the outskirts, to the south of Covarrubias, to see the restored section of the walls that is located a few meters from the river bed. Arlanza river.
In addition to getting lost in its streets, in Covarrubia we can visit the former Collegiate Church of San Cosme and San Damián, built in the 15th century by order of the chaplain of King Enrique IV and declared a National Monument in 1931. The Church of Santo Tomás from the 12th century, the old apothecary or the Casa del Obispo Peña are other places of interest in this hidden marvel in Burgos.
And now tell me if you can’t imagine Emma Watson in this small town of Burgos in the mythical scene of “Bonjour” from the film by Beauty and the Beast. Because I do. All the time.
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