UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE ÁVILA

1st International Erasmus Week

Castile – Land of Castles and Wine

TIME ROUTE

9.00 Depart from Ávila

10.00 Arrive at Puras and visit Museo de las Villas Romanas

11.30 Depart from Puras

12.30 Arrive at Rueda and visit to Yllera Wine Cellars and typical Castilian lunch

16.00 Depart from Rueda

16.30 Arrive at Medina del Campo and visit Castillo de la Mota

18.30 Depart from Medina del Campo

19.30 Arrive at Ávila

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE ÁVILA

1st International Erasmus Week

MUSEO DE LAS VILLAS ROMANAS

The Museo de las Villas Romanas is located in Puras, Valladolid.

The museum is formed by two buildings. The first one is the Museo de las Villas Romanas, which offers a complete view of the rustic Roman life: types of houses, economic activity, nature life, leisure time, religion, etc.

The second building is a typical Roman Villa showing the rooms, courtyards with their mosaic floors and original paintings.

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE ÁVILA

1st International Erasmus Week

YLLERA WINE CELLARS

The second part of the visit will be at the Yllera Wine Cellar, located in Rueda, Valladolid. The tour is called El Hilo de Ariadna (Ariadne’s thread) and it recalls the Greek myth of The Labyrinth of the Minotaur.

This tour includes a visit of the cellar with a wine tasting and a typical Castilian lunch in their Mudejar caves.

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE ÁVILA

1st International Erasmus Week

CASTILLO DE LA MOTA

Our finally stop is the Castillo de la Mota, in Medina del Campo, Valladolid, a place full of history and legends thanks to the King John II of Castile, his son Henry IV and the Catholic Monarchs, Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon.