5. Botijas Valley has got about 440 inhabitants
during the year but in summer the number
of residents increases.
6. 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.
7. In this area the people live in farms, above
all sheep farms.
People work in the fields too.
8. 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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9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. • 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.
13. Castrillo de Duero:
People can visit “El Empecinado” which
was a very important historical character.
14. There are many rural houses too.
Cuevas de Provanco:
We can see the romanesque church of
Vera Cruz.
15. 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.
