Weekend activities
The weekend program includes one of the listed activities that the individual participant can choose in advance. The activities included are challenging and life-affirming and are a wonderful opportunity to increase awareness and to experience the power of the sounds and beauty of your surroundings. In other words, a great occasion to integrate mindfulness into your everyday life.
From these activities you will learn to experience the world directly, without the relentless commentary of your thoughts. you might just open yourselves up to the limitless possibilities for happiness that life has to offer you.
Note! please bring a backpack, sun cream, hat, any additional clothing, and a drink container you might require.
Mindful Walking
Choose a route from three options. 2 routes start from El-Figueral and the third starts from the Benifallet Station and follows the greenway.
- Route 1: From El-Figueral, you follow the track heading west following the river Ebro. At a wooded junction, you follow a small single track which passes below the steep crocodile cliff until it re-joins an un-made road, turning left you follow the road over an old ravine bridge through the wooded countryside until you turn left back on to your original track some 2.5Km further than you left it. This track follows the river Ebro through the valley back to El-Figueral.
- Route 2: From El-Figueral, you follow the track east towards Benifallet passing by fincas either side of the track. At the C12, you cross the road and continue for a short distance on an unused tarmac road before turning off and walking through an amazing gorge following a dry riverbed. Note on this walk there is a bit of a climb aided by a rope over a rock formation.
- Route 3: Starts at Benifallet railway station and follows the cycling route to Pinell de Brai or La Fontrada.
Mindful Cycling
As a mindfulness activity, we provide cycles and let the participants explore the greenway or via Verde. It follows the old railway track that runs from the highlands of Aragon to the sea through two natural parks as spectacular and diverse as Els Ports and the Ebro Delta. The route you take runs from Benifallet Station to the village of Bot a 14.6 km section that passes through the stunning Terra Alta.
Being flat and even and in most parts asphalted over the route provides no technical difficulties and take you through landscapes of surprising variety, including wooded areas, impressive sheer rock faces, rural settings, unspoiled natural spots, through the engineered railway tunnels (which you need a torch for) and over impressive railway bridges.
The route: starts Benifallet Station
- 4.0k: Pinell de Brai station, the start of the Terra Alta Greenway route.
- 3.7k: Caved in tunnel (damaged in the center; Caused railway line closure), detour around via hilly, medium grade path.
- 1.0k: La Fotcalda features Els Estrets de Dalts with its deep gorge into the Canaletes river, paths have been cut into the gorges side to provide access to pools for swimming.
- 2.4k: Pratt de Comte Station.
- 4.5k: Village of Bot, The centre of Terra Alta Wine
Mindful Wine tasting
This is a great activity that allows you to practice mindful eating and drinking such an important skill, learning to become mindfully aware of the experiences of textures, flavors, and aromas.
Mindfulness is about waking up to a new way of seeing things. Mindful Eating and drinking are a tool that will expose you to the insight on how to be aware of the present moment taking pleasure in the flavors and aroma of the wine. This is a unique and wonderful chance to immerse yourself in the discovery of a new way of experiencing different sensory sensations, and how they become part of your own self.
The activity takes place in the wonderful and excellent vineyard of Dosterras DO Montsant.
The Monsant designation of Origin combines tradition and innovation, on a journey from the amphotea of Tarraco to the new generations of winegrowers and winemakers, Monsant is known for its landscape, sustainability, agriculture, and cooperation; an amalgam of earth and sophistication that always ends in toasts
The winemakers of Dosterras will teach you how to protect the ecosystem in a sustainable way, to listen to the earth, and respect its rhythms.
Mindful Kayaking
A leisurely Kayak down the Ebro River from Miravet to Benifallet is a unique experience and a great opportunity to practice mindful awareness pay attention to the sounds of the river, to padle through this wild, incredibly beautiful, and serene landscape. Observe the wildlife, eagles that nest in the high cliffs of the valley, birds, and fish.
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