Maestrex Experience:
Here, we are again!!! I am the fresh and new Maestrex flyer ready to travel all over the Europe to promote Maestrazgo, Labyrinth of Silence and more ( London, Birmingham, París, Marsella, Lyon, Dublin, Stockholm, Copenhaguen, Stuttgart, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Brusels, Gent, Antwerpen, Milan, Viena……..)
My designer has been the great dj JOSÉ LUIS LIZANO.

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Gertrud and Malin came from Penguin Travel. They were walking these days -October 2009- in Maestrazgo region (Labyrinth of Silence). Very friendly people and I don’t know why but their smile sounds me like Beach Boys  song “God only knows”. For me one of the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard.

God only knows

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Belgian journalist specialized in walking holidays was this week  with Maestrex.

Gilbert Bastiaensen from Op Weg, a Belgian magazine, had the opportunity to walked during 6 days The Three Kingdom (De Drie Koninkrijken). The hotel to hotel trekking programme is the new one of Maestrex. He could enjoy the friendly accommodation, amazing sceneries and the weather of this Mediterranean region. The walking tour started out from La Cañada de Verich (Bajo Aragón) and ended in Morella (Castellón province). Bajo Aragón, Matarranya and La Tinença de Benifassa -The three kingdom- give the name to the programme. The target of the press trip is to promote the region among Belgian people and the Mr. Bastiaensen’s article will be published at the beginning of 2010.

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People MAESTREX: you must go to the concert wherever you can! Leonard Cohen, one of the best poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter all over the world and the most important: committed one. (75 five years old!!!)

Over there, among his band there is a committed man wearing a black Armani suit. What a gentleman!!!. Sometimes the concert looks like a club, a soul, jazz, poets club inside wonderful atmosphere. It includes such songs as “Suzanne,” “Sisters of Mercy,” “So Long, Marianne” and “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye,” Songs of Love and Hate, “I’m Your Man”, “Hallelujah”, “First we take Manhatam” and…..and all the best Cohen songs. Please, look for your nearest concert place and enjoy it.

Ignacio

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The island offers you magnificent opportunities for walking to all type of levels. It depends on your choise: from easiest levadas to  500 meters descend  trough 2400 steps. You should organize well your combinations of bus and you will save money with taxi. Just a tip: Organize your itineraries in sunny-cloudy days because some of them are essential to walk without mist, not because of the danger but because of sight (it is a pity you lose the scenery)

Lovers of Botany: Laurisilva.

Lovers of Geology: Vulcanism.

Lovers of landscape and photography: colours contrasted, different lights, forms of landscape.

Lovers of speed:….not problem, you just need to get on the bus by these narrow roads.

If you need more tips or you like to travel to Madeira with us, don’t doubt it to contact us: info@maestrex.es

Look at this:

Ignacio

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La isla ofrece magníficas oportunidades de practicar el senderismo a todo tipo de niveles. Todo depende de tu elección: desde sencillas levadas hasta desniveles de 500 metros a vencer por medio de 2400 escalones!!!. Organiza bien tus combinaciones de autobús y ahorrarás en taxis. Una recomendación: clasifica tus itinerarios en aquellos que no pueden hacerse en día nublado y los que no es imprescindible caminar con sol. En algunas ocasiones, si te rodea la niebla, no verás nada de paisaje y esto es una lástima en según que escenarios. Madeira cuenta con algunos reclamos que no encontrarás fácilmente en otros lugares:

Para los amantes de la botánica: laurisilva.

Para los amantes de la geología: vulcanología.

Para los amantes del paisajismo y la fotografía: contraste de colores, de luces, de formas del relieve.

Para los amantes de la velocidad:….no hay problema, basta con montar en sus autobuses públicos por esas carreteras de montaña.

Para los amantes de la arquitectura: aquí no hay mucho para ellos.

Si deseas algún consejo o viajar con nosotros a Madeira contacta con nosotros: info@maestrex.es

Ver fotos en

Ignacio

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Apologize for taking so long to thank you both for the wonderful walk we enjoyed in the Maestrazgo. It was indeed a labyrinth of silence (and of beauty). A self-guided walk provides just enough support to make a walk like this possible yet leaves so much of the discovery to the individual. We have shared some of the highlights (getting lost, the friendly villagers, the feeling of being back in time) with many friends.

Again many thanks,

Nancy and Tom Felling (California)

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It’s a hot summer night and  forest fires have been stoped here. This one -Maestrazgo- has already burnt out 6.000 hectares of a Mediterranean forest. Two hundred firefighters and volunteers have been fighting the flames for nearly 3 days. Thanks to their efforts, the fire has been brought under control. It’s Aragón’s worst year for wildfire since 1994, when 30,000 hectares of land were destroyed in the Maestrazgo area.

In the space of just three days, I managed to speak to every colleague, hostess, and friends and everybody in Labyrinth of Sailence is fine. Actually the most damaged area was from Collado Frio to the south although Montoro Valley was not burnt out.

That means we can enjoy the programme as usual. Now is time to recover the spirit of the illusion, time to be happy. If you prefer to forget the black sun picture, look at this:

Cheers; Groetjes; A+

Ignacio Terés (Piet)

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Good morning  Ignatio, 

Hope all is well with you.  Well, we found our way back home without having to phone you, and in one piece, except of course for a few blisters! 

We would like to thank you very much Ignatio for your kindness and patience and for helping us when we were in trouble.  You are such a lovely person and it is a pleasure to know you. 

We had a wonderful adventure on our trek, everyone we met was so kind and the accommodation and food were excellent.  We find it difficult to put into words the way we felt when we looked over the beautiful scenery and felt that we were the only two people on earth.  We took lots of photos and are keeping an album to remind us of our journey. 

Please keep in touch Ignatio, as we would love to hear how you are doing. 

I forgot to thank you for your lovely gift.  We have clipped a photo of both of us in it as a wonderful reminder.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Kind regards 

Margaret and Nick

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Hi Ignacio,

yesterday (June 5, 2009) we came back to Germany but our minds are still full with impressions from Maestrazgo. 

I have just had a look at my pictures which I took on our Maestrazgo tour from Molinos to Mirambel and I thought to smell the odour of the herbes again.  It was a wonderful holiday! Optimal weather, excellent accomodation, friendly peolpe, beautiful landscape and the silence: Everything was perfect.  We will come back for sure.

Thank you again for your excellent support and organization.

All the best to you. 

See you

Antonia & Heinz

TERRAVIVA

Ese instante fue suficiente, una décima de segundo. Fue tiempo de sobras para capturar nuestro ánimo, para todos aquellos jóvenes que en los inicios de los 80 llegábamos a Madrid con nuestros 19 añitos, como lobeznos ávidos de aprender, ver, conocer, experimentar. Y nos topamos con tus letras y vuestros conciertos, toda una suerte. 

Años después seguimos comprando tu poesía y escuchándola, testigos de tu hundimiento físico y de la consideración de tus letras como una leyenda. Ahora, un cuarto de siglo más tarde tu figura desaparece. Nos queda tu música, un icono cultural para muchos de nosotros. Va por ti MAESTRO.

Ignacio