Casona de Brandilanes

La Casona de Brandilanes is a hostel and active tourism center located in the Aliste region, bordering Portugal.

The center is built with local stone and wood and supplied with energy efficient renewable energy systems. It is located in an environment with a great variety of landscapes, with many types of trees, and with great cultural interest as well, where you can observe typical architectures of the area reflected in fountains, forges, mills, bridges, ...

The La Casona de Brandilanes hostel has facilities of more than 12,000 m2, where there are several buildings:

- Main building with two floors, where the common areas are located (reception, dining room, reading room, games room with TV, all with services adapted for the disabled) and the rooms:

• 5 rooms for 8 people with bunk beds and common services
• 2 of 4 places with bunk beds and common services
• 1 triple room with bathroom
• 4 doubles with bathroom

- Multipurpose building with capacity for 75 people and equipped with all kinds of materials to carry out workshops and activities.

- Stables for farm materials

- Winery for wine activities

- Wastewater treatment plant

- Installation of solar panels

The Casona de Brandilanes offers, in these comprehensive facilities, educational activities and active tourism activities.

These services must be contracted in advance and may be done part-time (with or without dining room), full day (with or without dining room), accommodation with or without food and accommodation with activities (with or without food).

The active tourism activities that you can do with La Casona de Brandilanes , which are carried out in the area of the Arribes del Duero canyon, the Aliste river or Miranda do Douro, are:

• Hiking
• Orientation
• Canoe routes
• Donkey activities
• Farm activities

To carry out the activities, they recommend wearing a hat, sunscreen, clothing and shoes suitable for the activity and, if it is aquatic, clothes to change afterwards.

Casona de Brandilanes Canoas is a hostel and active tourism center that puts at your disposal the possibility of organizing adventure and leisure activities, such as canoeing, to the extent that it suits your needs.

Half-day activities, a whole day, with or without food, camps and long stays, all so that you can configure the adventure you were looking for.

Canoe through all the rivers and reservoirs of Castilla y León, and enjoy the varied landscapes that the area offers. All this with the help of the best professionals. Put on your bathing clothes, take a change of clothes, take your hat and sunscreen and go on an adventure with Casona de Brandilanes Canoas .

Walk the most beautiful trails in the Zamora area on its border with Portugal: the Arribes del Duero, the Aliste river, the ruins of the Alba Castle, excursions to Miranda do Douro and anywhere you can imagine.

Routes to your measure, for all levels, that will take you to know the secrets of the area from the hand of the best professionals. For the excursions it is recommended to wear comfortable clothes and shoes, a hat and sunscreen.

The Casona de Brandilanes Hiking also puts at your disposal its facilities of more than 12,000 m2, with several buildings for different activities and accommodation, so that you can tailor the adventure to suit your needs. One-day, half-day activities, camps, workshops, ... all with optional food and accommodation.

Choose the best path with Casona de Brandilanes Hiking .

Live an authentic adventure with Casona de Brandilanes Orientación . Get your bearings and locate the proposed points with the help of a map and a compass in the surroundings of Arribes del Duero, one of the most beautiful places in Castilla y León.

In the Zamora area bordering Portugal, you can enjoy the landscape and the biodiversity of the area thanks to this fun activity, which combines resistance, reasoning and orientation skills, fun and collaboration with your companions. Precisely because of that nature of group interaction, orientation is the ideal activity for team building, bachelor parties or any occasion that deserves it, from a specific occasion to the simple need to spend a day with your loved ones.

The Casona de Brandilanes Orientación offers you its extensive facilities of more than 12,000 m2 to combine the activity with accommodation, which you can also combine with meals.

Ask for information and don't miss this unique opportunity to enjoy orientation in the best environment.

Enjoy a dream ride on a beautiful animal such as the donkey thanks to Casona de Brandilanes Donkey Rides .

In Zamora, in its part closest to Portugal, just 15 kilometers from Miranda do Douro, you will be able to delight yourself with the varied landscapes and so much environmental wealth, while you share the experience with your loved ones.

Ideal activity to come with children, since donkeys are very tame animals and will delight the little ones.

Tour the Arribes del Duero Natural Park and the Aliste River in a magnificent way with Casona de Brandilanes Donkey Rides.