This place is a good option for your next vacations here you can find rich nature and good climate, which gives you the opportunity to relax and enjoy its calmness, or you can take advantage of the river and woods and release your adventurous spirit . Its nature also allows the region to have good flora and fauna to produce delicious by-products and craftwork. The warmth of its people won’t let you feel homesick. Bolson also has a rich folklore that atracts and envolves your mystic side with legends that talks about native princesses and dwarves.
El Bolson is a small city situated in a beautifull valley, in the region of Rio Negro, Argentina. In Chile it would be placed between Osorno and Puerto Montt. The climate of Bolson is generally nice. In summer there are long warm days and in winter the temperatures are low, causing rain and snow, which is seized for adventure activities.
This small city offers plentiful nature. Here you can see beautiful natural sceneries, as it is placed in a valley it has a lot of native vegetation in the city itself, and it is sourrounded by native forests. The most common flora are rosa mosqueta, which is a fruit used in pastrymaking and also in beauty products, and Amancay, a typical flower from Patagaonia that even has its own legend. Bolson is at the foot of The Andes Mountains, which, in combination with the vegetation, gives the air that special freshness and results in a very stimulating but relaxing sensation.
This town offers you calm and all the typical flavors of the countryside. On mornings you wake up with the nice smell of breakfast, which basically consist of milk freshly taken from the cow and handmake butter melting in a warm hand kneaded bread with seasonal fruit jelly.
If you go out for a walk to see the town you should go to the Regional Fair to see the beautiful work of craftsmen, writers, and a variety of artists. Get handmade icecream, it doesn’t matter where you buy it, there are few places to buy icecream and all of them are good. Then you should go to have lunch and taste great meat and handmade beer or wine. If you have a craving for sugar you should taste the handmade chocolates and alfajores.
There are a lot of good alternatives for visitors to stay in comfortable and cheap places. You could stay in hotels, cabins, and lodging houses, and because of the kindness and warmth of the people you will feel good in any place you choose. The people in Bolson treat visitors very well, they greet you even if they don’t know you, they will ask if you are lost to guide you or if you need any help, and would also invite you to share a mate.
On the other hand, if you are more active and you are looking for something to help you to release your stress, Bolson also offers you activities like: skiing, cavalcades by the river; rafting, paraglading, climbing, guided tours to the mountain, while having the possibility to stay in nice and comfortable shelters, or woods.
The folklore of the region talk about native princesses and Gods, fairies and dwarves from the woods. These beings can be seen by visitors and local people on cascades when they take their baths, or when they go out to inspect the vegetation growing and the purity of water. People describe dwarves as happy and playing jokes among themselves and on humans. Some assure to have seen them playing with magic energy balls and even say that dwarves have the job to guard the woods and that they go by night to camp grounds and clean all that visitors might leave untidy. They do this to avoid any accident that could put the wood in danger. In case you want to see these beings, people advise you to go with mental peace, an open mind to fantasy, also you should have a lot of respect for nature and children, and don’t be afraid.
In Bolson you could also hear a lot of Patagonia legends, like the one about the lilies, calafate, and Amancay, a flower from this land. The legend says that Quintral was the son of the cacique. The young man was in love with Amancay, but he knew that his father wouldn’t aprove of their marriage. Quintral got sick and Amancay went to see the Machi, she told Amancay to go to the mountain for a flower that grew at its top to give to Quintral. Amancay went to look for the flower, when she got it a condor didn’t allowed her to take it. It was a sacred flower, Amancay explained the situation and apologized to the condor, and he proposed to her to give him her heart and Quintral would get the cure. She thought that her heart wouldn’t be useful if Quintral didn’t live so she accepted the deal. The condor took Amancay’s heart in one of his claws and in the other he took the yellow flower, he was touched by the love and bravery that Amancay had shown. While the condor was flying the blood of Amancay’s heart was dropping on the ground and on the flower. He asked to the Gods to allow him to fulfill the deal and also to make something to remember Amancay’s sacrifice.
Gods aproved the condor’s petition, Quintral got the cure and every drop of blood that fell on the ground became a beautiful yellow flower with red spots, which has become a symbol of unconditional love. Since then if anybody gives you an Amancay flower it means that the person is giving you his heart.
As you may see Bolson is a good place to visit on your next vacation. It has touristic activities all year, good climate, nice people, and all that travelers want to find.
No comments:
Post a Comment