It’s not like going to a museum; it’s like stepping into your great-grandparents’ house whilst they’re busy feeding the hens. Exactly like that.

In Romangordo, they haven’t set up the set for an HBO series; they’ve saved one traditional house from the early 20th century with all his pride in adobe, wood and slate.

Can you smell that crisp, clean chill and the scent of holm oak smoke that seems to have seeped into the beams? Yes, that’s what we used to be. As you walk through its rooms, you can see how the traditional architecture He just about managed on what he had: the stable for the mule, the tiny bedroom or that kitchen on the first floor who was the real driving force behind the household. People who pop in here always say the same thing: «It really does look as if they’re about to walk through the door any moment now!».

A quiet corner in the Monfragüe Biosphere Reserve that shows you what life was like before the rush of modern life disrupted everything. A tribute to simplicity, to a different way of life.