Arpi Shively, who runs the excellent Andalucid blog on life in the Alpujarras and beyond, sent in this entry for our “500 things to do in Spain before you die” competition (you can win and iPod Shuffle and get in a book!). Apparently there is somewhere in Spain that you can get away from all the noise:
“Retreat from ‘la ruida’ at Osel Ling in the Alpujarras: Noise, cars, buildings and people gradually melt away as you wind up the long steep track to this Tibetan Buddhist monastery, whose name means ‘Place of Clear Light’. Its rugged stone buildings and stupas are perched at the top of the Poqueira gorge above Pampaneira in Andalucia’s High Alpujarra foothills. Retreat to one of the simple huts on the herb-scented hillside, attend lectures on Buddhism and drink in the silence that is sweeter than any music.” – Photo: © Fred Shively who has some wonderful photos of Spain.
Have you got a silent Spain secret you are willing to share? Enter the competition! Details here!
Barcelona rooms
13 Mar 07 at 10:40 pm
I think the noise in Spain is a part of Spain.
The clubs,bars,shops, people’s voices are necessary
to express what is Spain.
So I can’t imagine how is like there in Mountain, like sacred place…
ValenciaSon
14 Mar 07 at 12:37 am
The place sounds idyllic but wouldn’t an iPod drown out that silence?
Edith
14 Mar 07 at 9:29 am
@ Barcelona rooms
Even in Spain there must be people who’d benefit from visiting such a place to stop the stimulus overload – at least for a while.
Mark
19 Mar 07 at 6:23 pm
While the noise in the cities is part of Spain, so is the silence. I have always loved the silence in Picos de Europa, in Barruecos Park (Cáceres), or the silence at the seashore-except for the sound of the waves.
Spain has it all.
susie
10 Apr 07 at 11:46 am
I would appreciate it if you could tell me how I can contact the Osel Ling monastery? Thanks.