The interiors of La Donaira are the balance between rustic tradition and contemporary language.
The huge windows, something surprising in a centenary farmhouse What Donaira , remind us where we are: in the Andalusian pasture, at the stroke of a trekking boot from the Sierra de Grazalema.
Just in case there are doubts, the decoration tells us stories of the countryside that surrounds us. And it is that this farm of extraordinary biodiversity, property of Manfred Bodner, an Austrian businessman who invested his fortune in creating a new lifestyle where animals and humans could coexist with the earth in harmony You come to learn: to communicate with animals, to make candles with beeswax, to build sustainably, to work on the farm...
For this reason, in addition to holm oak and oak forests, vineyards and olive trees, in the 700 hectares there is a stable with 80 horses, a nature interpretation center and a unique beekeeping project in the world -proof meditation in the airtight bed on a beehive–.
But you don't have to stay in one of the nine rooms to access this knowledge, The Biodynamic Dehesa brings biodynamic agriculture and the magic of animals closer to anyone who is interested. That said, what really matters.
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