The Toast of To, this is the first outdoor mythology museum

In a landscape full of crop fields, holm oaks and cork oaks that provide shadow and support for a wide variety of species, halfway between Cáceres and Trujillo, is PLASENZUELAa flirty town that deserves a visit. This town, famous for belonging to the well -known Montánchez ham route, It hosts under its land numerous archaeological deposits of great relevance, several crossings of the fifteenth century that marked the jurisdictional limits, the Church of Our Lady of the Assumptionof the fifteenth century and reforms of the seventeenth, and the one who is The first outdoor mythology museum: the forest of To.

In A land of 17 hectares Ariadna Camps and Daniel Martínez created this museum, a green space of great beauty, a living canvas of creativity where imagination and talent find the lush extreme nature. Here a mythological tour is hidden – in which visitors are accompanied by multiple species of birds in the area – with sculptures and murals, made by local artists and also some international, representing the different legends and myths of Extremadura, which are many.

The first of his works and the most striking is THE PLASENZUELA SNAKEwhich refers to the large office that is said to be loose by its mountains, but it is not the only one. Another of the main legends that are represented in this natural space is The Esconáua creature with half wild booth and half horse with a large horn on the forehead that sown panic in the town of Ahigal. It is said that the women of this town were armed with value and with the banner of the Virgin in tow they went hunting managing to end him, only his horn remained that he says has healing powers and whose clue was lost a long time ago. The Machu Lanúa creature with the body of goat and deformed human face whose cavernous voice warns of danger when listening between the trees of these mountains, The jarmplasancestral spirit of piornal represented by a demonic figure that runs through the streets of this town on January 19 and 20, or The Jáncanaa deformed creature that appears in the form of a captivating maid to those travelers who have been lost to disorient them even more, are other beings to be discovered.

But it is undoubtedly THE SERRANA DE LA VERA One of the most famous legends of these places. It is a woman with Amazona appearance who after being abandoned by her fiance – the nephew of the bishop of Plasencia – moved full of anger to Mount Jurando Revenge. Since then he seduces men, he takes them to his cave and after a great feast sacrifices them.

In addition to the tour, the forest has an arts school, A large space with several workshops designed to create, explore, play and express yourself. On the other hand, they organize different excursions for groups with Theatrical guided tours That they adapt to the age of the group, so if you go to children there will be more magic and fantasy and if they are all adults it will have a more mysterious and spicy touch.

Other activities

To complete a day in this beautiful place you can choose to sign up for one of the many workshops they offer, such as the batucadain which participants will learn the vibrant and energetic rhythms of Brazilian percussion promoting coordination, synchronization and creation of a powerful sound that can only be achieved as a team, the body expression, Creative Coaching Workshopssessions that offer the necessary tools to exercise and put into action the creative skill both individually and in a group, Holoscopican effective method of deep self -exploration and experiential psychotherapy that combines breathing, evocative music, focused body, art and group integration and The transpersonal, that introduces participants in Mindfulness practices designed to promote full attention and awareness of the present moment. Likewise, they are done magic shows, that take place in the surroundings of the picnic and theatrical improvisation, with theatrical games that foster creativity and improve communication.

In addition, they have a section dedicated to cinema, costumes and photography with a four -hour session of short film production in which attendees immerse themselves in the world of cinema with a script already established and dress and make up to work at the acting level, and A creative photographs rally in which challenges are assigned, such as capturing the essence of local legends, and detailed and creative instructions are assigned to photograph specific elements. The best work has a prize.

For ESO and Bachelor’s students propose a forest scape, ‘the lost relic’, An educational adventure with an interactive tour in which participants will be found along the two -kilometer itinerary with mythological beings, enigmatic characters and traditions that are part of the Intangible Heritage of the region.

Interest data

– The ticket price is 9.50 euros adults and 8 euros children under 13 years.

– The schedule is from Wednesday to Sunday From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. And during the week it is necessary to buy online tickets.

– They have free parking.

– There is no restaurant service, but you do pieros and a drink of drinks and ice cream.

– Pets are welcome, but they must be tied at all times.