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Last tin workshop
buying dilapidated real estate and began renovations.
Due to his investment both monetarily and physically, the mayor years later asked that he help prevent the brain drain of the town and to help build something that would make Pedraza worth visiting and living in again.
With only one restaurant in the area, Muñoz is reflected in the data from the surveys on Tourist Movements at Borders (Frontur) and Tourist Expenditure (Egatur), published by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
On Thursday, January 2, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Reyes took on the challenge. He and a few apprentices went to Portugal to learn the true art and crafting of tin. Afterwards, they set up a workshop where they created over 400 original pieces, such as bowls, jugs, candlesticks and more.
Tin is a metal that is constantly fluctuating in price and because of that there were times when profit wasn’t made after the man hours and labour put behind it and is one of the contributing factors as to why Estaños de Pedraza is one of the last tin workshops in Spain.
Maroto, confirmed: “The data we know today confirms the strong recovery of the tourism sector in 2022. The expectations we had of recovering the majority of international tourists from before the pandemic have been fulfilled, but the most important thing is that spending and the average length of stay are growing, and this means an improvement in the quality and profitability of our sector.
“According to our forecasts, tourism will complete its recovery in 2023.”
PARADORES, Spain’s staterun network of luxury hotels, is offering stays in historic and cultural properties in top cities, regional gems and areas of natural beauty.
Paradores has now extended its naturebased project, Nature for the Senses ‘Naturaleza para los Sentidos’, to include Parador Almagro and Parador Manzanares, both located in La Mancha.
The project aims to revitalise rural areas and amplify opportunities for sustainable development, as well as promote economic and social growth in surrounding areas,
