Casa Almaak

We offer you a unique experience in one of the purest skies in Spain. With zero light pollution, you will be able to stay with us and share an astronomical observation experience guided by our astronomers and enjoying observation equipment that will open the secret doors of the firmament. In Almaak house you can stay up to 4 people or 5 with an extra bed and share quiet nights full of stories, surrounded by the immensity of the oak forests of Extremadura and its countless paths. Your initial reservation includes a free guided birdwatching experience but we recommend one of our birdwatching packages, making use of our advanced equipment. For only 30 euros per person you can open the doors of the night and discover its secrets. Children under ten years old will enjoy this experience for free. ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION WITH TELESCOPE It lasts about an hour and a half. In addition to showing you the sky with the naked eye and explaining curiosities about the firmament, you will see with a 16-inch telescope, with its resolving power we will be able to observe in detail the wonders of our solar system: The relief of the moon with a level of detail that few telescopes can achieve, Jupiter with its cloud bands at the equator, accompanied by its 4 main moons, and if we are lucky and it faces us the great red spot, that immense storm that has been blowing for more than 400 years. And of course the jewel of our solar system, Saturn and its ring system in which we can even distinguish the famous Cassini division. .... And much further, in deep space we will observe structures that we only know by photography as the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula, the spiral galaxy M51 devouring its small companion, Orion's Trapezium in the heart of its famous Nebula and structures as beautiful as the Planetary Ring Nebula with its white dwarf in the center. In short, we will be able to enjoy a wonderful telescope that will make us travel through space and time under the spectacular skies of Extremadura. THE FARM Surrounded by beautiful ruins and between oaks, you will find different spaces for your enjoyment: Swimming pool, reading room with astronomical library, our yoga tent, and our observatories that include an R2-D2 that will delight the little ones and the older geeks SOLAR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION You will observe the Sun, our Astro King with an 80mm Chromospheric telescope, with a professional astronomer who will guide you through the solar surface. Our solar telescope is a giant step in observing the chromosphere. Its interferometer is specially designed to achieve a high resolution and the presure turner (Double Stack) will allow us to stabilize the image until we can observe in detail the sunspots with their umbra and penumbra zones, the protuberances in the solar limb some of the size of 4 times the diameter of the earth, the faculae that show us the activity on the surface, the "thin" spicules of more than 15 km in diameter and the loops of plasma twisted by the strong gravitational field of the sun. A powerful telescope that will let us know details of our star in a way we would never have thought. SURROUNDINGS OF THE FARM Although we are undoubtedly specialized in what is above, the surroundings and the farm itself are an earthly mirror where the oaks, streams and mountains are constellated. A perfect landscape, not only to disconnect, but to connect with the best of ourselves.