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Jerte Cherry Blossom Festival in Valle del Jerte
The Jerte valley in Extremadura holds one of Europe's densest cherry-tree concentrations, and each spring more than a million trees bloom across a short window in late March and April, turning hillsides white and drawing visitors to purpose-built miradores overlooking the working orchards that later produce the valley's protected Picota cherry harvest.
The Jerte valley in Extremadura holds one of Europe's densest concentrations of cherry trees, and each spring, typically across a two-to-three week window in late March and April, more than a million trees bloom in close succession, turning entire hillsides white for a period locals call the cerezo en flor.