Playa de San Lorenzo Punta del Olivo RÍA DE VILLAVICIOSA Playa La Flecha Don’t leave without... Playa de Peñarrubia Playa de Serín Playa de Rodiles Playa de Merón Playa de España
1 Playa de Lastres Somió Samiguel Tazones 1 1 An apple orchard and cider press in the Cider Region Quintueles Argüeru Cabo Lastres Rodiles Llastres 6
2 The Romanesque of Villaviciosa Playa de la Griega Castiello 7 Playa de Santa Marina RÍA DE RIBADESELLA Playa de L’Atalaya
Bedriñana Playa Espasa Playa de la Isla
Vega Playa de Vega 3 Exhibition «Los 13 del Sidrón» (The 13 of the Sidrón) in 1 Playa Arenal de Moris RIBADESELLA/ L’Infiestu/Infiesto La Camocha Pion COLUNGA La Isla Berbes Priesca RIBESEYA 11 VILLAVICIOSA Gobiendes 8 9 Llames Playa de Cuevas del Mar Playa de Toranda Playa de Barro Tueya Playa del Sablón Playa de Toró 4 Playa de Gulpiyuri Playa de Palombina Playa de San Martín Village of Espinaréu/Espinaredo with its hórreos (granaries) Amandi Playa de Borizu Playa de Torimbia Solares de Pría Playa de S. Antolín o de la 1 5 PRADO 10 and the La Pesanca recreational area in Piloña adera 2 Lugás Villanueva Playa de Poo Valdediós Pienzu El Fito Calabrez Niembru Villar 579 Alea Celoriu Po Playa de la Ballota Playa de Andrín 5 A Belmonte Nueva Quintana Fitu Lookout Point Moral Viñón 1.159 Santianes Posada Naves LLANES lles/ SANTOLAYA Alto de la SELL
Alto de la Playa de Cobijeru VEGA Monfrecho Andrín Playa de Buelna
eis Playa de Vidiago Campa Llama RÍA DE TINA MAYOR 6 Piñera Playa de la Franca Fishing village of Llastres/Lastres Pedrosa Cofiñu LES ARRIONDES Llamigu Porrúa Puertas LA POLA 683 Sieres 897 Alto de La Galguera SIERO La Franca 7 Torazu 1 Cerecea Triongu Igena Santulalia Pimiango Bustio The Greek Beach where dinosaur footprints are found 12 Nora Orizón Villanueva Meré El Mazucu Sebares Soto COLOMBRES 8 in Ribadesella/Ribeseya, decorated by Río Cardes Turbina a Walk and La Guía Chapel 3 G Boquerizu v umarabule NAVA Piloña üeña Villanueva e Mingote. CANGUES D’ONÍS/ Río D 1 Villamayor Alto de 1.315 13 Intriago Avín Ruenes ALLES Llonín 9 Suares L’INFIESTU/INFIESTO CANGAS DE ONÍS Ortiquero 16 Arangas 14 Alevia Tito Bustillo Cave in Ribadesella Tiuya/ MARTIMPORRA Deu La Riera Asiego Cares Suares 4 17 BENIA DE El Mazo Tuilla La Faya de Los Montes Cuadonga/ Demués ONISAlto de las 10 Estazadas Mier PANES See the Church of Niembru/Niembro with high tide in LaLlanes Felguera los Lobos El Piñuecu Covadonga CARREÑA Las Arenas Trescares ANGRÉU/ LANGREO 650 Espinaréu 18 Río Río 11 Pría Blowholes in Llanes Collado de 1.794 Mohandi Río 17 S.Esteban Ciañu Trigueiro Cabezo Blimea 1.291 Aves SAMES Dobr Lleroso 15 12 Indianos houses in Colombres without failingL´Entregu/El to see the Entrego a Lago Enol Lago Ercina Poncebos Los Barreros/ 1.420 Ponga PARQUE NACIONAL Asturian Emigration Museum - Indiano Archives SOTRONDIO Sellañu Camarmeña Río Barredos Puerto de RESERVA DE LA Vega Obesón A POLA LLAVIANA/ N El Condao Cabañaderecha Ceneya Cares ALÓN RUSECU/ Arnicio Pico Pierzo BIOSFERA de Ario Funicular Duje 1.415 13 Village of Alevia in Peñamellera Baja LA DE LAVIANA Río DE LOS Sotres RIOSECO 1.552 Torre de Bulnes Entrialgo Scenic view
Soto O Sta. María Llorío 908 PARQUE N ATURAL Í Río 14 Villoria Embalse R 2.476 PICOS DE EUROPA San Pedro de Plecín Roman Church in Alles Peñamellera Alta Tañes Prehistoric art de Riusecu 20 Cantu Pico Urriellu Fechaladrona 19 (Naranjo de Bulnes) Coballes Cabronero Torrecer redo Fortified settlements and archaelogical sites 15 Village of Camarmeña, Urriellu Peak and Cheese CaveNavaliego in Llaíñes/ EMBALSE Tarañes Peña Santa 2.648 Cortés La Colladona 2.593 2.519 Cabrales 850 Ladines DE TANES Veneros SAN XUAN / 1.998 Pico T esorero Pre-Romanesque art Tiatordos SAN JUAN DE BELEÑO 2.570 2.373 CABANAQUINTA/ EL CAMPU 1.951 POTES 16 Village of Asiego in Cabrales DE PONGA POSADA DE Industrial architecture os CABAÑAQUINTA PARQUE Fuente Dé Teleférico 1.612 VALDEÓN Monastery, Basilica, Sanctuary Río NATURAL D E Raso 17 Real Sitio de Covadonga and The Lakes in Cangas de Onís Retriñón de REDES 1.862 OSEJA DE Museums, Interpretation Centre La Pola Vieya/ HIGHWAYS VARIOUS 18 Collanzo 1 2
San Vicente River beach or Dobra Pond in Cangas de Onís RE10SE11RVA DE SAJAMBRE Natural Area of interest A Peña de Ten Pola del Pino 3 4 15
ller LA BIOSFERA 19 2.142 Motorway or dual carriageway Number of order LA VEGA Santibanes 5 7 9 12 6 14 17 18 National highway Natural Monument 19 Les Bedules Lookout Point in Ponga de Murias Felechosa 16 Puerto de San 13 Puerto de Regional highway Isidro 8 Ventaniella Mountain pass Ligthhouse Puerto de 1.420 Districi highway 1.520 20 Los Beyos Gorge in Amieva Casomera Local highway River, reservoir and dam San Isidro Puerto de Gamoniteiru Port/Marina Tres Concejos Tarna Summits 1.520 BORDERS 1.786 2.020 Puerto de 1.490 Golf Piedrafita Puerto de Provincial border CANWinter SportsT ABRI A 1. Villaviciosa Vega8.rada Ponga Toneo 15. Llanes Municipal border 2. Colunga 1.5609. Parres 2.094 16. Cabrales Park border 1.683 3. Sariego 10. Caravia 17. Peñamellera Alta 4. Cabranes 11. Ribadesella 18. Peñamellera Baja 5. Nava 12. Cangas de Onís 19. Ribadedeva 6. Bimenes 13. Amieva 7. Piloña 14. Onís PUEBLA DE LILLO
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Embalse de Embalse de Camporredondo Requejada RÍO PRIORO Playa de San Lorenzo Punta del Olivo RÍA DE VILLAVICIOSA Playa La Flecha Don’t leave without... Playa de Peñarrubia Playa de Serín Playa de Rodiles Playa de Merón Playa de España
1 Playa de Lastres Somió Samiguel Tazones 1 1 An apple orchard and cider press in the Cider Region Quintueles Argüeru Cabo Lastres Rodiles Llastres 6
2 The Romanesque of Villaviciosa Playa de la Griega Castiello 7 Playa de Santa Marina RÍA DE RIBADESELLA Playa de L’Atalaya
Bedriñana Playa Espasa Playa de la Isla
Vega Playa de Vega 3 Exhibition «Los 13 del Sidrón» (The 13 of the Sidrón) in 1 Playa Arenal de Moris RIBADESELLA/ L’Infiestu/Infiesto La Camocha Pion COLUNGA La Isla Berbes Priesca RIBESEYA 11 VILLAVICIOSA Gobiendes 8 9 Llames Playa de Cuevas del Mar Playa de Toranda Playa de Barro Tueya Playa del Sablón Playa de Toró 4 Playa de Gulpiyuri Playa de Palombina Playa de San Martín Village of Espinaréu/Espinaredo with its hórreos (granaries) Amandi Playa de Borizu Playa de Torimbia Solares de Pría Playa de S. Antolín o de la 1 5 PRADO 10 and the La Pesanca recreational area in Piloña adera 2 Lugás Villanueva Playa de Poo Valdediós Pienzu El Fito Calabrez Niembru Villar 579 Alea Celoriu Po Playa de la Ballota Playa de Andrín 5 A Belmonte Nueva Quintana Fitu Lookout Point Moral Viñón 1.159 Santianes Posada Naves LLANES lles/ SANTOLAYA Alto de la SELL
Alto de la Playa de Cobijeru VEGA Monfrecho Andrín Playa de Buelna
eis Playa de Vidiago Campa Llama RÍA DE TINA MAYOR 6 Piñera Playa de la Franca Fishing village of Llastres/Lastres Pedrosa Cofiñu LES ARRIONDES Llamigu Porrúa Puertas LA POLA 683 Sieres 897 Alto de La Galguera SIERO La Franca 7 Torazu 1 Cerecea Triongu Igena Santulalia Pimiango Bustio The Greek Beach where dinosaur footprints are found 12 Nora Orizón Villanueva Meré El Mazucu Sebares Soto COLOMBRES 8 in Ribadesella/Ribeseya, decorated by Río Cardes Turbina a Walk and La Guía Chapel 3 G Boquerizu v umarabule NAVA Piloña üeña Villanueva e Mingote. CANGUES D’ONÍS/ Río D 1 Villamayor Alto de 1.315 13 Intriago Avín Ruenes ALLES Llonín 9 Suares L’INFIESTU/INFIESTO CANGAS DE ONÍS Ortiquero 16 Arangas 14 Alevia Tito Bustillo Cave in Ribadesella Tiuya/ MARTIMPORRA Deu La Riera Asiego Cares Suares 4 17 BENIA DE El Mazo Tuilla La Faya de Los Montes Cuadonga/ Demués ONISAlto de las 10 Estazadas Mier PANES See the Church of Niembru/Niembro with high tide in LaLlanes Felguera los Lobos El Piñuecu Covadonga CARREÑA Las Arenas Trescares ANGRÉU/ LANGREO 650 Espinaréu 18 Río Río 11 Pría Blowholes in Llanes Collado de 1.794 Mohandi Río 17 S.Esteban Ciañu Trigueiro Cabezo Blimea 1.291 Aves SAMES Dobr Lleroso 15 12 Indianos houses in Colombres without failingL´Entregu/El to see the Entrego a Lago Enol Lago Ercina Poncebos Los Barreros/ 1.420 Ponga PARQUE NACIONAL Asturian Emigration Museum - Indiano Archives SOTRONDIO Sellañu Camarmeña Río Barredos Puerto de RESERVA DE LA Vega Obesón A POLA LLAVIANA/ N El Condao Cabañaderecha Ceneya Cares ALÓN RUSECU/ Arnicio Pico Pierzo BIOSFERA de Ario Funicular Duje 1.415 13 Village of Alevia in Peñamellera Baja LA DE LAVIANA Río DE LOS Sotres RIOSECO 1.552 Torre de Bulnes Entrialgo Scenic view
Soto O Sta. María Llorío 908 PARQUE N ATURAL Í Río 14 Villoria Embalse R 2.476 PICOS DE EUROPA San Pedro de Plecín Roman Church in Alles Peñamellera Alta Tañes Prehistoric art de Riusecu 20 Cantu Pico Urriellu Fechaladrona 19 (Naranjo de Bulnes) Coballes Cabronero Torrecer redo Fortified settlements and archaelogical sites 15 Village of Camarmeña, Urriellu Peak and Cheese CaveNavaliego in Llaíñes/ EMBALSE Tarañes Peña Santa 2.648 Cortés La Colladona 2.593 2.519 Cabrales 850 Ladines DE TANES Veneros SAN XUAN / 1.998 Pico T esorero Pre-Romanesque art Tiatordos SAN JUAN DE BELEÑO 2.570 2.373 CABANAQUINTA/ EL CAMPU 1.951 POTES 16 Village of Asiego in Cabrales DE PONGA POSADA DE Industrial architecture os CABAÑAQUINTA PARQUE Fuente Dé Teleférico 1.612 VALDEÓN Monastery, Basilica, Sanctuary Río NATURAL D E Raso 17 Real Sitio de Covadonga and The Lakes in Cangas de Onís Retriñón de REDES 1.862 OSEJA DE Museums, Interpretation Centre La Pola Vieya/ HIGHWAYS VARIOUS 18 Collanzo 1 2
San Vicente River beach or Dobra Pond in Cangas de Onís RE10SE11RVA DE SAJAMBRE Natural Area of interest A Peña de Ten Pola del Pino 3 4 15
ller LA BIOSFERA 19 2.142 Motorway or dual carriageway Number of order LA VEGA Santibanes 5 7 9 12 6 14 17 18 National highway Natural Monument 19 Les Bedules Lookout Point in Ponga de Murias Felechosa 16 Puerto de San 13 Puerto de Regional highway Isidro 8 Ventaniella Mountain pass Ligthhouse Puerto de 1.420 Districi highway 1.520 20 Los Beyos Gorge in Amieva Casomera Local highway River, reservoir and dam San Isidro Puerto de Gamoniteiru Port/Marina Tres Concejos Tarna Summits 1.520 BORDERS 1.786 2.020 Puerto de 1.490 Golf Piedrafita Puerto de Provincial border CANWinter SportsT ABRI A 1. Villaviciosa Vega8.rada Ponga Toneo 15. Llanes Municipal border 2. Colunga 1.5609. Parres 2.094 16. Cabrales Park border 1.683 3. Sariego 10. Caravia 17. Peñamellera Alta 4. Cabranes 11. Ribadesella 18. Peñamellera Baja 5. Nava 12. Cangas de Onís 19. Ribadedeva 6. Bimenes 13. Amieva 7. Piloña 14. Onís PUEBLA DE LILLO
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Embalse de Embalse de Camporredondo Requejada RÍO PRIORO Playa de San Lorenzo Punta del Olivo RÍA DE VILLAVICIOSA Playa La Flecha Don’t leave without... Playa de Peñarrubia Playa de Serín Playa de Rodiles Playa de Merón Playa de España
1 Playa de Lastres Somió Samiguel Tazones 1 1 An apple orchard and cider press in the Cider Region Quintueles Argüeru Cabo Lastres Rodiles Llastres 6
2 The Romanesque of Villaviciosa Playa de la Griega Castiello 7 Playa de Santa Marina RÍA DE RIBADESELLA Playa de L’Atalaya
Bedriñana Playa Espasa Playa de la Isla
Vega Playa de Vega 3 Exhibition «Los 13 del Sidrón» (The 13 of the Sidrón) in 1 Playa Arenal de Moris RIBADESELLA/ L’Infiestu/Infiesto La Camocha Pion COLUNGA La Isla Berbes Priesca RIBESEYA 11 VILLAVICIOSA Gobiendes 8 9 Llames Playa de Cuevas del Mar Playa de Toranda Playa de Barro Tueya Playa del Sablón Playa de Toró 4 Playa de Gulpiyuri Playa de Palombina Playa de San Martín Village of Espinaréu/Espinaredo with its hórreos (granaries) Amandi Playa de Borizu Playa de Torimbia Solares de Pría Playa de S. Antolín o de la 1 5 PRADO 10 and the La Pesanca recreational area in Piloña adera 2 Lugás Villanueva Playa de Poo Valdediós Pienzu El Fito Calabrez Niembru Villar 579 Alea Celoriu Po Playa de la Ballota Playa de Andrín 5 A Belmonte Nueva Quintana Fitu Lookout Point Moral Viñón 1.159 Santianes Posada Naves LLANES lles/ SANTOLAYA Alto de la SELL
Alto de la Playa de Cobijeru VEGA Monfrecho Andrín Playa de Buelna
eis Playa de Vidiago Campa Llama RÍA DE TINA MAYOR 6 Piñera Playa de la Franca Fishing village of Llastres/Lastres Pedrosa Cofiñu LES ARRIONDES Llamigu Porrúa Puertas LA POLA 683 Sieres 897 Alto de La Galguera SIERO La Franca 7 Torazu 1 Cerecea Triongu Igena Santulalia Pimiango Bustio The Greek Beach where dinosaur footprints are found 12 Nora Orizón Villanueva Meré El Mazucu Sebares Soto COLOMBRES 8 in Ribadesella/Ribeseya, decorated by Río Cardes Turbina a Walk and La Guía Chapel 3 G Boquerizu v umarabule NAVA Piloña üeña Villanueva e Mingote. CANGUES D’ONÍS/ Río D 1 Villamayor Alto de 1.315 13 Intriago Avín Ruenes ALLES Llonín 9 Suares L’INFIESTU/INFIESTO CANGAS DE ONÍS Ortiquero 16 Arangas 14 Alevia Tito Bustillo Cave in Ribadesella Tiuya/ MARTIMPORRA Deu La Riera Asiego Cares Suares 4 17 BENIA DE El Mazo Tuilla La Faya de Los Montes Cuadonga/ Demués ONISAlto de las 10 Estazadas Mier PANES See the Church of Niembru/Niembro with high tide in LaLlanes Felguera los Lobos El Piñuecu Covadonga CARREÑA Las Arenas Trescares ANGRÉU/ LANGREO 650 Espinaréu 18 Río Río 11 Pría Blowholes in Llanes Collado de 1.794 Mohandi Río 17 S.Esteban Ciañu Trigueiro Cabezo Blimea 1.291 Aves SAMES Dobr Lleroso 15 12 Indianos houses in Colombres without failingL´Entregu/El to see the Entrego a Lago Enol Lago Ercina Poncebos Los Barreros/ 1.420 Ponga PARQUE NACIONAL Asturian Emigration Museum - Indiano Archives SOTRONDIO Sellañu Camarmeña Río Barredos Puerto de RESERVA DE LA Vega Obesón A POLA LLAVIANA/ N El Condao Cabañaderecha Ceneya Cares ALÓN RUSECU/ Arnicio Pico Pierzo BIOSFERA de Ario Funicular Duje 1.415 13 Village of Alevia in Peñamellera Baja LA DE LAVIANA Río DE LOS Sotres RIOSECO 1.552 Torre de Bulnes Entrialgo Scenic view
Soto O Sta. María Llorío 908 PARQUE N ATURAL Í Río 14 Villoria Embalse R 2.476 PICOS DE EUROPA San Pedro de Plecín Roman Church in Alles Peñamellera Alta Tañes Prehistoric art de Riusecu 20 Cantu Pico Urriellu Fechaladrona 19 (Naranjo de Bulnes) Coballes Cabronero Torrecer redo Fortified settlements and archaelogical sites 15 Village of Camarmeña, Urriellu Peak and Cheese CaveNavaliego in Llaíñes/ EMBALSE Tarañes Peña Santa 2.648 Cortés La Colladona 2.593 2.519 Cabrales 850 Ladines DE TANES Veneros SAN XUAN / 1.998 Pico T esorero Pre-Romanesque art Tiatordos SAN JUAN DE BELEÑO 2.570 2.373 CABANAQUINTA/ EL CAMPU 1.951 POTES 16 Village of Asiego in Cabrales DE PONGA POSADA DE Industrial architecture os CABAÑAQUINTA PARQUE Fuente Dé Teleférico 1.612 VALDEÓN Monastery, Basilica, Sanctuary Río NATURAL D E Raso 17 Real Sitio de Covadonga and The Lakes in Cangas de Onís Retriñón de REDES 1.862 OSEJA DE Museums, Interpretation Centre La Pola Vieya/ HIGHWAYS VARIOUS 18 Collanzo 1 2
San Vicente River beach or Dobra Pond in Cangas de Onís RE10SE11RVA DE SAJAMBRE Natural Area of interest A Peña de Ten Pola del Pino 3 4 15
ller LA BIOSFERA 19 2.142 Motorway or dual carriageway Number of order LA VEGA Santibanes 5 7 9 12 6 14 17 18 National highway Natural Monument 19 Les Bedules Lookout Point in Ponga de Murias Felechosa 16 Puerto de San 13 Puerto de Regional highway Isidro 8 Ventaniella Mountain pass Ligthhouse Puerto de 1.420 Districi highway 1.520 20 Los Beyos Gorge in Amieva Casomera Local highway River, reservoir and dam San Isidro Puerto de Gamoniteiru Port/Marina Tres Concejos Tarna Summits 1.520 BORDERS 1.786 2.020 Puerto de 1.490 Golf Piedrafita Puerto de Provincial border CANWinter SportsT ABRI A 1. Villaviciosa Vega8.rada Ponga Toneo 15. Llanes Municipal border 2. Colunga 1.5609. Parres 2.094 16. Cabrales Park border 1.683 3. Sariego 10. Caravia 17. Peñamellera Alta 4. Cabranes 11. Ribadesella 18. Peñamellera Baja 5. Nava 12. Cangas de Onís 19. Ribadedeva 6. Bimenes 13. Amieva 7. Piloña 14. Onís PUEBLA DE LILLO
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Embalse de Embalse de Camporredondo Requejada RÍO PRIORO Mirador de Ordiales Bosque de Peloño Ruta al Picu Pienzu Pendueles a Llanes The allure of eastern Asturias in the The Dinosaur Coast #Hiking #Hiking #Hiking #Hiking Picos de Europa #AsturiasbyCar #AsturiasbyCar Beginning: Pandecarmen Duration: 6 h 30 min Beginning: Les Bedules Duration: 8 h 30 min Beginning: El Fitu Lookout Duration: 5 h Beginning: Pendueles Duration: 4 h 30 min DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 End of route: Ordiales Lookout Minimun height: 1,043 m End of route: Peloño Forest Minimun height: 991 m End of route: El Fitu Lookout Minimun height: 582 m End of route: Toró Beach Minimun height: 2 m Beginning: Llanes Beginning: Las Arenas Beginning: Villaviciosa Beginning: Colunga Beginning: LLastres/Lastres Councils: Cangas de Onís Maximun height: 1,730 m Councils: Ponga Maximun height: 1,448 m Council: Caravia, Parres Maximun height: 1,161 m Council: Llanes Maximun height: 149m End of route: Las Arenas End of route: Poncebos End of route: Port El Puntal End of route: La Griega Beach End of route: Ribadesella/ Type of route: Round trip Slope: 687 m Type of route: Round trip Slope: 457 m Type of route: Round trip Slope: 579 m Type of route: Cross-country Slope: 147 Distance: 46.9 km. Distance: 29.3 km. Distance: 59.4 km. Distance: 22.7 km. Ribeseya Length: 22.4 km Length: 32 km Length: 11.3 km Length: 16.2 km Distance: 24.4 km.
Upon arriving to the Lakes, after To do this route we must first go Lagos de Covadonga San Xuan/ Casielles Posada DAY 1: The tour can start out CO-2 Area Recreativa El Fitu de Llanes Celoriu Playa de Sablón CO-4 climbing the access road from Cuadonga San Juan Les Beludes to San Xuan/San Juan de Beleño, LLN-15 AS-263 precisely in Llanes, to discover the CO-4 de Beleño Turancias Palacio de Los Cubos de Mirador de / Covadonga, we come across a fork. The Vibuli which can be reached by the Mirador Gastañaga la Memoria heritage of the village during the Lago de AS-115 Llanes Playa de Merón Tazones Entrelagos AS-263 Argüeru Río la BeyeraRefugio del path to the left borders Lake Enol and it AS-261 road from Cangues d’Onís/ del Fitu E-70 morning. The starting point of DÍA Enol Lago de la Los Cubos de la Memoria 1 Camín de los Arrieros Majadas les Bedules Llanes LLN-7 N-634 Llastres/Lastres Lago Enol Ercina Cangas de Onís. Right outside of Playa de Toró the tour is San Pedro Promenade, Puerto deportivo takes us to Lake Ercina; we will take the Playa de Cue Torrevega Río Pomperi AS-263 El Puntal DÍA the village we find a detour to the beside El Sablón Beach. This 19th- N S 2 Playa Mirador path to the right to begin our route. LLN-7 Sobrefoz Collada de Bustaco S N La Griega Del Rey left, which is the road that leads to Pancar Playa Ballota century vantage point provides After a little more than half a kilometer, Picu LLN-2 CUE Bufones de Colunga Pandecarmen Río Resecu Mirador de Tereñes Viegu/Viego, PO-2, which we will Arenillas a link with the sea, as well as Villaviciosa Ribadesella Pienzu AS-260 AS-263 Club de Golf La la Boriza AS-115 we find on our right a small road that Cuesta de Llanes Parque Ballina N DÍA /Ribeseya Fuerte de El Escobal 3 follow. A little further up, at the top Capilla LLN-2 Andrín displaying the first stones of the Museo Río Redemuña takes us to the refuge of Lake Enol, but we Mergullines del Cristo S del Jurásico Tito Bustillo of Cabañón, we see another detour N-634 E-70 La Robellada medieval old quarter of the village, E-70 de Asturias continue on the path on the left, which will Collado Granceno La Galguera Puertas Pendueles Pozo del to the right, which we will take, San Roque Ortiguero Mirador Pedro a listed Historical-Artistic Site. Monasterio Vidiago AS-114 Asiego Udaondo Echevarría lead us to Pandecarmen, where we will find N-634 Santa Mª La Real N Alemán thus leaving the road. Once there, N-634 Carreña de Cabrales Next, the village walls and gates, E-70 a parking lot where we can leave our car, in Roblón de Bustiello we find the Les Bedules Lookout DÍA the tower, the basilica, the Chapels Majada de Vega la Piedra 1 Las Arenas the case of wanting to start the route from Point, where we will leave the car AS-343 of La Magdalena and Santa Ana, this point. and begin the route. AS-114 Gastañaga Mansion and Posada Refugio Vegarredonada Collada Guaranga When we’ve been walking for some 3.5 From this lookout we begin AS-260 Herrera Mansion, nowadays a DAY 1: Villaviciosa comprises a charming little town, which combines contemporary AS-343 Refugio Viejo km approximately, we come upon the fa- to walk along a trail of about 17 Tielve cultural centre. Travellers must architecture with more unique stately buildings. Starting the expedition in this town, the route Camarmeña mous German’s Well, known by this name kilometers, which goes into the Poncebos leave the medieval site to also visit includes La Ballina Park, the remains of the medieval walls, the birthplace of 19th-century Mirador de Ordiales Bosque because in it bathed Roberto Frassinelli, a forest, although in the beginning The route begins at El Fitu Lookout, from which there is a spectacular panorama of both the The route starts in Pendueles, at about 100 m of the romance church of S. Acisclo, and turns the harbour and enjoy “Cubos de politician, historian and writer José Caveda y Nava, the interior of the marketplace or Los DÍA de Peloño 2 Valdés Mansion. Valdediós deserves a detour to admire the Monastery of Santa Maria and native of Germany, who fell in love with the it is surrounded by pastures. This coast and the interior. You will climb a path on the side of the road opposite the parking lot, at right, walking about 1 km in flat among fields, to lightly descend and cross by a wooden Bulnes Sotres la Memoria”, a gigantic work by San Salvador Church, so-called “El Conventín” (the small convent), which was built in the 9th Picos de Europa and therefore he settled path is known as the Camín de los which crosses a pine forest. bridge the stream of Novales, in a zone where the forest edge defines a lovely landscape, Basque sculptor Agustín Ibarrola. Arrieros road (Muleteer’s Road) and continues to Collado Granceno. The trail is wide In the first 400 metres, the path continues along the crest of the hill, where the place has previous to the beach of Vidiago. We continue by the road with access to the beach until century and comprises one of the finest examples of Asturian Pre-Romanesque. in the nearby village of Corao in 1811. It is a small well of three or four metres wide and one metre After this brief foray into Llanes, the and easy to follow. been invaded by thicket. Small sets of pine and beech can still be seen. finding a deviation at the right and we continue by a landscape where we can contemplate In the afternoon, the tour heads westward from Villaviciosa on the AS-256 to follow the first deep that at the end of the summer is full of fresh and crystal clear water. tour heads for the Picos de Europa One and a half kilometres after beginning the route, we will cross with another trail Reaching 700 metres from the beginning of the route, to our right we have the Peña Poares lovely examples of holm oaks and laurel among other authoctonous trees. Approximately at trail of dinosaur footprints. The first stop is Merón Beach, which you get to by taking the turning One kilometre later we discover the Vega de la Piedra mountain meadow, one of the most on the AS-115, a road that ascends the mountain from Posada de Llanes. You get to to the left, but we will continue straight. After covering another three kilometres, we Rock and in the lowest part of the valley you can see a great forest cover, the Viescona beech, 5 km from the beginning, we have a deviation at our right that leads us to Puertas de Vidiago, to Argüeru/Argüero. The tracks of a sauropod, consisting of 20 footprints, are preserved on this Carreña in just three quarters of an hour (34 kilometres). Just as you enter the village, a beautiful and characteristic of the Picos de Europa, located at 1,120 metres of altitude. arrive at Collado Granceno Hill, at 1,190 metres of altitude. On it we find, in addition that will accompany us on our way up to about 500 metres before arriving at Bustaco hill. continuing by the route very near to the cliffs, going next the natural monument of Bufones beach. On the way back to Villaviciosa, we can take a detour onto the VV-5 road in the direction signpost on the left points to the village of Asiego, where the Pedro Udaondo lookout In the kilometre 7 of our route, after passing between the different mountain meadows, we to a fountain to cool off, beautiful views of the Peloño Forest. We continue straight on We will have been walking some 3.5 kilometres approximately, when we arrive to the de Arenillas, a group of twelve jesters declared natural monument by its geological singularity. of the well-known and picturesque marine village of Tazones, heralded a Historical Site of can be found. This will offer travellers their first view of Picu Urriellu (known as Naranjo come upon the Vegarredonda refuge, situated at 1,470 metres of altitude, and 3 km later we our way to enter it. Bustaco hill. From this point onward it becomes steeper. With the life sea you can see the fumaroles of white foam and listen to their snorts. Interest. Next we follow the local road which offers wonderful views of the Rodiles beach, the de Bulnes peak), the mountain which will follow their every move during this trip. Back discover the famous Ordiales refuge, very close to the end of our route. We will walk about 5.7 kilometers, approximately, and at this particular point we Halfway up the hill, kilometre 4.35, there is a path that branches off to the left between the Villaviciosa estuary and the El Puntal Port. in Carreña, you can stroll through the streets and visit the parish church and Barcena After a few metres we find the Ordiales Lookout, the end of our journey. It is a natural terrace, can not pass by without turning to the left, following the indications shown by the bushes and offers us the possibility of accessing the Meguillines fountain, with fresh drinking After leaving the cliffs the route goes through dense eucalyptus fields until arriving to the House. Four kilometres further on you come to Las Arenas, the village which reveals the DAY 2: Colunga is the next borough capital. It has grown around the Church of San Cristobal, hanging at 1,750 metres of altitude, with breathtaking views. It is famous because the remains of panels, to admire the famous Bustiello´s Big Oak Tree. Afterwards, we can either go water which allows us to hydrate and fill our canteens. viewpoint over the river Purón, where we can appreciate the beauty of its mouth, designated secrets of Cabrales cheese to tourists in a cave museum. the Alonso Covián family home, the marketplace and the Chapel of Santa Ana. After a walk Mr. Pedro Pidal and Mr. Bernaldo de Quirós, marquis of Villaviciosa de Asturias, are buried there, back along the same path we initially took, or continue walking along the farther A little earlier than reaching kilometre 5, next to the trail is the Cuedro watering hole, on place of community importance to form part of the European network of protected areas through the streets, you need to get into the car and take the AS-257 towards Llastres/Lastres track to get closer to the Guaranga hill, where a trail begins that brings us closer to the the plain of the same name. The remaining section is the steepest of the route and there are Natura 2000. Highlights its woodland and presence of species with high interest in its way, as who in addition to being a climber was a promoter of what is now the Picos de Europa National DAY 2: The second day is devoted to the mountains. From Arenas, you can drive up to in order to reach the Jurassic Museum, structured to enable you to get to know these creatures Arcenorio valley. various options to go up it. the salmon and the otter. We cross the river Purón by a laminated wooden bridge in order to Park. Poncebos, which will be a strategic point for all the day’s excursions. The first option is which became extinct millions of years ago. After this, the best place to head for next is La After reaching kilometer 12.5, we continue along the trail, and at this point we Having arrived at kilometre 5, the first option is to our right and consists of climbing straight ascend to Andrín, where the small woods alternate fields with stones closings. From Andrín to go up to Bulnes, one of the villages in Asturias which has no road. You can hike there Griega Beach, only a kilometre from the museum, which shelters the first site discovered find ourselves at the Guaranga hill, the northern edge of the forest and a narrow pass up towards the peak. However, it is the most difficult path, so the preferred option for someone the route continues by a widening of the road LL-2, protected by a wooden balustrade, until or take an underground funicular train. Or you can combine both options, one for each in Asturias containing the tracks of the world’s largest sauropod. The trail begins at an where we can observe ancient machine-gun nests built during the Spanish Civil War. who is inexperienced is to continue on the path and begin the ascent a few metres farther reaching the lookout of La Boriza. From here we can observe an extraordinary view of the way. The hiking route has a steep slope rising 400 metres which takes approximately explanatory placard next to the River Llibardón and then leads to the remains. The final stretch It is an ideal place to observe the Sen de los Mulos peak. ahead. coastal cliffs and nucleus of Cue, the beach of Ballota and village of Llanes, having a the bottom an hour and a half to climb. The funicular train only takes 7 minutes. Once back in of the tour has Llastres/Lastres as its destination, a fishing harbour right on the Dinosaur Trail. After we have walked some 16.7 kilometres, almost to the end of the route, we In about 200 metres, a zig-zag ascent can be done, making as many turns as the hiker the mountains of El Cuera. Here we cross the road, in order to catch the route which goes at Poncebos, you can take the car again to visit Tielve and Sotres, the highest village in arrive to the Arcenorio valley, below Peña Ten. The hermitage we find in the meadow wishes. Some 500 metres farther ahead is the top of the Pienzu peak, the final point of our hillside by La Cuesta de Cue, just under the golf club, from where we can appreciate a detailed the region. This detour can be done in about 20 minutes on the CA-1 and allows you to DAY 3: This day, we head to dinosaurs footprints of Ribadesella/Ribeseya and the clifts of is worthy of admiration. route. view of the beaches of Toró and Cue, and of their spectaculars “Cubos de la Memoria”, until see how people live at an altitude of a thousand metres. You should once again pass Tereñes and Punta’l Pozu. As well as wandering in the centre of this charming fishing village, At the summit, kilometre 5.65, the cross of the Pienzu peak is located, and from there, arriving to the chapel of Cristo, previous to Llanes, where we finally end to. through Poncebos on the way down from Sotres, which offers the chance to take the other powerful attractions are: The International Descent of The River Sella and Tito Bustillo weather permitting, we can behold some striking views of eastern Asturias. turning to Camarmeña at the bridge in Poncebos to see the Monument to the Climbers Cave (declared World Heritage by UNESCO).
To return to the starting point of our route, we will cover the same route but going the other of Urriellu Peak and to say farewell to the mountains from the lookout. de Asturias Principado Turismo del Industria y Empleo, Consejería de © DL: AS 00858-2019. Summa SA. Gráficas Printing: way. Eastern Asturias tourist spots
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Upon arriving to the Lakes, after To do this route we must first go Lagos de Covadonga San Xuan/ Casielles Posada DAY 1: The tour can start out CO-2 Area Recreativa El Fitu de Llanes Celoriu Playa de Sablón CO-4 climbing the access road from Cuadonga San Juan Les Beludes to San Xuan/San Juan de Beleño, LLN-15 AS-263 precisely in Llanes, to discover the CO-4 de Beleño Turancias Palacio de Los Cubos de Mirador de / Covadonga, we come across a fork. The Vibuli which can be reached by the Mirador Gastañaga la Memoria heritage of the village during the Lago de AS-115 Llanes Playa de Merón Tazones Entrelagos AS-263 Argüeru Río la BeyeraRefugio del path to the left borders Lake Enol and it AS-261 road from Cangues d’Onís/ del Fitu E-70 morning. The starting point of DÍA Enol Lago de la Los Cubos de la Memoria 1 Camín de los Arrieros Majadas les Bedules Llanes LLN-7 N-634 Llastres/Lastres Lago Enol Ercina Cangas de Onís. Right outside of Playa de Toró the tour is San Pedro Promenade, Puerto deportivo takes us to Lake Ercina; we will take the Playa de Cue Torrevega Río Pomperi AS-263 El Puntal DÍA the village we find a detour to the beside El Sablón Beach. This 19th- N S 2 Playa Mirador path to the right to begin our route. LLN-7 Sobrefoz Collada de Bustaco S N La Griega Del Rey left, which is the road that leads to Pancar Playa Ballota century vantage point provides After a little more than half a kilometer, Picu LLN-2 CUE Bufones de Colunga Pandecarmen Río Resecu Mirador de Tereñes Viegu/Viego, PO-2, which we will Arenillas a link with the sea, as well as Villaviciosa Ribadesella Pienzu AS-260 AS-263 Club de Golf La la Boriza AS-115 we find on our right a small road that Cuesta de Llanes Parque Ballina N DÍA /Ribeseya Fuerte de El Escobal 3 follow. A little further up, at the top Capilla LLN-2 Andrín displaying the first stones of the Museo Río Redemuña takes us to the refuge of Lake Enol, but we Mergullines del Cristo S del Jurásico Tito Bustillo of Cabañón, we see another detour N-634 E-70 La Robellada medieval old quarter of the village, E-70 de Asturias continue on the path on the left, which will Collado Granceno La Galguera Puertas Pendueles Pozo del to the right, which we will take, San Roque Ortiguero Mirador Pedro a listed Historical-Artistic Site. Monasterio Vidiago AS-114 Asiego Udaondo Echevarría lead us to Pandecarmen, where we will find N-634 Santa Mª La Real N Alemán thus leaving the road. Once there, N-634 Carreña de Cabrales Next, the village walls and gates, E-70 a parking lot where we can leave our car, in Roblón de Bustiello we find the Les Bedules Lookout DÍA the tower, the basilica, the Chapels Majada de Vega la Piedra 1 Las Arenas the case of wanting to start the route from Point, where we will leave the car AS-343 of La Magdalena and Santa Ana, this point. and begin the route. AS-114 Gastañaga Mansion and Posada Refugio Vegarredonada Collada Guaranga When we’ve been walking for some 3.5 From this lookout we begin AS-260 Herrera Mansion, nowadays a DAY 1: Villaviciosa comprises a charming little town, which combines contemporary AS-343 Refugio Viejo km approximately, we come upon the fa- to walk along a trail of about 17 Tielve cultural centre. Travellers must architecture with more unique stately buildings. Starting the expedition in this town, the route Camarmeña mous German’s Well, known by this name kilometers, which goes into the Poncebos leave the medieval site to also visit includes La Ballina Park, the remains of the medieval walls, the birthplace of 19th-century Mirador de Ordiales Bosque because in it bathed Roberto Frassinelli, a forest, although in the beginning The route begins at El Fitu Lookout, from which there is a spectacular panorama of both the The route starts in Pendueles, at about 100 m of the romance church of S. Acisclo, and turns the harbour and enjoy “Cubos de politician, historian and writer José Caveda y Nava, the interior of the marketplace or Los DÍA de Peloño 2 Valdés Mansion. Valdediós deserves a detour to admire the Monastery of Santa Maria and native of Germany, who fell in love with the it is surrounded by pastures. This coast and the interior. You will climb a path on the side of the road opposite the parking lot, at right, walking about 1 km in flat among fields, to lightly descend and cross by a wooden Bulnes Sotres la Memoria”, a gigantic work by San Salvador Church, so-called “El Conventín” (the small convent), which was built in the 9th Picos de Europa and therefore he settled path is known as the Camín de los which crosses a pine forest. bridge the stream of Novales, in a zone where the forest edge defines a lovely landscape, Basque sculptor Agustín Ibarrola. Arrieros road (Muleteer’s Road) and continues to Collado Granceno. The trail is wide In the first 400 metres, the path continues along the crest of the hill, where the place has previous to the beach of Vidiago. We continue by the road with access to the beach until century and comprises one of the finest examples of Asturian Pre-Romanesque. in the nearby village of Corao in 1811. It is a small well of three or four metres wide and one metre After this brief foray into Llanes, the and easy to follow. been invaded by thicket. Small sets of pine and beech can still be seen. finding a deviation at the right and we continue by a landscape where we can contemplate In the afternoon, the tour heads westward from Villaviciosa on the AS-256 to follow the first deep that at the end of the summer is full of fresh and crystal clear water. tour heads for the Picos de Europa One and a half kilometres after beginning the route, we will cross with another trail Reaching 700 metres from the beginning of the route, to our right we have the Peña Poares lovely examples of holm oaks and laurel among other authoctonous trees. Approximately at trail of dinosaur footprints. The first stop is Merón Beach, which you get to by taking the turning One kilometre later we discover the Vega de la Piedra mountain meadow, one of the most on the AS-115, a road that ascends the mountain from Posada de Llanes. You get to to the left, but we will continue straight. After covering another three kilometres, we Rock and in the lowest part of the valley you can see a great forest cover, the Viescona beech, 5 km from the beginning, we have a deviation at our right that leads us to Puertas de Vidiago, to Argüeru/Argüero. The tracks of a sauropod, consisting of 20 footprints, are preserved on this Carreña in just three quarters of an hour (34 kilometres). Just as you enter the village, a beautiful and characteristic of the Picos de Europa, located at 1,120 metres of altitude. arrive at Collado Granceno Hill, at 1,190 metres of altitude. On it we find, in addition that will accompany us on our way up to about 500 metres before arriving at Bustaco hill. continuing by the route very near to the cliffs, going next the natural monument of Bufones beach. On the way back to Villaviciosa, we can take a detour onto the VV-5 road in the direction signpost on the left points to the village of Asiego, where the Pedro Udaondo lookout In the kilometre 7 of our route, after passing between the different mountain meadows, we to a fountain to cool off, beautiful views of the Peloño Forest. We continue straight on We will have been walking some 3.5 kilometres approximately, when we arrive to the de Arenillas, a group of twelve jesters declared natural monument by its geological singularity. of the well-known and picturesque marine village of Tazones, heralded a Historical Site of can be found. This will offer travellers their first view of Picu Urriellu (known as Naranjo come upon the Vegarredonda refuge, situated at 1,470 metres of altitude, and 3 km later we our way to enter it. Bustaco hill. From this point onward it becomes steeper. With the life sea you can see the fumaroles of white foam and listen to their snorts. Interest. Next we follow the local road which offers wonderful views of the Rodiles beach, the de Bulnes peak), the mountain which will follow their every move during this trip. Back discover the famous Ordiales refuge, very close to the end of our route. We will walk about 5.7 kilometers, approximately, and at this particular point we Halfway up the hill, kilometre 4.35, there is a path that branches off to the left between the Villaviciosa estuary and the El Puntal Port. in Carreña, you can stroll through the streets and visit the parish church and Barcena After a few metres we find the Ordiales Lookout, the end of our journey. It is a natural terrace, can not pass by without turning to the left, following the indications shown by the bushes and offers us the possibility of accessing the Meguillines fountain, with fresh drinking After leaving the cliffs the route goes through dense eucalyptus fields until arriving to the House. Four kilometres further on you come to Las Arenas, the village which reveals the DAY 2: Colunga is the next borough capital. It has grown around the Church of San Cristobal, hanging at 1,750 metres of altitude, with breathtaking views. It is famous because the remains of panels, to admire the famous Bustiello´s Big Oak Tree. Afterwards, we can either go water which allows us to hydrate and fill our canteens. viewpoint over the river Purón, where we can appreciate the beauty of its mouth, designated secrets of Cabrales cheese to tourists in a cave museum. the Alonso Covián family home, the marketplace and the Chapel of Santa Ana. After a walk Mr. Pedro Pidal and Mr. Bernaldo de Quirós, marquis of Villaviciosa de Asturias, are buried there, back along the same path we initially took, or continue walking along the farther A little earlier than reaching kilometre 5, next to the trail is the Cuedro watering hole, on place of community importance to form part of the European network of protected areas through the streets, you need to get into the car and take the AS-257 towards Llastres/Lastres track to get closer to the Guaranga hill, where a trail begins that brings us closer to the the plain of the same name. The remaining section is the steepest of the route and there are Natura 2000. Highlights its woodland and presence of species with high interest in its way, as who in addition to being a climber was a promoter of what is now the Picos de Europa National DAY 2: The second day is devoted to the mountains. From Arenas, you can drive up to in order to reach the Jurassic Museum, structured to enable you to get to know these creatures Arcenorio valley. various options to go up it. the salmon and the otter. We cross the river Purón by a laminated wooden bridge in order to Park. Poncebos, which will be a strategic point for all the day’s excursions. The first option is which became extinct millions of years ago. After this, the best place to head for next is La After reaching kilometer 12.5, we continue along the trail, and at this point we Having arrived at kilometre 5, the first option is to our right and consists of climbing straight ascend to Andrín, where the small woods alternate fields with stones closings. From Andrín to go up to Bulnes, one of the villages in Asturias which has no road. You can hike there Griega Beach, only a kilometre from the museum, which shelters the first site discovered find ourselves at the Guaranga hill, the northern edge of the forest and a narrow pass up towards the peak. However, it is the most difficult path, so the preferred option for someone the route continues by a widening of the road LL-2, protected by a wooden balustrade, until or take an underground funicular train. Or you can combine both options, one for each in Asturias containing the tracks of the world’s largest sauropod. The trail begins at an where we can observe ancient machine-gun nests built during the Spanish Civil War. who is inexperienced is to continue on the path and begin the ascent a few metres farther reaching the lookout of La Boriza. From here we can observe an extraordinary view of the way. The hiking route has a steep slope rising 400 metres which takes approximately explanatory placard next to the River Llibardón and then leads to the remains. The final stretch It is an ideal place to observe the Sen de los Mulos peak. ahead. coastal cliffs and nucleus of Cue, the beach of Ballota and village of Llanes, having a the bottom an hour and a half to climb. The funicular train only takes 7 minutes. Once back in of the tour has Llastres/Lastres as its destination, a fishing harbour right on the Dinosaur Trail. After we have walked some 16.7 kilometres, almost to the end of the route, we In about 200 metres, a zig-zag ascent can be done, making as many turns as the hiker the mountains of El Cuera. Here we cross the road, in order to catch the route which goes at Poncebos, you can take the car again to visit Tielve and Sotres, the highest village in arrive to the Arcenorio valley, below Peña Ten. The hermitage we find in the meadow wishes. Some 500 metres farther ahead is the top of the Pienzu peak, the final point of our hillside by La Cuesta de Cue, just under the golf club, from where we can appreciate a detailed the region. This detour can be done in about 20 minutes on the CA-1 and allows you to DAY 3: This day, we head to dinosaurs footprints of Ribadesella/Ribeseya and the clifts of is worthy of admiration. route. view of the beaches of Toró and Cue, and of their spectaculars “Cubos de la Memoria”, until see how people live at an altitude of a thousand metres. You should once again pass Tereñes and Punta’l Pozu. As well as wandering in the centre of this charming fishing village, At the summit, kilometre 5.65, the cross of the Pienzu peak is located, and from there, arriving to the chapel of Cristo, previous to Llanes, where we finally end to. through Poncebos on the way down from Sotres, which offers the chance to take the other powerful attractions are: The International Descent of The River Sella and Tito Bustillo weather permitting, we can behold some striking views of eastern Asturias. turning to Camarmeña at the bridge in Poncebos to see the Monument to the Climbers Cave (declared World Heritage by UNESCO).
To return to the starting point of our route, we will cover the same route but going the other of Urriellu Peak and to say farewell to the mountains from the lookout. de Asturias Principado Turismo del Industria y Empleo, Consejería de © DL: AS 00858-2019. Summa SA. Gráficas Printing: way. Eastern Asturias tourist spots
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Upon arriving to the Lakes, after To do this route we must first go Lagos de Covadonga San Xuan/ Casielles Posada DAY 1: The tour can start out CO-2 Area Recreativa El Fitu de Llanes Celoriu Playa de Sablón CO-4 climbing the access road from Cuadonga San Juan Les Beludes to San Xuan/San Juan de Beleño, LLN-15 AS-263 precisely in Llanes, to discover the CO-4 de Beleño Turancias Palacio de Los Cubos de Mirador de / Covadonga, we come across a fork. The Vibuli which can be reached by the Mirador Gastañaga la Memoria heritage of the village during the Lago de AS-115 Llanes Playa de Merón Tazones Entrelagos AS-263 Argüeru Río la BeyeraRefugio del path to the left borders Lake Enol and it AS-261 road from Cangues d’Onís/ del Fitu E-70 morning. The starting point of DÍA Enol Lago de la Los Cubos de la Memoria 1 Camín de los Arrieros Majadas les Bedules Llanes LLN-7 N-634 Llastres/Lastres Lago Enol Ercina Cangas de Onís. Right outside of Playa de Toró the tour is San Pedro Promenade, Puerto deportivo takes us to Lake Ercina; we will take the Playa de Cue Torrevega Río Pomperi AS-263 El Puntal DÍA the village we find a detour to the beside El Sablón Beach. This 19th- N S 2 Playa Mirador path to the right to begin our route. LLN-7 Sobrefoz Collada de Bustaco S N La Griega Del Rey left, which is the road that leads to Pancar Playa Ballota century vantage point provides After a little more than half a kilometer, Picu LLN-2 CUE Bufones de Colunga Pandecarmen Río Resecu Mirador de Tereñes Viegu/Viego, PO-2, which we will Arenillas a link with the sea, as well as Villaviciosa Ribadesella Pienzu AS-260 AS-263 Club de Golf La la Boriza AS-115 we find on our right a small road that Cuesta de Llanes Parque Ballina N DÍA /Ribeseya Fuerte de El Escobal 3 follow. A little further up, at the top Capilla LLN-2 Andrín displaying the first stones of the Museo Río Redemuña takes us to the refuge of Lake Enol, but we Mergullines del Cristo S del Jurásico Tito Bustillo of Cabañón, we see another detour N-634 E-70 La Robellada medieval old quarter of the village, E-70 de Asturias continue on the path on the left, which will Collado Granceno La Galguera Puertas Pendueles Pozo del to the right, which we will take, San Roque Ortiguero Mirador Pedro a listed Historical-Artistic Site. Monasterio Vidiago AS-114 Asiego Udaondo Echevarría lead us to Pandecarmen, where we will find N-634 Santa Mª La Real N Alemán thus leaving the road. Once there, N-634 Carreña de Cabrales Next, the village walls and gates, E-70 a parking lot where we can leave our car, in Roblón de Bustiello we find the Les Bedules Lookout DÍA the tower, the basilica, the Chapels Majada de Vega la Piedra 1 Las Arenas the case of wanting to start the route from Point, where we will leave the car AS-343 of La Magdalena and Santa Ana, this point. and begin the route. AS-114 Gastañaga Mansion and Posada Refugio Vegarredonada Collada Guaranga When we’ve been walking for some 3.5 From this lookout we begin AS-260 Herrera Mansion, nowadays a DAY 1: Villaviciosa comprises a charming little town, which combines contemporary AS-343 Refugio Viejo km approximately, we come upon the fa- to walk along a trail of about 17 Tielve cultural centre. Travellers must architecture with more unique stately buildings. Starting the expedition in this town, the route Camarmeña mous German’s Well, known by this name kilometers, which goes into the Poncebos leave the medieval site to also visit includes La Ballina Park, the remains of the medieval walls, the birthplace of 19th-century Mirador de Ordiales Bosque because in it bathed Roberto Frassinelli, a forest, although in the beginning The route begins at El Fitu Lookout, from which there is a spectacular panorama of both the The route starts in Pendueles, at about 100 m of the romance church of S. Acisclo, and turns the harbour and enjoy “Cubos de politician, historian and writer José Caveda y Nava, the interior of the marketplace or Los DÍA de Peloño 2 Valdés Mansion. Valdediós deserves a detour to admire the Monastery of Santa Maria and native of Germany, who fell in love with the it is surrounded by pastures. This coast and the interior. You will climb a path on the side of the road opposite the parking lot, at right, walking about 1 km in flat among fields, to lightly descend and cross by a wooden Bulnes Sotres la Memoria”, a gigantic work by San Salvador Church, so-called “El Conventín” (the small convent), which was built in the 9th Picos de Europa and therefore he settled path is known as the Camín de los which crosses a pine forest. bridge the stream of Novales, in a zone where the forest edge defines a lovely landscape, Basque sculptor Agustín Ibarrola. Arrieros road (Muleteer’s Road) and continues to Collado Granceno. The trail is wide In the first 400 metres, the path continues along the crest of the hill, where the place has previous to the beach of Vidiago. We continue by the road with access to the beach until century and comprises one of the finest examples of Asturian Pre-Romanesque. in the nearby village of Corao in 1811. It is a small well of three or four metres wide and one metre After this brief foray into Llanes, the and easy to follow. been invaded by thicket. Small sets of pine and beech can still be seen. finding a deviation at the right and we continue by a landscape where we can contemplate In the afternoon, the tour heads westward from Villaviciosa on the AS-256 to follow the first deep that at the end of the summer is full of fresh and crystal clear water. tour heads for the Picos de Europa One and a half kilometres after beginning the route, we will cross with another trail Reaching 700 metres from the beginning of the route, to our right we have the Peña Poares lovely examples of holm oaks and laurel among other authoctonous trees. Approximately at trail of dinosaur footprints. The first stop is Merón Beach, which you get to by taking the turning One kilometre later we discover the Vega de la Piedra mountain meadow, one of the most on the AS-115, a road that ascends the mountain from Posada de Llanes. You get to to the left, but we will continue straight. After covering another three kilometres, we Rock and in the lowest part of the valley you can see a great forest cover, the Viescona beech, 5 km from the beginning, we have a deviation at our right that leads us to Puertas de Vidiago, to Argüeru/Argüero. The tracks of a sauropod, consisting of 20 footprints, are preserved on this Carreña in just three quarters of an hour (34 kilometres). Just as you enter the village, a beautiful and characteristic of the Picos de Europa, located at 1,120 metres of altitude. arrive at Collado Granceno Hill, at 1,190 metres of altitude. On it we find, in addition that will accompany us on our way up to about 500 metres before arriving at Bustaco hill. continuing by the route very near to the cliffs, going next the natural monument of Bufones beach. On the way back to Villaviciosa, we can take a detour onto the VV-5 road in the direction signpost on the left points to the village of Asiego, where the Pedro Udaondo lookout In the kilometre 7 of our route, after passing between the different mountain meadows, we to a fountain to cool off, beautiful views of the Peloño Forest. We continue straight on We will have been walking some 3.5 kilometres approximately, when we arrive to the de Arenillas, a group of twelve jesters declared natural monument by its geological singularity. of the well-known and picturesque marine village of Tazones, heralded a Historical Site of can be found. This will offer travellers their first view of Picu Urriellu (known as Naranjo come upon the Vegarredonda refuge, situated at 1,470 metres of altitude, and 3 km later we our way to enter it. Bustaco hill. From this point onward it becomes steeper. With the life sea you can see the fumaroles of white foam and listen to their snorts. Interest. Next we follow the local road which offers wonderful views of the Rodiles beach, the de Bulnes peak), the mountain which will follow their every move during this trip. Back discover the famous Ordiales refuge, very close to the end of our route. We will walk about 5.7 kilometers, approximately, and at this particular point we Halfway up the hill, kilometre 4.35, there is a path that branches off to the left between the Villaviciosa estuary and the El Puntal Port. in Carreña, you can stroll through the streets and visit the parish church and Barcena After a few metres we find the Ordiales Lookout, the end of our journey. It is a natural terrace, can not pass by without turning to the left, following the indications shown by the bushes and offers us the possibility of accessing the Meguillines fountain, with fresh drinking After leaving the cliffs the route goes through dense eucalyptus fields until arriving to the House. Four kilometres further on you come to Las Arenas, the village which reveals the DAY 2: Colunga is the next borough capital. It has grown around the Church of San Cristobal, hanging at 1,750 metres of altitude, with breathtaking views. It is famous because the remains of panels, to admire the famous Bustiello´s Big Oak Tree. Afterwards, we can either go water which allows us to hydrate and fill our canteens. viewpoint over the river Purón, where we can appreciate the beauty of its mouth, designated secrets of Cabrales cheese to tourists in a cave museum. the Alonso Covián family home, the marketplace and the Chapel of Santa Ana. After a walk Mr. Pedro Pidal and Mr. Bernaldo de Quirós, marquis of Villaviciosa de Asturias, are buried there, back along the same path we initially took, or continue walking along the farther A little earlier than reaching kilometre 5, next to the trail is the Cuedro watering hole, on place of community importance to form part of the European network of protected areas through the streets, you need to get into the car and take the AS-257 towards Llastres/Lastres track to get closer to the Guaranga hill, where a trail begins that brings us closer to the the plain of the same name. The remaining section is the steepest of the route and there are Natura 2000. Highlights its woodland and presence of species with high interest in its way, as who in addition to being a climber was a promoter of what is now the Picos de Europa National DAY 2: The second day is devoted to the mountains. From Arenas, you can drive up to in order to reach the Jurassic Museum, structured to enable you to get to know these creatures Arcenorio valley. various options to go up it. the salmon and the otter. We cross the river Purón by a laminated wooden bridge in order to Park. Poncebos, which will be a strategic point for all the day’s excursions. The first option is which became extinct millions of years ago. After this, the best place to head for next is La After reaching kilometer 12.5, we continue along the trail, and at this point we Having arrived at kilometre 5, the first option is to our right and consists of climbing straight ascend to Andrín, where the small woods alternate fields with stones closings. From Andrín to go up to Bulnes, one of the villages in Asturias which has no road. You can hike there Griega Beach, only a kilometre from the museum, which shelters the first site discovered find ourselves at the Guaranga hill, the northern edge of the forest and a narrow pass up towards the peak. However, it is the most difficult path, so the preferred option for someone the route continues by a widening of the road LL-2, protected by a wooden balustrade, until or take an underground funicular train. Or you can combine both options, one for each in Asturias containing the tracks of the world’s largest sauropod. The trail begins at an where we can observe ancient machine-gun nests built during the Spanish Civil War. who is inexperienced is to continue on the path and begin the ascent a few metres farther reaching the lookout of La Boriza. From here we can observe an extraordinary view of the way. The hiking route has a steep slope rising 400 metres which takes approximately explanatory placard next to the River Llibardón and then leads to the remains. The final stretch It is an ideal place to observe the Sen de los Mulos peak. ahead. coastal cliffs and nucleus of Cue, the beach of Ballota and village of Llanes, having a the bottom an hour and a half to climb. The funicular train only takes 7 minutes. Once back in of the tour has Llastres/Lastres as its destination, a fishing harbour right on the Dinosaur Trail. After we have walked some 16.7 kilometres, almost to the end of the route, we In about 200 metres, a zig-zag ascent can be done, making as many turns as the hiker the mountains of El Cuera. Here we cross the road, in order to catch the route which goes at Poncebos, you can take the car again to visit Tielve and Sotres, the highest village in arrive to the Arcenorio valley, below Peña Ten. The hermitage we find in the meadow wishes. Some 500 metres farther ahead is the top of the Pienzu peak, the final point of our hillside by La Cuesta de Cue, just under the golf club, from where we can appreciate a detailed the region. This detour can be done in about 20 minutes on the CA-1 and allows you to DAY 3: This day, we head to dinosaurs footprints of Ribadesella/Ribeseya and the clifts of is worthy of admiration. route. view of the beaches of Toró and Cue, and of their spectaculars “Cubos de la Memoria”, until see how people live at an altitude of a thousand metres. You should once again pass Tereñes and Punta’l Pozu. As well as wandering in the centre of this charming fishing village, At the summit, kilometre 5.65, the cross of the Pienzu peak is located, and from there, arriving to the chapel of Cristo, previous to Llanes, where we finally end to. through Poncebos on the way down from Sotres, which offers the chance to take the other powerful attractions are: The International Descent of The River Sella and Tito Bustillo weather permitting, we can behold some striking views of eastern Asturias. turning to Camarmeña at the bridge in Poncebos to see the Monument to the Climbers Cave (declared World Heritage by UNESCO).
To return to the starting point of our route, we will cover the same route but going the other of Urriellu Peak and to say farewell to the mountains from the lookout. de Asturias Principado Turismo del Industria y Empleo, Consejería de © DL: AS 00858-2019. Summa SA. Gráficas Printing: way. Eastern Asturias tourist spots
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