Certain places not far away can give us great moments of leisure.
Autumn bellow
At the beginning of autumn the “bellow show” takes place in asturian forests; it is a concert of male deer bellows trying to atract female deers. It echoes in the slopes of valleys; the male deers compete with their bellow volume and, before the females, they start heavy fights using their antlers to determine who is the strongest and therefore can mate with the female deers. Ponga Region, declared recently National Park, is a very good place to watch this spectacle because its entire territory is a forest of native trees that alternates with prairies and height herbage. The sound of the bellow is spectacular.
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Pierzu Peak
From Collada Llomena ( 7 km point in PO-2 road betwween San Juan de Beleño, Viego and Puente Vidosa), where we leave our car, we walk about 20 min until we reach the quarry. The track twist and turns up to Cerboes prairie. From there we watch Aranga lake o the left. From the last hut in the prairie we take a goat´s track along the edge of the mountain and go up softly to the summit. The view there deserves the 3 hours walk.
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Cangas de Onís
About 10 min from Amieva we find Cangas de Onis, capital city of The Reconquest and pass by village to the rest of Asturias. There´s a loto f places worth visit, like Buxu Cave, Villanueva Monastery, Dago House (reception point for Natural Park visitors), Santa Cruz Chapel, Roman Bridge...
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Covadonga Lakes
Of glaciar origin, at about 1.100 m. high in Cornion Massif and known all over the world for being the finish line in cyclist stages, these lakes have a magnetic charm due to their natural beauty. We get there fron Covadonga village where we can visit the Basilica, St. Mary sanctuary, and the Holy Cave. Once in the Lakes (in summer the entrance is regulated for private cars) we will feel the neccessity to contemplate them from different perspectives and to walk the many tracks and paths circundating them. It is very recomendable to take a look from Mirador de la Reina (Queen´s Viewpoint)
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Termal Baths
Casona de Mestas in Ponga: Its termal waters are quoted in XVII cent. documents. It was kept in service until the 1940´s. The Regional Administration restored the building recently and made it a Rural House and Termal Baths. This hot spring is related to lime material from the mountain limestone formation. The area belongs geologically to the Ponga Stratum. This spa is located inside an anticline structure to which a net of conciliatory fractures in NO-SE direction is asociated, and it communicates with another fracture of greater importance in ENE-SSW direction associated itself to the geological overlapping that define this region.
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Peloño Forest
The boundaries of the future Peloño Natural Reserve are located inside the Ponga Region, at the southeastern part of Asturias and next to Leon. The boundaries proposed by the Ordination Plan for Asturias Natural Resources coincide with number 119 Public Utility Mountain, which is property in almost its whole area of San Juan, Casielles, San Ignacio and Viego villages. High humidity in this forest makes almost all its area filled with beech trees of different types. A high grade of preservation in Peloño forests make it possible for almost all cantabric mountain fauna to appear, but three endangered species in particular take special significance: bears, capercaillies and woodpeckers. We get there from San Juan de Beleño village. During autumn the forest has a variety of ochres worth mentionig.
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Arcenorio Hermitage
From Los Bedules, where a fountain and a stone monolito are located next to some huts,follow the track along beautiful prairies like Prau del Toru; we leave at our right Beleño valley with Tiatordos height; at our left peña Salon, Sella pass, Los Beyos and Los Andamios. A little further Picos de Europa, preceded by Peña Beza and Cantu Cabroneru; to the North we have Picu Pierzu and Foz de Santa Bustia or Viego; and ahead we have the big beech forest of Peloño, into which we´ll enter until we arrive, after half an hour of even walk, to Granceno hillock, crossing La Canalita river. From there we will get to La Palanca in an hour. All over the area there are tracks towards Beleño and Sobrefoz to the West, and towards Viboli or Foz de los Adamios to the East. We leave at our right Rasu summit and at our left Pedrosu mount covered with beech trees. To reach Arcedonio hermitage we have to track for another hour and a half, with some ascension
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Oseja de Sajambre
Located at 650 m. altitude, this village extendí to both sides of the road from Riaño to Cangas de Onis. It is the capital city of the municipal government of the same name; it hangs on one of the hills of the valley where river Sella descends from Puerto Ponton to Asturias and it is watched by Pica Ten summit. Some houses of notable beauty still exist, like the rectoral house or the Piñan one.
The number of horreos, 25, attracks attention, as it does the City Hall, of neoclasic style from the Xix cent. Asuncion church building stands otu from the rest; it was built between XIV and XIX cents., made of stone, with latin cross shape and with a pulpit and confessional box made of carved wood. Near Oseja along Arcediano´s Path we find two caves: Buseco and Burdio; On the hills of Puerto Ponton, mount Jichielo forms an excellent beech forest. We find there the fountains that originates Sella river: Jonseya, Infierno...For sightseeing we can mention Vista Alegre viewpoint, an excellent balcony over Sajambre Valley.
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Posada de Valdeón
Posada de Valdeón and Caín are communicated by a winding road we can walk or drive. Along this road we can highlight some points of interest: Tombo viewpoint (830 m) with great views over Picos de Europa where we find a monumet to ibexes and a summit sign table. A little below we find Corona Mount covered with a mixed forest of lime, walnut, maple, ash, beech and even ilex trees.
We continue descending to find on our left Charco de los Lobos, a stone structure of circular shape next to a wood fence used long time ago to capture wolves; from here we can see on the other side of the river Corona Hermitage; we get there following a track on the right of the “invernales”, a group of huts and stables usde during winter to shelter the cattle. The valley closes below and the river runs through a narrow pass known as Hoz de Cain, and it opens again in the plain formed by the confluence of Cares and Chico rivers, where Cain village is located.
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Ribadesella´s beaches
The oriental coast offers a lot of different beaches to enjoy sunbathig or even go underwater fishing. Hard to resist their charm.
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