The Association of the Most Beautiful Villages of Spain was founded the 1 of October of 2011. The first 14 towns that are part of the most beautiful villages network in Spain are presented at FITUR (Madrid) by the 31 of January of 2013.
It was founded with a common goal: to jointly promote all the towns that are part of the association and that have a clear cultural and natural interest. These towns are municipalities with fewer than 15.000 inhabitants that have heritage listed as being of cultural, natural, or artistic interest.
Thus, the municipalities that started the journey are, by provinces:
Andalucía: Mojácar, Pampaneira, Lucainena de las Torres, Vejer de la Frontera and Frigiliana.
Aragon: Valderrobres, Albarracín, Calaceite, Puertomingalvo, Rubielos de Mora, Cantavieja, Aínsa, Anento, Alquézar and Ansó.
Castilla y Leon: Maderuelo, Medinaceli, Ayllón, Pedraza, Urueña, Frías, La Alberca, Mogarraz and Candelario.
Castilla la Mancha: Valverde de los Arroyos, Alcalá de Júcar and Almagro,
Cantabria: Santillana del Mar and Bárcena Mayor.
Valencian Community: Peñíscola, Morella, El Castell de Guadalest and Vilafamés.
Canary Islands: Tejeda
Asturias: Lastres
Lastres: the fishing village
Lastres, in the municipality of Colunga, joined the select club of the "Most Beautiful Villages " in the spring of 2014 … Read more
These initial 35 municipalities have been joined in 2016 by nine more towns : Liérganes (Cantabria), Laguardia (Álava), Zuheros (Córdoba), Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca), Sepúlveda (Segovia), Peñalva de Santiago (León), SOS del Rey Católico (Zaragoza), Trujillo (Cáceres) and Torazo (Asturias).
Starting this year, October 1st will become the Day of the Most Beautiful Villages in Spain , and an open house will be held in all of them, with free admission to museums and other tourist attractions.
Photos of Torazo from the web «The most beautiful villages in Spain».
Text: © Ramón Molleda for asturias.com
