to 0,00 km / To reach the geological heart of the Picos de Europa It is not necessary to take risks or overcome large slopes, you just need to put on good boots and after a comforting walk find yourself in the heart of the Asturian landscape, at the foot of the great...
to 0,04 km / Enter one of the most emblematic forests of the Picos de Europa It is an unforgettable excursion and within reach of anyone. The forest of Pome is the largest beech forest of the western massif and entering it is an exclusive experience: forest density,...
to 0,11 km / There are few greens as intense as those of the sheepfolds and pastoral ports. Beautiful and evocative places that very often are also intense watchtowers between summits, from which discover the true silence of The peaks of Europe and its fullness...
to 0,17 km / Shepherding is an immemorial craft, as old as pastures and shepherds - accustomed to looking after their collective interests for a long time - who have also found a place to have fun, compete and exhibit high mountain traditions. Some customs...
to 0,18 km / Going up to the Covadonga Lakes has merit, especially if it is done by bicycle. They are 12 winding kilometers from the basilica that gives them their name. Enormously suggestive kilometers, with stretches for vertigo and slopes that want to be vertical. At 800 meters from...
to 4,69 km / Onís is a council of shepherds, without a trace of contamination, where life passes peacefully. Their routes always set the bar very high. This one in particular keeps the hiker in suspense along an itinerary that combines a wonderful pastoral landscape, wealth...
to 4,78 km / The Cornión, a mountain massif of extraordinary beauty, hides the Gamonéu cheese gastronomic route, one of the dairy enclaves of Asturias. We talk about a specialty of artisans, with tradition on all four sides, which undoubtedly clarifies its...
to 6,42 km / Covadonga and its surroundings is one of the cardinal points of Asturias. A sacred and beautiful latitude that the faithful, tourists and mountain lovers approach. There lies the image of the adored Santina, patron saint of the region. The average altitude of the place, on the way...
to 6,57 km / Asturias has its own cathedrals, although not all are made of stone or have bell towers. Some are caves in the Picos de Europa, and their liturgy is celebrated in Benia de Onís every October, when cheese lovers make the pilgrimage to the Gamonéu Festival...
to 6,58 km / In Asturias the cross was always a highly respected sign, especially in mountain towns. Wooden crosses were erected on the heights to ward off storms, hail, and to prevent lightning from falling on livestock. The primitive Priena Cross, which was also...
to 6,58 km / The surface of the municipal area is 75 km2, with more than a third of its territory in the Picos de Europa National Park. The population is distributed in eleven population centers, being its capital in Benia de Onís. The minimum elevation is 175 m. in it...
to 6,59 km / We set off to take this evocative route of the holy place of Covadonga, near the cave of La Santina, from where precisely a spectacular waterfall emanates from Orandi, more spectacular depending on the season of the year in which we find ourselves; and in whose...
to 6,60 km / Everything seems like a lie, but it is not so much. The perfect characterization of actors and participants in the Mercau 20 years of Benia -which is celebrated every year at the beginning of August- make us chop in the reality of the past. There is a lot of loose bait. Some...
to 6,70 km / In the “Huertona” Olympic stadium, not in Barcelona but in Benia, Onís, the muscles hardened in agricultural work measure their strength year after year. Dozens of athletes, specialists in grass, stables and orchards, compete in a number of events...
to 6,73 km / A good way to get closer to the cheese par excellence of the Asturian sheepfolds is to immerse yourself fully in its artisan process; starting by attending the milking of the milk, then passing through the cheese factories, and recreations of cabins and smokehouses, discovering what the...
to 6,76 km / Enjoy Onís with your family,...
to 6,76 km / Touring the Onís municipality by bicycle is always a double pleasure, that of doing sports and doing it in such a wonderful setting, with places that will never cease to surprise you, and with names so evocative and so appropriate to the color of this municipality such as " always green"....
to 6,76 km / Onís is a peasant "conceyu" that structured its history, culture and economy around the figure of the shepherd. Shepherds geographically and socially structured the territory, and today they are essential to maintain an ecosystem and landscape integrated in the Park...
to 6,76 km / A scientific ecotourism experience...
to 6,77 km / It is a unique bird, the only one that feeds exclusively on bones. Achieves almost three meters in span and it has in the Iberian Peninsula one of its main world redoubts. Spain is the European country with the highest number of bearded vultures (Gypaetus...
