We see the rocks that emerge in the sand when the water is removed, the wild foam of this part of the Bay of Biscay, the rare minerals that are found in this area full of mining tradition. The spatofluor nearby is unique in Europe in composition and shades. There are also the unusual and opposite currents of the particular sea of Vega, which many days make bathing dangerous and at other times allow it to enjoy twice as much.
How long is Playa de Vega?
Bathing in Vega is doing it in one of the corners of the Asturian coast that is most open to the sea. The force of sea salt is felt to a high degree. A possible alternative, if there is no bathroom, is to walk through their two kilometers of immensity, and get soaked with sand and landscape.
If we walk towards the western tipUntil the very end, we discover that from there the coast becomes rugged. At that point one of the two pedrales de Vega, the one with a more dark and surly appearance, apparently sterile for other lives. The pedral on the eastern shore of the beach, however, connects with a more well-known morphology, low cliffs and pebble beaches.
Ribadesella Dinosaur Route: Jurassic Coast
On the way back, we walked close to the clayey cliff, roasted like coffee, whose origin dates the experts in the Jurassic period. It turns out that millions of years ago in Vega a suffocating heat. Everything occupied an immense jungle of swamps that were part of an infinite delta that reached the same Castilla. Everything was flat, the modern folding was not yet known, and the dinosaurs stepped through that immense fangal leaving indelible traces for a future interest. So Vega also intuits the Jurassic and a remote past.
As a legacy of the old marshes, water currents come and go along the beach even at low tide. If we look up as we walk, we discover that this is the closest thing to a desert. Yes, maritime and green horizon, with marine springs that are almost a mirage. They also appear in this scenario spectacular dunes, with inhospitable and protected flora, more typical of a "western film" than of an Asturian beach.
The environment of the beach has been adequate, an ecological dyeing action that carried out the Coastal Demarcation. You can walk along a path, with minimal artifice and rustic aesthetics, and explore the dune landscape; there are also parking lots and changing rooms although they are installations that respect the environment. At town of Vega we will also find hospitality services with very good service.
Entrepeñas Gorge
The road through which we left Vega on the way to the N-630 has no waste. So we circulate at the feet of Entrepeñas gorge, a magical area of large spiers of rock pointing to the sky and strange profiles that have already been declared Natural Monument. If we want to stop for a while to contemplate it we have at our disposal a small recreational area.
At the crossroads with the national road, one kilometer higher, we see in front of us the Ana Mine, still in operation. A clear exponent of the activity related to the spatofluorus that aroused and arouses interest in various parts of Europe. In fact, the Germans have been coming to Vega for a long time, since the beginning of the XNUMXth century. At first, geologists and adventurers came in search of precious minerals in the making. Fluorspar came to give rise to a small trade route with Germany from Ribadesella. Today, the presence of the Germans is still noticeable, who come to Vega in search of nature, calm and tradition for the beautiful minerals that their parents and grandparents profess.
Guided excursions to Vega Beach
Vega beach is one of the longest in Asturias and one of the few in the north that conserves an important dune system. There we will discover Jurassic remains, remains of rocks with the presence of fluorite, a mineral that is extracted in the vicinity, in one of the most important deposits of fluorite in Asturias ...
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