Enjoy walking along 6 thematic routes through the Cider Shire Councils. Accept our proposal and stamp your accrediting passport of having overcome the challenge.
"Mills Route" - Bimenes P.R. AS 141
You start the itinerary in the village of La Llera after crossing the bridge with the same name where the head trail signpost can be seen a few metres ahead as well as a small parking area for the visitors who start the run right from there. After crossing the river and a few minutes walk, you will find the first mills which are the origin and reason of this route: Barrial´s Mill, Flora´s Mills and El Ferreru´s Mill or Maxima´s Mill.Following a slightly uphill path you will get into the forest which offers interesting kinds of Asturian authochthonous flora like Cestnut, Hazel, Oak, Holly trees... At the same time the amazing summits of the Mountains of Peñamayor can be seen among the trees leaves as well as from the forest clearings you will find in your walk. After a few kms run and close to the finish you will find Milo´s Mill which has been restored and fit out in order to show, in a simple way, the instruments and mechanisms used in the Asturian milling tradition. This is a prerfect place to have a rest with the of sound of the stream that will help you to relax yourselves before starting the way uphill till the las mill of the route. After taking a branch path, perfectly signposted, you will get to Honorio´s Mill, beautiful construction located on the foot of an amazing gorge created by the river run with the past of the centuries as well as a hundred-year-old Tejo tree (taxus baccata). Then you will be a few metres away from the end of the itinerary in the village of Velia. The way back to La Llera is to be made along the same path.
The visitor will get into a dreaming landscape surrounded by Asturian autochthonous forests formed by hundred-year-old Oak trees, Chestnut trees, Holly trees or Ash trees. The itinerary starts by the board located near the Town Council of Cabranes in Santa Eulalia.This board will give you an idea of the characteristics of the run. After crossing the village walking uphill on the way to Sendín, take the path toward Argamia, the last country house and its outbuildings before getting into the "Picu Moro" forest. We advise you to keep your senses awake since it’s not difficult to see squirrels jumping from tree to tree or a roe deer pasturing in the meadows. After a few meters of ascent walk, heading to the Cuatro Caminos area, you will get to one of the most plain and colourful parts of the run with arable lands sparkled with small huts. After passing by Brisandi you will get again into the deep forest which surrounds Cotubellosu peak till you get to the end of the path, already in a clearing, where you will take the path that crosses a community mount and will take you to the Peña Cabrera recreational area where you will be able to rest. From the mirador you will enjoy beautiful views and check how close the Cantabrian Sea and Picos de Europa are. We will follow the route heading out to Viñón. During the way down you will also be able to enjoy the landscape with its soft hills with forest masses with great ecologic value. Once you arrive in the village opf Niao you should take a look at the old washing place, recently restored, and apreciate its characteristics. Just a few meters ahead you will get to the end of the route in the village of Viñón, a specially interesting place, where the Asturian Rural School Museum is located showing a sample of the rural school life from the late 19th century till mid 20th. You will also be able to visit, very near from the school, the Romanesque church of San Julián de Viñón (XI c.); beautiful construction from the medieval period.
"Mysteries of the sea route" - Colunga P.R. AS 196
The sea will be the eternal partner of your walk along the "Mysteries of Sea route." You will begin the run in the village of Hüerres, Colunga, where the head trail board, located near the village square, will indicate you the characteristics of the route. After walking about 100 meters among the housings heading out of the village, you will meet a deviation to the left that will drive you during about 500 m along a path on the way to the coast. You will find an indicator that will point you out the deviation of a path in order to take the most virgin part of the itinerary, which runs by the seaside for about 2 Kms, during which you will be able to observe the immensity of the Ocean and its proximity to the tremendous Sierra of Sueve with more than 1,000 m high only a few kilometers from your location. Depending on the schedule you choose to make the route, it exists the possibility of observing the works of task of some of the ships with base in the near port of Lastres, which will appear approximately to your view in the intermediate point of the journey. If you are not in a hurry to arrive, we advise you to stop some minutes to rest in the banks installed to the effect throughout the route and you take time in order to scan the waves in search of dolphins or other species of cetacean which can be seen in these waters. Perhaps, if you are lucky, you will have the possibility of sighting the floating body of one of the mythical giant squids "kraken" that at some time have been found beached in this area of the Asturian Jurassic coast. Only a few meters will separate you from the end of the route, being the main reference point the beach islet of the village of La Isla. This town is a perfect place to relax oneself after the route, taking a reparative bath or taking a walk on the sand of one of the most beautiful beaches in Asturias.
"Riverside Route"- Nava P.R. AS 198
The beginning of the route is very next to the village of Piloñeta, a parking in the proximities of the Pra river will allow you to leave the vehicle, and after reading the indications of the itinerary in the head trail board, you will be able to begin this adventure through nature.
A few meters away from the path you will see the Prá mill; this construction used water power from the river that will be your indefatigable partner through forests and medows. Following a slight ascent and leaving the riverside for a while, we will drive you through a path under the shadow of characteristic Asturian vegetation as Maples, Hazel trees or Ash-trees.
In the same way throughout the run you will be able to identify the constructions of old water mills that even nowadays preserve certain elements like canalizations or cascades, constructions used by the neighbours of the near villages, and after years of abandonment and disuse they are but a memory. The perfectly signal route leads you to the Cipresta hill, very near from the village of Campanal.
Leaving the path and after taking a concrete road you will begin the descent that will drive you toward the town of Gradatila, where we advise you to rest for a few minutes minutes, and talk with some of the villagers who will probably tell you an anecdote of the area. Between farm lands and local roads you will arrive to the village of Piloñeta last populated place before returning to the point of origin of the route.
"Close to the Sky Route" – Sariego P.R. AS 197
You will begin the route next to the board located in Vega's park (Capital of the town council of Sariego), following the indications of the route will go to the neighborhood of Canal, where you will be able to enjoy the hospitality of their people and to observe interesting examples of traditional Asturian architecture; do not forget to take a llok at the village toponymy explanatory boards,
which will show you the origins of its name, just like it happens in the village of Villar, next stop of the route and the last population nucleus before entering the clearest areas and with better views of the Council of Sariego. A 200m ascent on the hill slope will take you to Fayuca hill.
After passing by some right-of-way you will get to a sand path which runs through a pine trees forest in the places known as Pozu de los Lobos, La Biseca, Reonda, El Campu and Les Cruces. A few metres ahead, following the indicated detour, you will be able to rest for a while at the recreational area of Perriellos. Beautiful views of the Sariego Valley can be enjoyed through this part of the run as well as appreciate the majesty of the Mountains of Sueve and Peñamayor, natural colossus which flank the Cider Shire and, if the weather allos it, you will also be able to see the mythical Picos de Europa. After a few minutes walk the run becomes peacefully among smal paths and medows. If you are lucky, you will see a wild boar in the distance or enjoy the gliding of some eagle over you, for you will be in their domain. A few metres from the end of the route, at La Campa, You will have the opportnity to have one last rest watching the amazing landscape of the Boiges Valley, the Villaviciosa Ria and of course the Cantabrian Sea.
"Jet Route" – Villaviciosa P.R. AS 197
The route we propose now will allow you to know the origin of “jet”, mythical material from the jurasic period closely linked to the oldest Asturian tradition. The route is to be started in the seaboard village of Tazones where you will find the route board indicating the itinerary. After a few metres of ascent in the back streets of the village, you will get to a perfectly indicated path which will lead you to the Tazones Lighthouse. Don’t forget to take a look, from time to time, in order to enjoy and have different perspectives of the beautiful seaboard village. Once you get to the top of the path, by the Lighthouse, follow the indicators on the way the village of Villar and after a few metres you will find a detour to a sand path which will drive you close to the coast through areas where you will be surrounded by eucalyptus and medows from where you will be able to watch the Cantabrian Sea. You will be then close to the parish of Oles, final destination of the route; anyway, you will be able to take some tedours in order to visit the traces of some great dinosaurs which populated these land millions of years ago leaving their inheritance through many icnites deposits located throughout the Asturian Jurasic coast. Once you are at the parish of Oles, walking among its houses and following the indicators, you will get to a jet mine tip, close to the same mine entrance which was exploited for centuries but was closed down a few dacedes ago. This appreciated material
was extracted and exported to many places from here and throughout the history it has been used a jewel with magic power. Have a rest and become imbued with the mysticism and energy of this place. The return is to be done following the same path.
