Cabranes: apartments and holiday homes
Cabranes is characterised by meadows, wooded valleys and native forests, creating a rural landscape. The paths in Cabranes offer panoramic views of the Picos de Europa, the Sierra del Sueve, Peñamayor, the Aramo, Redes and the Cantabrian coast.
Anyone looking to rent a holiday apartment in Cabranes will want to get to know this destination better.
Nature
The route to Peña Cabrera is a 10-kilometre circular hiking trail of moderate difficulty that starts and ends in Santolaya. It offers views of the Ría de Villaviciosa and the valleys of the Viacaba and the Profundo.
The Peñacabrera area can be reached via the road between Villaviciosa and Infiesto, a 1.4-kilometre paved road to Niao, and then a path to the recreational area.
Paths and routes
A variant of the Camino Real de Francia passes through Cabranes between Sariego and Piloña. The Cabranes variant passes through Pandenes and then follows the historic Camín de los Moros.
The route of traditional architecture begins near the Museo de la Escuela Rural and crosses the entire municipality of Cabranes.
Culture
San Julián de Viñón is a protected church that embodies the transition from pre-Romanesque to Romanesque architecture. The Museo de la Escuela Rural de Asturias is located in a former school built in 1908 and displays household furnishings as well as traditional Asturian ceramics.
The Vuelta a Cabranes passes through rural settlements and reaches Torazo (Torazu). The village features traditional houses, old hórreos and the rural-Baroque church of San Martín el Real; at the same time, houses belonging to residents who returned from America are combined with traditional Asturian houses with corridors and galleries.
The former headframe of the Viñón mine is a tourist attraction in Cabranes.
Festivals and local traditions
The Festival del Arroz con Leche takes place on the second Sunday in May in Santolaya and is a festival of tourist interest of the Principality of Asturias. The festival includes a traditional market for handicrafts and agricultural products, as well as free tastings of rice pudding in the morning.
At the Festival de la Boroña de forna, boroñas are baked in traditional fornas that are more than 300 years old.
Geographical location
The Museo de la Sidra is located in the vicinity of Cabranes. In Piñera, you will find the Casa-Museo de la Cerámica Popular Asturiana.
In the wider region surrounding Cabranes are the Museo del Jurasico de Asturias, the Museo Asturias Si Yo Pudiera, the Palacio de Valdesoto, the Mirador del Fitu, Pico Pienzu, Playa de la Ñora and Playa Centollera.
Camas, Carabaño and Santolaya De Cabranes.
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