Tanes by the Reservoir: Nature, Culture and Excursions

Nature and Water

The Tanes Reservoir is located in Redes Nature Park and is surrounded by Atlantic forests and mountains. Its shores offer opportunities for walking and observing waterfowl. Guided kayaking excursions are available on the Tanes Reservoir.

For planning your trip, these activities can be distinguished by their form: walking along the shore combines exercise and nature observation, while the kayaking tour is a guided activity on the water. This allows you to compare different daily rhythms and set your own priorities between observation and active movement.

If, when planning, you would like to distinguish between observation, exercise and an accompanied water activity, the formats described offer three clearly identifiable approaches. Such a comparison can help you organize your days not only by individual destinations, but also according to the type of experience you want.

Local Character and Culture

Tanes adapted its local character and way of life to a reservoir without losing its original character and beauty. The Colegiata de Santa María la Real de Tanes stands at the edge of the Tanes Dam.

At the Museo de la Apicultura de Caso, visitors can observe how a living beehive works. They can also learn about bees and honey production in Asturias.

For your planning, you can treat the Colegiata and the museum as different cultural themes. You can decide for yourself whether to focus on the building, observing a living beehive or honey production in Asturias.

Museums in the Surrounding Area

The Casa del Agua Museum is located in the area around Tanes. The Museo de Madera y la Madreña is also located in the area around Tanes. The Centro de Interpretación Armando Palacio Valdés is likewise located in the area around Tanes.

For your planning, you can note the three destinations as separate cultural highlights. Grouping them together as part of the area around Tanes creates a clear spatial category for compiling cultural stops.

Mountains and Spatial Classification

The Peña Mea summit is located in the area around Tanes. In the wider regional surroundings of Tanes are the Llomba summit, Peña Ten mountain and Peñas del Mediodía mountain.

When putting together your excursions, you can distinguish destinations in the area around Tanes from those in the wider regional surroundings. The two spatial references mark different levels, without requiring you to assign the same spatial classification to all the landscape names.

Other places: Bueres, Campo De Caso, Caleao.

When comparing holiday apartments in Tanes, you can pay particular attention on the listing pages to travel dates, room category and cancellation policies. These three details help you organize different accommodations according to the conditions that are important for your trip. You can use your own priorities as a benchmark.

Getting Around

The cycling route from Rioseco to Cangas de Onís runs along the Tanes Reservoir and then follows the AS-254 towards Tañes through the valley of the Río Orlé.

For your planning, you can classify this route as its own form of transport alongside the activities along the shores and on the water. The sequence of reservoir, road and valley makes the route description easy to follow when you mentally trace it step by step.

For the higher-level travel overview: Caso.