Mestas de Con: Iglesia de San Pedro de Con and GR-109

Mestas de Con is the location whose parish church, Iglesia de San Pedro de Con, is designated as a Site of Cultural Interest (BIC) and as a monument. It preserves Romanesque portals on the west and south façades, as well as a triumphal arch resting on attached columns. As a church in the popular Romanesque style, it has a single nave and a square chancel.

When choosing a holiday apartment in Mestas de Con, you can sort the local attractions by culture, route, cycling route, and mythology. On accommodation listing pages, you can compare travel dates, room categories, and cancellation policies. The different highlights can be considered alongside your own travel plans.

Culture

The entire enclosure of Iglesia de San Pedro de Con is decorated with 18th-century murals and is considered one of the few examples of vernacular architecture with pictorial decoration from before the 19th century.

Trails and landscape

From Mestas de Con, an ascent leads to the former Romanesque church of Iglesia de San Pedro de Con. From Mestas de Con, the trail follows the Tabardín River into the valley to Llano de Con. The route from Mestas de Con offers panoramic views of the mountains and the valley. Along this route, you can see traditional houses with wooden enclosed balconies and numerous hórreos. The route continues to Gamonéu de Cangas, the place that gave its name to the most important cheese in the surrounding area, Gamonéu.

The combination of a cultural destination, river course, valley, and panorama allows you to compare different trail highlights side by side.

Cycling route

The GR-109 mountain-bike route is approximately 33.5 km long, takes about three hours, involves 1,050 metres of ascent, and has a medium difficulty level. Mestas de Con is the point on the route farthest from the starting point. From Mestas de Con, the route can follow the AS-114 road towards Panes and continue to Benia de Onís.

For your planning, you can compare the length, duration, ascent, and difficulty level separately.

For planning your day, you can compare different forms of activity and discovery. A clearly quantified cycling stage, trails along the river and through the forest, and architectural and mythological features provide several levels of comparison. Distance, time, and elevation gain stand alongside local details without sporting measurements; you can consider these levels separately.

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Mythology and forest

The Laberinto Mitológico de Cangas de Onís is a 4,000-square-metre plant maze in Mestas de Con. The Laberinto also has a path through the forest, where several sculptures depict Asturian mythology. The Laberinto Mitológico de Cangas de Onís has a free car park.

For the higher-level travel overview: Cangas De Onis.