Cenera – Holiday apartment between palaces and green valley landscapes

Cenera can be explored through specific places and names. At its heart is the Palacio de Arriba, a Baroque palace complex dating from the late 16th century. The estate includes a chapel, stables, a bridge and a dovecote. The Palacio de Arriba de Cenera is protected as a cultural asset of special cultural interest; its publication date is 20 April 1995.

For planning purposes, you can divide the area into individual themes. Architecture, landscape, access, local cuisine and hiking stand alongside one another as different perspectives.

Culture

Cenera is also home to the Palacio de Abajo, a second vernacular Baroque palace dating from 1736. Another way of approaching the area’s history is the rock carving “Petroglifo de Cenera”, which is considered, with near certainty, the first artistic manifestation in the Caudal Basin. The two palaces represent different historical and stylistic accents; the Petroglifo adds a cultural perspective by placing the area within the Caudal Basin. When choosing your focus, palace architecture and rock art can be considered separately.

Landscape

Cenera is characterised by green landscapes in a valley that escaped much of the industrial transformation of the surrounding area. The El Cantu recreation area offers views of Monte Llosorio, Peñarreigá and Cenera. The PR AS-39 hiking trail passes through oak groves in sections. For planning purposes, the viewpoint, valley area and hiking trail can be distinguished as different ways of experiencing the landscape. If you prefer to focus either on a view of the surrounding area or on a section of trail through oak groves, you can weigh these details separately.

Getting there

By car, Cenera can be reached via the MI-3 and then, from El Pedroso, via the MI-4. EMUTSA provides public transport between Mieres and Cenera. For your travel planning, you can consider the individual road route and public transport as separate options.

When comparing holiday apartments in Cenera, you can check travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions side by side on the offer pages. When planning your trip, you can decide for yourself whether historic architecture, landscape views, a local event focused on gastronomy or a section of trail through oak groves should be the main focus. These themes can be arranged independently of one another.

Other places: Urbiés, Mieres, Cardeo Riba, Figaredo, Santu Miano, Laipata.

Local character

When planning your trip, you can consider culinary and cultural themes separately or together. In Cenera, the “Mercau Astur” is held together with the gastronomy days known as “Menú Mercau Astur”. During the “Mercau Astur”, local residents wear traditional Asturian clothing.

This creates several clearly distinguishable ways of experiencing Cenera: historic architecture is represented by the palaces and the rock carving, while El Cantu, the valley views and the PR AS-39 open up the surrounding landscape. The connection with the “Mercau Astur” and the “Menú Mercau Astur” adds another emphasis on local traditions and gastronomy. When planning your day, these focal points can be considered independently or in any changing order.

To the main travel overview: Mieres.