Discover Onís: Mountain Trails, Bearded Vultures and Cheese Routes

To the north of Onís, the Sierra del Ibeu rises as part of the coastal mountain range of the Sierra del Cuera. Its summit, Pico Ibeu, is 872 m high and can be climbed.

In addition, this overview includes the destination pages for Bobia, Gamonedo De Cangas and Avín.

When booking a holiday apartment in Onís, you can compare travel dates, room categories and cancellation conditions side by side on the offer pages. For planning the content of your trip, mountains, nature watching, caves, culture and regional specialities can be considered as separate areas of focus, without limiting your decision to a single theme.

Nature

The Ruta de las Majadas de Onís partly runs through the Picos de Europa National Park and Biosphere Reserve. As a circular route through the mountains, it leads through some of the most significant mountain pastures in the municipality of Onís.

Part of the Picos de Europa National Park lies within the municipality of Onís.

A guided bearded vulture-watching excursion leads to a feeding site for vultures and also to a release area for bearded vultures.

The circular route, mountain ascent and guided observation are presented as different types of activity. You can organise these areas of focus according to your preferred level of exercise, nature theme or the character of a guided activity.

The landscape and nature activities can be mentally divided into trails, a mountain summit and wildlife observation. In this way, the different ways of experiencing the destination remain clearly distinct from one another.

Culture

Inside the Cuevona de Avín is the Centre for the Interpretation of Avín’s Ice Age Fauna; the guided visit there lasts approximately 45 minutes.

The Cuevona de Avín itself is a cave extending for 500 m, with three entrances through which the Chicu River flows.

The Centro Las Montañas del Quebrantahuesos offers guided tours of a bearded vulture exhibition.

The San José Chapel has a bell tower and a small sundial on its façade.

If you are interested in culture, you can consider the cave, guided exhibition and chapel as separate themes. Moving between Ice Age fauna, the bearded vulture exhibition and San José Chapel offers different perspectives without placing the sites in a fixed order.

Food and Drink

The culinary side can be considered a separate focus alongside mountain and nature themes. You can distinguish between the character of a route and that of a fixed destination.

When making a clear comparison, you can consider trails and guided activities, natural areas and cultural sites, as well as routes and destinations separately. Which of these forms you combine or plan individually is left to your personal travel arrangements.

The Ruta Quesera Onís is a 3 km circular route connecting cheese dairies, farms, caves and cider presses associated with the local tradition.

The Ruta Quesera de Benia de Onís leads to the Plaza in Benia. There, Gamonéu DOP cheese can be bought and enjoyed in shops, cider houses and restaurants.

For the overarching travel overview: Onís.