Pimiango – Cueva del Pindal and Holiday Apartments

The Cueva del Pindal in Pimiango was declared a monument on 25 April 1924 and has been classified as an Asset of Cultural Interest under Spanish heritage protection law since 1985. Its entrance facing the sea leads through a large, naturally lit vestibule into a straight gallery of complete darkness. The first half of the gallery is wide and easy to walk through.

Culture

Next to the entrance to the Cueva del Pindal is the San Emeterio Interpretation Centre. It focuses mainly on the Cueva del Pindal and the Santa María de Tina monastery. The surviving ruins of Santa María de Tina belonged to a 13th-century Cistercian temple. A footpath leads to them, beginning near the San Emeterio chapel close to the Cuevas del Pindal.

The Ermita de San Emeterio in Pimiango has a rectangular floor plan, a single-nave layout, external buttresses and a side portico. The San Emeterio lighthouse was built on the edge of the cliffs in 1852. It is located in Pimiango and is the easternmost lighthouse in Asturias. At the foot of a yew tree lies Fuente'I Santu, also called Fuente de los peregrinos, on the paved path between the Novenas House and the San Emeterio chapel.

Landscape

Pimiango's coastal plateau has three viewpoints: El Picu, El Picu del Cañón and Snta María de Tina. Their views extend north to the Costa Cantábrica, south to the Sierra del Cuera and, in the background, to the Picos de Europa.

The Acantilados de Pimiango route runs partly through the Ría de Ribadesella – Ría de Tinamayor ZEC and ZEPA protected area of the Natura 2000 network. The cave, viewpoints and path offer different focal points that can be considered separately when planning your own day.

When comparing holiday apartments in Pimiango, you can check travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions side by side on the listing pages, while taking into account your preferred balance of culture, landscape and festival tradition.

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Language and festivals

A distinctive linguistic trace of the area's history is Mansolea: the itinerant shoemakers of Pimiango developed this cryptic special language as a sign of their group identity. Mansolea was known throughout Pimiango because women used the language in everyday and family communication.

The festival tradition includes the Fiesta de Santu Medé, which is recognised as a festival of tourist interest of the Principality of Asturias. Sunday is its main day; in the afternoon, the Ramu is auctioned in the square after a sung Mass. Traditionally, the celebrations also include a procession of more than two kilometres on foot from the church of Pimiango to the Ermita de San Emeterio.

For the higher-level travel overview: Asturias.