San Ignacio in Ponga Nature Park – Find a Holiday Apartment

San Ignacio is a hanging village on the Los Beyos valley in Ponga Nature Park. The approximately 12-kilometre-long limestone gorge of Los Beyos was formed by the Río Sella.

When comparing holiday apartments in San Ignacio, you can compare travel dates, room categories and cancellation policies on the respective offer pages. This information helps you define the personal framework for your trip.

More pages about nearby places: Sellaño, Cazo and Taranes.

Nature

A narrow but safe road leads through the Los Beyos Gorge and makes it easy to explore its landscape. San Ignacio and El Beyu can be reached via a turn-off at the Pombayón Bridge. Hotel Puente Vidosa is located in Vidosa near San Ignacio, in the Los Beyos Gorge on the Río Sella and at the Aguasaliu Cascade, on the southwestern slope of the Picos de Europa and within Ponga Nature Park.

Culture

The houses of San Ignacio are arranged in terraces along the limestone edge of the Beyu. San Ignacio is home to a beyusco hórreo with a three-sided roof; beyusco hórreos are adapted to high-mountain conditions. The beyusco hórreos in San Ignacio are possibly considered predecessors of the standard Asturian hórreo.

Queso de los Beyos is produced by shepherds in the area around the Los Beyos Gorge in the municipalities of Ponga and Amieva in Asturias, as well as Oseja de Sajambre in León, and has held protected geographical indication status since 2013.

Steep, paved paths lead to the houses in San Ignacio. They complement the terraced settlement structure along the limestone edge of the Beyu with a visible feature of the village design. Together with the three-sided roof of the beyusco hórreo, this creates a concrete picture of San Ignacio's traditional architectural forms.

Activities

Multiaventura Vidosa is located in El Beyu, in the Los Beyos Gorge and within Ponga Nature Park. The facility offers seven via ferrata routes, seven zip lines and various Tibetan bridges, including the Puente de las Nubes over the Río Sella. The El Beyu por la Cueva via ferrata in San Ignacio covers a 160-metre-long route, has two emergency exits and a suspension bridge; the path then continues to the abandoned village of Rubriellos.

For your own planning, several clearly named formats can be considered side by side: a moderately difficult mountain trail, a route with numerous waypoints, via ferrata routes, zip lines and Tibetan bridges. The different route lengths and activity types help you compare plans objectively.

Hiking

The Carriá Route from Puente Vidosa leads via San Ignacio, Canisqueso, Valle Mura, Collado los Cabrios, Pico Roble and Pico Carriá; via Collado Trecho, Silla del Cabestredo and Vallesotu, it returns to San Ignacio and is approximately 10.5 kilometres long. The Senda del Cartero is a moderately difficult mountain trail starting at Puente Vidosa; the marked path begins approximately 700 metres from the hotel.

For the overarching travel overview: Ponga.