Totero: Holiday Apartment Between Cultural Heritage and Cheesemaking

Totero is considered a rural settlement above the Suscuaja Valley, with rows of stone houses. You can focus on one area or plan several interests alongside one another. Comparing different types of activities helps structure your days at varying paces; the order remains open.

When booking a holiday apartment in Totero, travel dates, accommodation category and cancellation conditions can be checked separately.

Culture and History

“El Puente del Diablo” in Totero is listed as cultural heritage in Cantabria. The Puente del Diablo de Totero is classified as tangible cultural heritage and as a crossing. The Escuelas en Totero de Cayón is an L-shaped school building with stone surrounds and lintels, as well as tiled roofs. The Puente del Diablo de Ruda is a stone bridge from the 19th century in Totero that spans the Pisueña River between Ruda de Cayón and Vega de Villafufre. It has no longer been used since the construction of the new bridge.

Craftsmanship and Festival Tradition

Quesería Tasugueras is an artisanal cheese dairy in Totero. It produces cheese using a copper vat, artisanal lactic acid cultures and milk from a local dairy farm. For groups of 6 to 15 people, the cheese dairy offers workshops and tours on cheese production, including a tasting of its products. During a celebration of San Esteban in Totero, a procession with pipers followed a festive mass with traditional singing. Pinchos and products from a local cheese dairy were sampled at the celebration.

The places and activities described have different focuses: the cultural heritage includes a school building and bridges, while the cheese dairy combines production, a workshop and a tasting. The route adds a clearly measured landscape experience to these themes. This allows cultural interests, a culinary appointment, the festival tradition and a long hiking day to be considered as separate focal points, without combining them into a single program.

When deciding on priorities, you can distinguish between a cultural focus, a culinary focus, a festival tradition or an extended hike. These different options help you arrange the available travel day according to your own preferences.

Other Places

Other places: Corvera, San Sebastián de Garabandal, Elechas, Cuchia, Villanueva, Coo, Quintana, Somahoz

Nature

The Peña del Sombrero y Caballar route from Totero is 19.35 kilometres long, has 777 metres of positive elevation gain, is of medium difficulty and takes a total of 5 hours and 48 minutes as a round trip. It initially heads southwest and crosses the Pisueña River via a metal footbridge. Via Peña del Sombrero and Caballar, the route passes through pine forest as well as mixed, predominantly native woodland with oaks, chestnuts, beech trees and holm oaks.

For the higher-level travel overview: Cantabria.