Discover Luey: Caves, Rock Art and Festivals

In Luey, El Rejo Cave and its immediate surroundings have been protected as a Zona Especial de Conservación in the Natura 2000 network since 7 December 2004; its principal value lies in the presence of six bat species.

When comparing a holiday apartment in Luey, you can check travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions side by side on the respective offer pages. Depending on whether you place greater emphasis on nature, early history, the village setting or festivals, you can compare these aspects with your own travel plans without mixing up the different focuses. You can weigh the different interests separately.

Nature

El Rejo Cave belongs to the village of Luey and has a 635-metre-long passage. To reach the entrance to El Rejo Cave, you must cross an area with very dense vegetation and climb a limestone outcrop; safety equipment and climbing skills are required.

The walls of El Rejo Cave contain Palaeolithic rock art. For your planning, you can consider the cave passage, the route to the entrance and the rock art as separate points of focus.

Routes and History

The Senda Fluvial del Río Nansa riverside route runs through the villages of Muñorrodero and Luey and extends as far as Camijanes.

The Vía de Agrippa, also known as the coastal road, passed through Luey. After crossing Luey, it continued along the coast towards Asturias. When planning your trip, you can consider the riverside route and the historic coastal connection as two different route themes side by side.

Archaeology

The tools found in the Las Cabras caves in Luey date from the Magdalenian. They are among the finds that provide evidence of very early settlement in Val de San Vicente.

There are numerous bone remains in Las Cabras Cave in Luey. For your planning, the finds from Las Cabras and the rock art of El Rejo can be treated as two different cultural themes.

Village Setting

The villages of Luey contain numerous rows of Montañés-style houses and manor houses dating from the 17th to the 19th century. The village setting adds a visible historical dimension to the underground and landscape-related themes.

Other Places

Other village pages: Villafufre, Noja, Torrelavega, Valderredible, Otañes, Riotuerto, Brez, Tezanos.

Festivals

You can assign different weights to the cultural, landscape and culinary focuses when planning your trip. A stay can be structured conceptually around nature and routes, archaeology and the village setting, or the festivals. For your planning, you can consider the two festivals as different culinary focuses and conceptually separate them from nature, archaeology and the village setting.

At the patron-saint festivals of Luey, a tasting of ollas ferroviarias was held.

The Fiesta de la Sombrilla in Luey included gastronomic tastings as well as a barbecue, a sardine meal and a tortilla competition.

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