Prellezo: Coast, Karst and Cultural History

Prellezo combines coastal landscapes, nature and traces of different eras. Those who wish to organize different focuses for a trip can distinguish between beaches and coastal formations, natural and cave history, festivals, and a marked trail.

Coast and Landscape

Playa de Berellín, also known as Barnejo, is located in Prellezo. It is approximately 740 metres long, features distinctive karst formations and has been declared an area of national tourist interest. In front of Playa de Berellín there is a viewpoint offering views across the entire west coast of Cantabria.

The higher meadows of Prellezo facing the sea feature terraces that were home to vineyards centuries ago. Another distinctive location is the marine coastal promontory known as “Castillo”: the Castro de Castillo is situated on it, while its outermost point extending into the sea is called Punta de la Garita. This point is located approximately 800 metres north of Prellezo.

Open coast, geological formations, expansive views and historical traces in the landscape create different points of focus. They can be considered separately when nature observation, the landscape and history are given different weights in trip planning.

Nature

The Natura 2000 site Cueva del Rejo belongs to the municipality of Val de San Vicente. It was designated on 7 December 2004 and is home to six bat species of Community interest.

The Cueva del Rejo cave in Prellezo also has an archaeological dimension: tools from the Magdalenian period were found there. Nature and human history stand here as distinct topics alongside one another, without any single focus replacing the others.

Culture and History

In 2004, the Castro de Castillo was classified as a Site of Cultural Interest (Bien de Interés Cultural) in the category of an archaeological site. The ruins of Santa Eulalia de Prellezo date from a period similar to that of Portillo.

This provides visitors interested in cultural history with various points of reference in time: an archaeological classification, a cave containing finds from the Magdalenian period, and ruins whose period of origin is compared with that of Portillo.

Festivals and Trails

Patron-saint festivities in honour of Saint Roch take place in Prellezo on 16 and 17 August. The San Roque celebrations include a mass, activities for children, as well as a romería and a verbena.

A trail marked PRS-252 begins in Prellezo next to the church. It is no longer officially homologated, and markings may be missing.

A fixed August date, communal forms of celebration and a trail with an explicitly stated reservation regarding its markings belong to different types of trip planning. The information about the festivals and the trail route can therefore be considered separately.

When choosing a holiday apartment in Prellezo, you can compare travel dates, room categories and cancellation policies on the accommodation offer pages. This information helps you consider different options according to your personal plans; the content ranges from the coast and nature to history, festivals and trails.

Other Places

The same regional context also includes Estrada, Pechón, Pesués, San Vicente De La Barquera, Serdio, Abanillas and Unquera.

For the broader travel overview: Val De San Vicente.