Discover Sésamo: Nature, Rock Art and Holiday Apartments

For visitors interested in culture, Sésamo begins with a clear historical trace: Peña Piñera near Sésamo is a site of schematic rock art dating from the period after the Paleolithic. Natural areas, a viewpoint, trails, festivals and the history of Castro Piñera complement this profile from different perspectives.

When choosing a holiday apartment in Sésamo, you can compare travel dates, room categories and cancellation policies on the respective property page. You can choose the location based on the themes you would like to combine during your stay: nature, archaeology, landscape, trails or a festival date.

Nature

Las Devesas in Sésamo is a natural area with rich flora and fauna. The La Peña viewpoint offers a view of the surrounding natural landscape. You can give these two landscape-related themes separate weight in your planning instead of combining them into a single itinerary item.

Culture

Despite the imprecise chronology, the rock paintings of Peña Piñera in Sésamo can be dated from the Chalcolithic to the Iron Age. The rock art site consists of several groups of images in rock shelters; there are individual depictions between the groups. For visitors, the broad time span and the structured arrangement are presented side by side.

History

Castro Piñera occupies a central position and controls access to the valleys of Ancares and Fornela. It covers more than 10 hectares; its walls have a combined length of approximately 2 kilometres. Archaeological materials, mainly made of metal, suggest that Castro Piñera was inhabited in the 1st century AD. When viewing the site yourself, you can consider its extent, structural layout and chronological classification separately.

Trails

The walk “Un paseo por las pinturas rupestres de Sésamo” is of considerable archaeological, landscape and geomorphological interest. The Peña Piñera route begins and ends at the car park on the LE-4211 road in Sésamo. The rock paintings of Sésamo can be reached from Vega de Espinareda via the road; at the entrance to Sésamo, a road branches off to the left towards the paintings and then continues to an unpaved track. For planning purposes, a named walk and a route with a fixed start and end point are presented side by side. When preparing, you can distinguish between the thematic name of the walk and the indicated waypoints.

Festivals

Las Candelas is celebrated in Sésamo on 2 February. The El Salvador festival is also celebrated in Sésamo on 6 August. The two dates mark two different points in the course of the year. Anyone wishing to plan their stay around a festival can consider these dates as separate calendar points.

Other places

Other local pages: La Braña, Carrizo De La Ribera, Ponferrada, Barjas, Lugueros, Barbadillo, Luyego and Colinas Del Campo De Martín Moro.

Context

Sésamo belongs to the municipality of Vega de Espinareda. Vega de Espinareda is one of the four municipalities in the Reserva de la Biosfera de los Ancares Leoneses, which was designated a biosphere reserve in 2006.

To the higher-level travel overview: León.