Avín Cave and the Glacial Fauna Interpretation Centre

During the tour, which is around five hundred metres long, we can learn about life in the Picos de Europa region during the Ice Age. This cave was inhabited during the Palaeolithic period and, later, in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was used as a coaching post, with an inn and a smithy built adjacent to it. Recently, the smithy building and the cave were restored to house the Glacial Fauna Interpretation Centre, from where guided tours inside the Cuevona are organised.

The tour, which lasts approximately 45 minutes, allows visitors to discover what the fauna that inhabited this territory during the Pleistocene was like, through life-size reconstructions of species that are now extinct, all of which are documented in the area’s fossil record. Along the route, visitors can see figures such as the mammoth, the giant deer, the woolly rhinoceros and the sabre-toothed tiger, as well as a reproduction of the fossil remains of a rhinoceros found in the nearby Pozu de La Peruyal cave.

Tours depart on the hour, so it is advisable to arrive at the Interpretation Centre about ten minutes early to ensure a smooth entry.