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Amieva

Impressive mountain landscape with the view of the small village of Pen, Amieva, in the centre of the photo. Surrounded by meadows and trees in this case with autumn colours, predominantly orange and ochre tones of the leaves. In the background, spectacular mountains rise up towards the sky with whimsical shapes, some sharper and others more rounded.
Amieva
Rivers, crystalline waters, canyons, gorges and mountains, climbing walls, paths of serene beauty, mythical valleys, mythology, cheeses... Essences of Amieva...
The Poza del Dobra, also called Olla de San Vicente in Amieva, is in the middle of the mountains, where the river forms this natural pool of great dimensions and depths, where you can even dive. Its cold waters are emerald green or turquoise blue. On its banks you can see people sunbathing and swimming.
View of the small but beautiful village of Villaverde in Amieva, where among its houses you can see the occasional hórreo, a typical traditional Asturian construction. Situated on a sloping hillside, with trees and meadows overlooking the grey limestone and white snow-capped mountains of the Western Massif of the Picos de Europa in the background.
Landscape of the Angón Valley, Amieva, with an old stone hut with a red roof in the foreground accompanied by a tree with leaves of an intense spring green, like the meadows of the valley. In the background on the right a large rocky peak dominates the landscape, on the left closer and somewhat rounder mountains with more vegetation.
Ruta del Beyu Pen, that is the name of this cobbled path in the foreground, which crosses an enchanted forest, whose trees have shapes that invite us to imagine mythological beings such as goblins or xanas, like the large one on the left. The river flows down alongside the path, forming small waterfalls and accompanying the walker with its music.
View of the Dobra river, descending from the beginning of the valley. The mossy stones that form part of the river cause the water to collide with them and form tiny waterfalls with foam, thus decorating its course. On both banks, vegetation in autumn colours floods the valley. In the background, a large mountain with snow on its summit.
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Water and rock, this is one of its essences. Abrupt and steep, mountainous, this is the landscape of Amieva, crossed by mythical rivers such as the Dobra and the Sella, which make up a large part of its orography. With part of its territory in the Picos de Europa National Park, protected and rural, Amieva is an important climbing centre for those who wish to train for bigger challenges in the great massifs of the Park, and the narrowness of its gorges makes it an ideal territory for canyoning and rafting. It is clear that its speciality is mountain experiences, including routes such as the Camín de la Reina, the Jocica path, the Arcediano or the Beyu Pen, which combines nature and Asturian mythology and is one of the few in Asturias to do so.

Amieva treasures beauty and richness, such as the Angón Valley or the Beyos Gorge, which it shares with Ponga and which gives its name to one of the tastiest and most renowned cheeses in the Picos de Europa region, .

Population: 803 inhabitants.

Area: 113.90 km2

Amieva
GPS: 43.269661,-5.129049