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General view of Sotres, the highest village in the Picos de Europa, and Exemplary Village of 2024 in the Princess of Asturias Awards. Situated on a green hill surrounded by mountains, the central massif of the National Park. A handful of white and stone houses with red roofs huddle among its narrow and steep streets.

Cabrales

Universal feats and mountains, challenges everywhere, a cheese, Cabrales, famous all over the world, non-stop sport, good livestock and good gastronomy. This is Cabrales
The small village of Bulnes, the only one in Asturias with no access road, can be reached by a funicular railway or by following a mountain route. In the foreground, hikers crossing a wooden bridge over the river. Traditional Asturian wooden stone houses appear behind the bridge, all with flower pots full of flowers. In the background the limestone mountain.
General view of Carreña with red-roofed houses and the road in the middle, surrounded by forests and mountains, which rise one after the other. In the background is the central massif of the Picos de Europa with the Naranjo de Bulnes in the foreground. The colours mix between the greens and greys of the limestone with the blue of the sky.
View of the impressive Pico Urriellu or Naranjo de Bulnes, photo taken in winter, all covered with snow and ice. The peak appears as an explosion in the middle of the massif, its original shape as a rounded and high flan, distinguishes it from all the other mountains. The colours are intense, the grey of the rock, the white of the snow and the blue sky.
Landscape of Cabrales, view of mountain range in the background, with a light mist just ahead and in the centre, surrounded by softer hills with trees, the small village of Asiego appears, a group of white and stone houses with red roofs, located on a high area from where the
Garganta del Cares or divine gorge, famous winding gorge between the rocky mountain walls of the Picos, next to it endless cliffs with the river Cares in the background, some green patches of grass and scrub appear dotted between the limestone of these massifs. A hiker appears on the route.

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A mountainous territory if ever there was one, Cabrales is in the vigorous heart of the Picos de Europa, as a large part of its territory forms the Central Massif of the Picos. There are many milestones in the form of summits and feats that we can highlight in Cabrales, but there is above all one that marks this land, the Picu Urriellu or Naranjo de Bulnes, the last conquest among the great European peaks, back in 1904, and which during the 20th and 21st centuries has continued to inspire great challenges. Cabrales thus joins its history to that of mythical names in exploration and climbing such as Pedro Pidal and El Cainejo, the pioneers, and so many others... some of whom have even given their names to viewpoints such as Pedro Udaondo in Asiegu... And more names, this time of villages with views or with high mountain atmosphere and habits such as Pandiellu, Camarmeña, or Bulnes, with a funicular railway included, Tielve, Sotres or Poncebos... without forgetting the Cares Route and the river that gives it its name.

In addition to the great icons of limestone rock such as Urriellu, Horcados Rojos, Cabrones, Torrecerredo, there is also one that has to do with the livestock and shepherding tradition of this land, and is the other that makes it universally known: Cabrales cheese, which even has a Cave-Exhibition in Arenas, and a busy festival.

Population: 2,157 inhabitants
Surface area: 238,29 km2
Weekly markets: Saturday (Carreña) and Thursday (Las Arenas)

Cabrales
GPS: 43.3160493,-4.8459855

Quesu Cave.
Camarmeña.
Cares Route.
Bulnes.
Listen to the Picu Urriellu Audioguide.