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Landscape in Peñamellera Alta, on the right some stone huts with red roofs on the side of a mountain with green meadows and rocks in the higher areas. A track passes in front of the huts and on the left a wooden fence separating other meadows from the road. In the background rise large blue mountains with snow-capped peaks.

Peñamellera Alta

  • capital Capital: Alles
  • Oriente de Asturias
The Sierra del Cuera, the Cares and the Picos de Europa define its orography. Trout and salmon, chamois and roe deer are the characters of a fairytale scenery that in Alles takes on Indian profiles and in Llonín, prehistoric ones. This is Peñamellera Alta.

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Aerial image of the village of Besnes, situated on the edge of a winding road, surrounded by meadows and woods. You can see all the red roofs of the houses, some with their plots of land and vegetable gardens. Steep hillsides rise up on either side of the village.
View of a small village at the bottom of the valley, huddled houses with red roofs, a road leads to the village. To the left a steep slope climbs up to the higher mountains. Green meadows, autumn trees and limestone rock. Intense greens combine with the browns of the trees and greys of the rock.
Image of La Vidre bridge, made of stone with ivy, located over two rocky massifs and a paved roadway. In the background the crystal clear, turquoise waters of the river Cares, on the banks you can see the limestone rock whose colour changes according to the flow of the river. Steep slopes with trees and rocks rise up on the sides.
Image of two cyclists climbing a steep grassy slope with flowers. On the right there is a steep mountain of grass and rock. In the background below the village of Alles, and behind it the peculiar Pica de Peñamellera, with its easily distinguishable spiky shape. The sky is grey with clouds.

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The Sierra del Cuera, the Picos de Europa and the river Cares are the natural orographies that mark a landscape and a landscape with a unique personality. Peñamellera Alta has been and still is a land of shepherds, livestock farmers, cheese makers, fishermen and, in short, people who live and love nature. Trout, salmon, chamois, roe deer or goats are often the figures of a dream natural scenery that fulfils the expectations of fishermen, hunters, walkers, canoeists and in general of those who enjoy activities in an unspoilt nature.

Peñamellera Alta has a deep Indian mark - especially in Alles, the capital of the council, and also has a deep prehistoric mark, taking into account that in the Llonín cave some of the best paintings of all European cave art are kept safe in the cave of Llonín. Rozagás, Ruenes, etc. are other names of towns and villages where Asturian rural life has stood still in time. Cheese, honey, bees and salmon, like those that can be seen in the crystal-clear waters of the Cares at dawn in reserves such as Niserias... or at the height of La Vidre Bridge. This is Peñamellera Alta.

Population: 643 inhabitants.
Surface area: 92.19 km2

Peñamellera Alta
GPS: 43.3346686,-4.7049606
  • Alles and its Indian architecture, and the Sierra del Cuera.
  • Llonín and its Quesu cave.
  • Niserias and its salmon preserve.
  • La Vidre Bridge.