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View of Taramundi, a small Asturian village in a green valley, surrounded by mountains and forests. Stone and slate houses dot the hillside, creating a picturesque and traditional landscape. A cobbled road winds through the village and in the background the cloudy sky highlights the natural beauty of this corner of Asturias.

Taramundi

Water, earth, iron and fire, hydraulic devices, cutlery and looms. A world of traditional customs and trades that have been preserved to the present day, and a place that is a reference in Spanish rural tourism: the Hotel La Rectoral, which today is a symbol of the socio-economic transformation of the area. This is Taramundi.
Panoramic view of As Veigas, in Taramundi, a small village in a deep green valley, surrounded by hills full of lush forests in autumn colours. The light creates deep contrasts between the small village with green meadows around it and the forests on the surrounding hillsides.
View of Os Teixóis, in Taramundi. We see a group of old stone houses with slate roofs grouped together in a rural and mountainous environment, with a hórreo, a typical construction of the region used to store grain, standing on wooden stilts, standing out among all of them.
View of the Ruta del Agua path in Taramundi, a path covered in a blanket of dry leaves, winding alongside a crystal-clear stream flowing between moss-covered rocks and lush vegetation. Sunlight filters through the leaves, creating a magical and peaceful atmosphere.
View of a giant knife outside the Pardiñas Museum of Traditional Cutlery in Taramundi. It is located in a meadow with the handle resting on a stone support, which gives it an inclined position. In the background, the surrounding mountains can be seen, alternating meadows with woodland.

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It is a reference point in the world for being one of the pioneering centres of rural tourism in Spain. The town of Taramundi, the capital of the council, and its old rectory house rose to media notoriety in the 1980s for being a pioneering and pilot experiment in rural tourism in a then depressed area. It turned out so well that today the municipality is an emblem of this type of tourism and a model of sustainable development to be followed, in which tourists can enjoy routes on foot, by bike, etc., as well as having the chance to sample traditional local cuisine or delve into the world of cutlery and blacksmiths, whose tradition is due to the abundance of iron in the area and dates back to the Middle Ages.

The hydraulic devices linked to the land, water, fire and iron are very well highlighted in the Ethnographic Ensemble of Os Teixóis, and at the same time, this world of the past brings with it a universe of traditional trades that still survive today, as is the case of cutlery - which is one of the trademarks of Taramundi in the world -, which can be seen in the House Museum of Traditional Cutlery in Taramundi - where the Museum of Traditional Cutlery in Taramundi is located.in Taramundi - where the largest knife in the world can be seen -, or seen live in a workshop. The Museum of the Loom also in Taramundi, the Ethnographic Museum of Esquíos, or the Museum of the Mills of Mazonovo are also facilities that transport us to that world of trades and crafts so characteristic and so deeply rooted in this part of the Asturian geography.

Population: 739 inhabitants
Surface area: 82.16 km2

Taramundi
GPS: 43.3603936,-7.1083458