Yernes y Tameza

Located in the central western area of Asturias and flanked by the councils of Proaza, Grado and Teverga, Yernes y Tameza is characterised by its altitude and steep slopes. It is a municipality of heights combined with chasms and depressions, and where limestone rock and the karstic system abound, with outcrops from the Carboniferous. It is precisely this orography that makes it an area suitable for active tourism: hiking, mountain biking, horse riding, snowshoeing, potholing, etc.

The morphology of Yernes y Tameza is shaped around the Villabre river basin, one of the most important tributaries of the river Cubia. One of its highest peaks - ideal for mountaineering - is Pico Caldoveiro, which it shares with Teverga, and one of its most lively fiestas takes place in Cuevallagar in August. Both on the border with Grado and Teverga - the Puertos de Marabio -, the landscape is of great beauty, perfect for photographing typical Asturian landscapes or for enjoying any kind of sport in nature.

Yernes y Tameza is part of the Camín Real de la Mesa, which together with La Carisa was the most used route by the Roman legions, and later by the Arabs. Its altitude made it a land of transit, and nowadays it is a land sought after by adventurers and researchers.

Population: 178 inhabitants
Area: 31.63 ^km2