Peña Villa Route from Molledo
- Siero and Langreo Asturias Centre
- Distance: 9,8 kms
- Difficulty: Half
- Altitude: 589 m.
- Unevenness: 206 m.
- On foot: 3 h. Round trip
- Start point: Molleo (Siero)
- Tour type: Round trip
- Layout of the route: Download kml, Download gpx
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In central Asturias, close to the Autovía Minera in the territory of Siero, we find Molleo, a quiet little village from where we can take a walk along paths and small roads to Peña Villa.
Hazelnut trees, ash trees and the occasional hawthorn tree guide us along the path through green meadows to the first milestone on our route, the Molledo-La Bobia climbing school, from where we can enjoy the views of the valley through which the Autovía Minera climbs.
From here, among orchards where we can still see some of the locals "cuchando" (spreading manure on the farms to fertilise them), among farms, birch, elm and oak trees, we gradually approach Peña Villa, which we climb first through pastures and then among gorse, accompanied by the occasional male stonechat trilling from the top of the gorse.
When we reach the summit we find a world of contrasts: the rural landscape that we had been seeing to the east of Peña Villa becomes industrial to the south, when we see the Nalón Valley from the air, and urban to the northwest, where Oviedo/Uviéu stretches out below us. A route to discover this central area of Asturias.
Route
Molleo - Peña Villa 9,1
This simple route starts in the small village of Molleo, where we can leave our car parked. Walking through the village, shortly before reaching the end, approximately 280 metres from the start, we come to the first fork in the road, where we choose to take the branch to the left.
We continue along our path, leaving some houses on our right, until we reach the first kilometre, where we come to another fork, where we take the right-hand branch.
A thousand metres further on, kilometre 2, our path joins another, which is the one we will return to later, but until then we continue straight on, leaving Bovia on our left and crossing the Sierra de Paranza, which offers us beautiful views of the central area of Asturias.
After another half kilometre, we come to another crossroads, but we continue straight on towards a group of houses where there are also other crossroads, which we again ignore, continuing on our way without turning off at any time.
At kilometre 4, almost reaching the end of the route, we find a turning to the right, which we do not take, and continue straight on until we reach Peña Villa. About 500 metres further on, we reach the end point of our route, where we can enjoy the beautiful views of the Nalón basin that this summit offers us.
We can return along the same path as on the way out, or we can take the aforementioned detour to the right, which we find once we have left the village of Bovia behind, at approximately kilometre 7, which passes through the village of L'Azorera (Langreo), and then return to the initial path.
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This simple route starts in the small village of Molleo (Siero), where we can leave our car parked. Walking through the village, shortly before reaching the end, approximately 280 metres from the start, we come to the first fork in the road, where we choose to take the branch to the left.
We continue along our path, leaving some houses on our right, until we reach the first kilometre, where we come to another fork, where we take the right-hand branch.
A thousand metres further on, kilometre 2, our path joins another, which is the one we will return to later, but until then we continue straight on, leaving Bovia on our left and crossing the Sierra de Paranza, which offers us beautiful views of the central area of Asturias.
After another half kilometre, we come to another crossroads, but we continue straight on towards a group of houses where there are also other crossroads, which we again ignore, continuing on our way without turning off at any time.
At kilometre 4, almost reaching the end of the route, we find a turning to the right, which we do not take, and continue straight on until we reach Peña Villa. About 500 metres further on, we reach the end point of our route, where we can enjoy the beautiful views of the Nalón basin that this summit offers us.
We can return along the same path as on the way out, or we can take the aforementioned detour to the right, which we find once we have left the village of Bovia behind, at approximately kilometre 7, which passes through the village of L'Azorera (Langreo), and then return to the initial path.