Route of the surroundings of Grandas
- Grandas de Salime Western Asturias
- Distance: 11,1 kms
- Difficulty: Half
- Code: PR108
- Altitude: 725 m.
- Unevenness: 171 m.
- On foot: 3 h.
- Start point: Grandas de Salime
- Tour type: Circular
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PR108
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To talk about Grandas de Salime is to talk about ethnography and its reservoir. Travelling through the surroundings of Grandas de Salime takes us to open landscapes of gentle hills in some areas and large slopes around the reservoir, whose distant view we find as we leave the forests and pine plantations.
On a network of forest tracks and small roads we go around the village of Grandas, crossing the most rural area, where the cabayeras, roe deer, wild boars and woodpeckers are evident by their tracks, their sounds, their nests or their nesting and their hoofbeats in the ground.
From the highest part we can see Grandas de Salime, with the valley of the reservoir in the background and the slopes coming down from neighbouring Allande, full of pines and chestnut trees. A route in which the rural aspect dominates; an easy walk to end up back in Grandas, where we will visit its collegiate church and, without a doubt, the ethnographic museum, a jewel of Asturian culture.
Route
Grandas de Salime 11 K
This simple circular route starts in the surroundings of the village of Grandas de Salime, specifically, on a path near the ethnographic museum that passes next to the well-known Ferreiro house. As soon as the track begins, we turn right to ascend the Coto mountain and, after 400 metres, we turn right again onto the path.
In the first kilometre of the route, we turn off to the left, until we meet another path a little further on. About 400 metres further on, we reach the top of the mountain, between oaks and pines, where we have a beautiful view of the reservoir, where the rivers Navia and Oro meet. We follow the path on the right, without leaving it at any turn-off, until we reach the village of Robledo.
After about 3 kilometres, the path joins the road to the village of Robledo, where we take the left-hand branch to head towards it. Once we have visited the village and its traditional 18th century mansion, after 700 metres we take the tarmac road to the right, which will take us to the village of Escanlares. We do not go all the way to Escanlares, but first turn right onto a path and head straight into a small wood.
Once we reach kilometre 5 of the route, we turn left and then left again to reach A Farrapa/La Farrapa, where the path coincides with the AS-28 road, which joins Grandas de Salime and Fonsagrada via the Acebo pass. We will come to a cheese factory known as Monteverde.
About 200 metres further on, we leave the AS-28 road and take the turning that appears on our right, and a few metres further on we turn right again onto the path.
At kilometre 6 we turn left and after a few metres turn right, and continue along the path straight ahead, without turning off at the crossroads, until we reach the village of Santa María.
After walking another 2.300 kilometres, approximately, we reach Santa María, a village where several 18th century emblazoned houses belonging to the Ron, Magadán and Suárez families are still preserved. We take the turning to the right, which leads to the AS-12 road.
Almost reaching the end of our journey, at kilometre 9.9, the road forks, and we opt for the branch to the right, which takes us, walking 700 metres along a path, to Grandas de Salime, the starting and end point of the route.
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This simple circular route starts in the surroundings of the village of Grandas de Salime, specifically, on a path near the ethnographic museum that passes next to the well-known Ferreiro house. As soon as the track begins, we turn right to ascend the Coto mountain and, after 400 metres, we turn right again onto the path.
In the first kilometre of the route, we turn off to the left, until we meet another path a little further on. About 400 metres further on, we reach the top of the mountain, between oaks and pines, where we have a beautiful view of the reservoir, where the rivers Navia and Oro meet. We follow the path to the right, without leaving it at any turn-off, until we reach the village of Robledo.
After about 3 kilometres, the path joins the road to the village of Robledo, where we take the left-hand branch to head towards it. Once we have visited the village and its traditional 18th century mansion, after 700 metres we take the tarmac road to the right, which will take us to the village of Escanlares. We do not go all the way to Escanlares, but first turn right onto a path and head straight into a small wood.
Once we reach kilometre 5 of the route, we turn left and then left again to reach A Farrapa/La Farrapa, where the path coincides with the AS-28 road, which joins Grandas de Salime and Fonsagrada via the Acebo pass. We will come to a cheese factory known as Monteverde.
About 200 metres further on, we leave the AS-28 road and take the turning that appears on our right, and a few metres further on we turn right again onto the path.
At kilometre 6 we turn left and after a few metres turn right, and continue along the path straight ahead, without turning off at the crossroads, until we reach the village of Santa María.
After approximately another 2.300 kilometres, we reach Santa María, a village where several 18th century emblazoned houses belonging to the Ron, Magadán and Suárez families still stand. We take the turning to the right, which leads to the AS-12 road.
Almost reaching the end of our journey, at kilometre 9.9, the road forks, and we opt for the branch to the right, which takes us, walking 700 metres along a path, to Grandas de Salime, the starting and end point of the route.