Río Ñora Path
- Gijón Asturias Centre
- Distance: 5,1 kms
- Difficulty: Short
- Code: PR170
- Altitude: 129 m.
- Unevenness: 126 m.
- Mountain bike: 40 min.
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On foot:
1 h. 30 min.
One way
- Geographic situation: Gijón
- Start point: Cry
- Tour type: Round trip
- Layout of the route: Download kml, Download gpx
Info
Next to Gijón/Xixón, barely ten minutes from the city, we find this route, both on foot and by bicycle. If we go downhill, it is a comfortable descent of just over 5.5 kilometres, through forests of oak, willow, elder or sweetbriar trees and riverside woodland in the lower area.
A route where you can escape the rigours of summer and watch for the tracks of wild boar, foxes, roe deer and badgers, which are common species in the area, as well as countless birds.
And all this on the way to the sea, to enjoy the protected dune on the beach of La Ñora, which has been improving in recent years, and the Jurassic rock outcrop that bears the name of the beach itself, "Formación la Ñora".
The river will be our guide for a large part of the route and next to it we will have the chance to take beautiful photos, and if we like golf, even to play on the course where the route begins.
Route
Llorea/La Lloreda - La Ñora Beach 4,8
The route starts in the vicinity of the car park of the Campo Municipal de Golf La Lloreda. At the back of the car park, on the right hand side, you will see the gate that marks the start of the route. The path winds down through a riverside wood until it reaches La Ñora beach.
In the first 1.8 kilometres of the route, we come to a bridge that crosses the Lloreda stream, and a few metres further on, a fork where we must follow the path that runs along one of the banks of the river.
When we have walked 2.5 kilometres, after crossing the bridge we must take the path on the left, and a kilometre further on we must be very careful, as we will have to cross a road to continue the route.
At kilometre 4, the third bridge appears, and a few metres further on, the last of them, which we will have to cross. There is only a small stretch of gravel left to reach the beach.
Once on the beach, kilometre 4.8 and the final point of our route, we must take a close look at the area of dunes on our left and the geological formations at the bottom of the beach.