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Unique events to discover Riaño Mountain

Discover a lot of unique experiences!

The motivations that different people may have to spend a few days in Montaña de Riaño cover a wide range of activities ranging from hiking, wildlife watching or just sitting by a river and listening to the sounds of nature. If you want to enjoy tourist experiences, not overcrowded, responsible and respectful with the natural environment, with the host societies and their cultures, in unique natural areas, learning by observing the ecosystem you are visiting, Riaño Mountain is your next destination.
 
Here we leave you a lot of events to practice in Riaño Mountain that will allow you to know this tourist destination, at any time of the year.

- Leonese bouquet and Christmas cribs (January and December):

When religious tradition allies with popular culture, the result is artistic and surprising.

 

- Howling at night (January to May and October to December):

During these periods is when the wolves are most active at night and can be seen and heard.

 

- Antruido "Mojiganga de Zamarrones". (February to March):

Ancestral rites of a common traditional carnival and declared a Festival of Provincial Tourist Interest in Riaño.

 

- Birds, those winged inhabitants (February to November):

The Riaño Mountain territory shelters an abundant diversity of species, which will delight those who like to observe them.

 

- Roosters and fishing, that strange couple (March):

Fair to know how the special feathers of the roosters of La Vecilla are transformed into subtle tools of the particular art of fly fishing.

- Ladies with delicious wings (March to September):

The flight of butterflies is an explosion of color and joy that travels through the tourist destination Montaña de Riaño from flower to flower. 160 species are a challenge for a camera lens.

 

- Rivers of life (March to October):

The tranquility and environmental quality of our trout rivers encourages anyone with the corresponding license to enjoy the art of fishing.

 

- Learning about life in the river (March to November):

The Aula del Río de Vegas del Condado offers you the chance to learn about the aquatic and riverside ecosystem, the art of fishing and to learn how to make fishing flies from rooster feathers.

 

- Mushroom runs (March to May and September to November):

With rain and heat the mushrooms become visible in meadows and forests. They should not be collected without permission, but you can always collect their photographs.

 

- The forest giant (April to June and August to September):

Respect and distance should guide our steps without trying to spot the elusive king of the mountain: the bear.

- Subway treasures of the mountain (April to September):

Water models the interior of the rock creating spectacular formations some bathed in amazing luminescence.

 

- Mimicking bees (April to October):

An enormous variety of orchids that show their "disguises" to attract their pollinators, flood the territory during several months of the year.

 

- 4,000-year-old conifers (April to November):

Pass through the natural evolution of a forest accompanying the guides of the unique Pinar de Lillo in Cofiñal.

 

- Aluches. Corros de lucha leonesa (April to November):

Representation of an autochthonous sport of León, one of the oldest in Europe. To the voice of "¿hay quién luche? The corro is summoned in which strength and dexterity score points.

 

- The daffodils pose for you. (May):

Capilotes are a cause for celebration every spring. Houses, streets and squares are adorned with their colorful yellow mantle.

- Leonese style trout. Fresh, fried and cold (mid-May):

Prelude to the start of the fishing season. Gastronomic party in the traditional style to taste in multiple ways this emblematic dish, the trout.

 

- Transhumance Festival (end of June and beginning of July):

In towns like Prioro, the welcome that the villages offered to the transhumance shepherds is still commemorated today. Songs, dances and a typical shepherd food give shape to the celebration.

- Under a dome of stars (August):

The clear night skies of summer offer a vision of the firmament that has been lost in the cities.

 

- La Berrea. Bellowing in the mountains (Between September and October):

This is one of the most vibrant sound spectacles of autumn, when the rutting of the deer dominates dawn and dusk in the mountains.

 

- La Fiesta de la Matanza (November and December):

The family party around the "gocho" takes to the streets as a neighborhood festival and tourist attraction, showing the most traditional ritual in which this animal, from which everything is taken advantage of, ensured the livelihood of many homes for much of the year.

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