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Cheese maker for a day
<p>Cheesemaker for a day is an ethnographic route in the Picos de Europa National Park where you will discover where shepherds used to work and live.<br><br>We will be lucky enough to see and cross some of the most famous meadows where shepherds have always worked and herded their cows, goats and sheep and where the huts where they lived are located.<br><br>We will enjoy a unique panorama of the Picos de Europa and we will be able to recognize the king of the Picos: the Naranjo de Bulnes, which will be present, in front of our eyes, with all its beauty.<br><br>The route, about 5 hours long (2 hours one way depending on the physical level of the participants), will start in one of the most important villages for Cabrales Cheese: Tielve. Its cultural heritage, its houses and its locals hide many stories that we will be lucky enough to know.<br><br>We will walk for about two hours following exactly the route that the cheesemaker makes with his mules carrying the cheese to the cave. During the route we will explain how Cabrales cheese was and still is made, one of the most famous cheeses in Spain and recognized nationally and internationally for the countless awards won around the world.<br><br>Once past the "majadas", as the meadows, cabins and livestock are called, we will enter a spectacular beech forest at the foot of Monte Camba.<br><br>A path will take us to the cave where the cheesemakers leave their cheeses to mature and where they work, clean and care for them until they are ready for sale. When we arrive at the cave, we will be able to enter and visit it and, if it happens that the cheese maker is working the cheeses, we will also have the possibility to assist and discover his precious work.<br><br>After having enjoyed this great experience, we will return to the village of Tielve.</p>
Discover where shepherds worked and lived
Get to know the landscape, the scenery, the birds and the fossils present in the Picos de Europa National Park.
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Shepherds and Biodiversity
The "Shepherds and Biodiversity" route is a unique experience that will take you through the breathtaking landscapes of the Picos de Europa National Park aboard an electric van.
Throughout six carefully selected stops, you will discover the deep connection between local shepherds and the biodiversity of the region. From the history of transterminant shepherding to the making of Gamonéu artisanal cheese, each stop offers an opportunity to immerse yourself in the culture and natural environment of the Atlantic mountain.
Discover the harmony between tradition and nature.
Walk the ancestral trails of the shepherding from the heart of the region.
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Cheese route of Onís. Gamoneu P.D.O. Cheese
<p>Experience focused on agricultural and livestock landscapes and biodiversity associated with this area of the Cantabrian mountains.<br><br>The activity takes place in half a day, morning or afternoon, seeking the knowledge of the villages and towns in the area of influence of the National Park of Picos de Europa. <br><br>We will make a walk (which can be done on foot or in a vehicle that makes it accessible to people with reduced mobility) that will lead us to make a reading of the landscape, paying special attention to the ethnographic elements that facilitate the reintroduction of the species and the benefits for it, but also for the complex natural and cultural ecosystem and its complicated balance. It is completed with a visit to the Gamoneu Protected Designation of Origin Cheese Factory and a visit to a Natural Cave representative of cheese ripening.<br><br>The anthropized landscape of the Cantabrian coast, and particularly of the Picos de Europa area, is the heritage of a traditional activity that has its roots in a remote past, preserving a tangible and intangible heritage of unquestionable richness.<br><br>The rich ecosystem from which people and livestock obtain their sustenance is intertwined with a cultural heritage that, after going through various crises and substantial changes, is currently facing an uncertain future. <br><br>The complex mosaic landscape, composed of cultivated areas, mowed meadows, natural mixed meadows, scrubland and native forest, is currently threatened by a simplification resulting from neglect. The causes are varied: an economy centered on the service sector, livestock farming increasingly specialized in meat-oriented cattle, an increasingly aging population, etc. If we add to these factors a climate change with increasingly evident effects, with recurrent periods of drought and frequent extreme phenomena, the change in the traditional landscape is evident.<br><br>The biodiversity associated with this complex landscape, in terms of flora and fauna, is still present and easily observable: buzzards, kites, swallows, foxes, among others, surround our villages and lower areas of the valleys.</p>
Discover the agricultural and livestock landscapes, ethnography and biodiversity in the Picos de Europa.
Peasants, landscape, nature and Gamoneu PDO cheese in the Picos de Europa
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Visit to Vega de Ario Cheese Factory
Gamonéu cheese, one of the gastronomic jewels of the Principality of Asturias as you have never seen it before. We propose a unique experience, a visit to an Asturian cheese factory to learn about the whole process of making this iconic Asturian cheese from the hand of our producers, experienced cheesemakers, who make this handmade cheese one of the most coveted gastronomic treasures in the world. We are waiting for you in Benia de Onis! The visit consists of three parts. The first one takes place in our cheese factory, where we make Gamonéu cheese daily. In the second part we will go into a hut, an exact replica of those used by shepherds in the sheepfolds of the Picos de Europa. Finally, a tasting of our products.
Tradition in every bite, excellence in every visit.
Gamonéu: A journey of flavor, from the sheepfold to your table.
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Reintroduction of the bearded vulture in Picos de Europa
<p>This experience allows us to learn about and contribute to the Bearded Vulture reintroduction conservation project, an international success story. We begin with a visit to the Bearded Vulture Conservation Foundation's Visitor Center in Benia de Onís, where we will be able to learn about the details of how the reintroduction of the Bearded Vulture is carried out in the Picos de Europa. There we will be able to know perfectly the details of how the reintroduction of the Bearded Vulture is carried out in the Picos de Europa. The technicians will go a little further, and we will be able to see how the individualized tracking of each specimen is done through the GPS tracker and we will see details of the project that are not shown to the general public. Afterwards, we will go in search of these vultures to the area of the Covadonga Lakes, in the Mirador de la Reina, where on Fridays a contribution of food is made to teach the young bearded vultures a social habit. It is the best day to enjoy the observation of various types of vultures and eagles, and it is possible that in the company of the project technicians we can try to find some specimens with the field location equipment.</p>
Scientific ecotourism
Scientific ecotourism. Reintroduction of the Bearded Vulture, an international success story.
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Excursión a los Lagos de Covadonga
Come and discover the nature of the Covadonga Lakes with a nature guide, driving in our vehicles, which are authorized to use these roads and paths.
You will learn some facts about this National Park as well as the wild animals that inhabit it.
You will discover how the Lakes were created, you will see the meadows where the shepherds elaborate during the summer the famous Gamoneu del Puerto cheese.
We will also make a stop at the Mirador de la Reina where, after leaving a pair of binoculars for each person
binoculars for each person, you will learn about the project of reintroduction of the bearded vulture, a vulture that disappeared from these mountains in the 70s of the last century and that, thanks to the
Thanks to the NGO Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture, we can see it flying again from this viewpoint.
Afterwards we will return to Cangas de Onis, in total we will be about 3 hours and a half in this National Park.
in this National Park.
Explore wildlife and nature, with breathtaking views!
Discover the beauty of these glacial lakes and their wild fauna
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Recovery of the Bearded Vulture: biodiversity and grazing, an alliance for survival in the 21st century. Picos de Europa
<p>The anthropized landscape of the Cantabrian coast, and particularly of the Picos de Europa area, is the heritage of a traditional activity that has its roots in a remote past, preserving a tangible and intangible heritage of unquestionable richness. <br>The human being, in its natural integration in the harsh mountain environments of UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve. A territory in which culture is articulated in a rational use of natural resources contributing to its maintenance and traditionally oriented to sustainability, in a way that collaborates in its complexity, participating and generating a rich biodiversity. <br>The rich ecosystem from which people and livestock obtain their sustenance is intertwined with a cultural heritage, which, after going through various crises and substantial changes, is currently facing an uncertain future. <br><br>If it was the mountain livestock and transterminance that, since time immemorial, allowed the coexistence with such an emblematic animal as the bearded vulture, it is also true that the changes in management and the irruption of new techniques and products in the same livestock world led to its extinction in the Picos at the end of the last century. <br><br>Currently, thanks to science and the application of its techniques, organizations such as the Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture (FCQ) have managed to get new pairs of Bearded Vultures to breed again in these mountains.<br><br>In the course of this adventure, a certain way of working is recognized, which is indispensable for its reestablishment: a mountain breeding that, for many different reasons, is currently on the verge of extinction. <br><br>What does this experience consist of?<br><br>The activity takes place during one morning, in collaboration with the FCQ. <br><br>1.- Guided visit by FCQ technicians to the Bearded Vulture Mountain Interpretation Center, located in Benia de Onís, where the main characteristics of the species, the ecosystem of Picos de Europa, the interaction of extensive small livestock farming in the Park and the process of reintroduction of the species, starting from the existing populations in the Pyrenees and its release in Picos de Europa, are explained. <br><br>Visit to the National Park of Picos de Europa, reading of the landscape and observation of the ecosystem in which the activity of reintroduction of the Bearded Vulture takes place. Paying special attention to the ethnographic elements that facilitate the reintroduction of the species and the benefits for the species, but also for the complex natural and cultural ecosystem and its complicated balance. <br><br>The experience can be extended with a visit to cheese dairies in the valley.<br><br>The visits can be developed in the order that the weather and the availability of FCQ members advise.</p>
Experience the reintroduction of the Bearded Vulture and its close relationship with traditional livestock management.
Experience the reintroduction of the Bearded Vulture and its close relationship with traditional livestock management.
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Guided visit to the Sierra del Oso distillery
<p>We will see the different steps in the elaboration and aging of wine, orujo and liquors (fermentation, distillation, aging, etc.) and we will also see the different vineyard planting frames.From the vineyard, there will be an interpretation of the Lebana landscape, with the imposing Picos de Europa in the background. If we are lucky, we can observe the abundant fauna that inhabits the environment (roe deer, deer, wild boar, eagle, buzzard, etc.). And if not, we will surely see the traces of their passage through the vineyard (footprints, eaten or scavenged vines, pecked grapes, etc.). At the end of the visit, we will taste the wines and liquors that we produce along with local products (cheese and sausage in the morning or sweets in the afternoon). This tasting is commented, analyzing the sensations that we perceive with our senses, sight, smell and taste. Sierra del Oso is committed to the recovery and enhancement of old vineyards, as well as expanding its plantations to maintain the link with the territory and local employment. We also collaborate with scientific ecotourism through the Brown Bear Foundation, a foundation closely linked to the territory and committed to a species present in our mountains.</p>
Discover how it is distilled in the traditional "alquitara lebaniega".
Get to know the landscape of Lebania through its vineyards and a tasting of local liqueurs.
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