Laciana Natura

Get set for active times: there are lots of ways to take in the outdoors around these parts. Have a chat with the folk on site for insider info on the area’s best hikes and mountain bike routes: they’ll happily point you towards waterfall walks, trails that lead to lakes, or rambles on the Laciana Greenway (which passes very close to the site). If you’ve got different sports in mind, local activity centres can take you out for days of climbing, canoeing or horse riding, or you can wait until winter for skiing at the resort of Leitariegos, 10 kilometres away. To get underground without too much scrambling, make for Las Médulas (an hour and a half’s drive), where you can wander into ancient caves and see some stunning scenery partly created by an ancient Roman gold mine. Also around an hour and a half away by car are the cities of Oviedo and Léon, both fine places for a day of wandering old streets and picking up tasty eats.