Attractions and Places To See around Los Corrales De Buelna - Top 20

Whenever I pass by here, even by car, I take a look at this beautiful bridge.

Gravel tires of at least 40mm!

After a beautiful gravel climb, you reach this plateau with stunning views (including the Picos de Europa in the distance). The path then continues for a long time at altitude, with many cows and horses. Take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgEcgF17RDw

Indeed, a beautiful spot with breathtaking views, both towards the Picos de Europa and other Cantabrian mountains. The (gravel) road there is also stunning; just take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgEcgF17RDw

This simple but atmospheric statue of Francis of Assisi stands along the Camino del Norte in Viveda. In 1214, St Francis of Assisi slept in Viveda on his pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

At the beginning of March, all cafes were closed, tickets were all sold out, all other buildings were closed

The Altamira cave paintings in northern Spain were discovered in 1879. They were the first cave paintings ever found. It was a coincidence: a hunter was looking for his dog on a country estate and came across a cave. He reported this to the owner of the estate, Don Marcelino Sautuola, but he showed little interest. It was not until ten years later, in 1878, that he examined the cave and found some stone tools there. Another year later, he took his 9-year-old daughter Maria with him. While her father was crawling around on the floor, Maria looked up at the ceiling - and saw a whole herd of bison! "Alta mira" means something like: look up! Modern graffiti or Stone Age art? Altamira Caves Don Marcelino Sautuola's daughter Maria discovered the paintings on the wall of the Altamira Cave.[ © Wikimedia, public domain ] Sautuola was quite excited when he discovered the animals painted in red and brown tones. At their side were wild horses, deer and wild boars. How disappointed Sautuola was when scholars dismissed the paintings as the work of an untalented modern artist!

The Altamira Cave covers an area of more than 5500 m². It was used from 33,600 BC until the entrance collapsed in 11,000 BC. The particularly impressive ceiling paintings are dated to the period 16,500 to 13,000 BC.[3] The cave was discovered in 1868 by a hunter due to the disappearance of a hunting dog, who immediately reported the discovery to the lord of Santillana,[2] the naturalist Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola (1831–1888). The paintings were discovered by Sautuola's five-year-old daughter Maria, who was able to walk upright through the cave and made out images of "cattle" on the ceiling.[2] Marcelino began systematically digging in the cave in 1879[2] and published a short description of the "prehistoric objects in the province of Santander". Even the Spanish King Alfonso XII was invited into the cave. However, the academic world doubted the authenticity of the cave paintings.[2] The French prehistorian Émile Cartailhac described the paintings as a "vulgar prank by a scribbler" that he and his contemporaries did not even want to look at. The discovery had to wait almost 23 years for recognition. It was only when similar paintings were discovered in the Font-de-Gaume cave near Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne department (France) in 1901 that the attitude of French researchers and Cartailhac, who became the symbol of archaeological ignorance, changed. Cartailhac apologized posthumously to the Marquis de Sautuola in an essay in 1902 ("Mea culpa" d'un sceptique[4]).