The best traffic-free bike rides around Cármenes

incredible view on after the tunnel, especially coming from Arallas

La Collada de la Vid is a mountain pass located in the La Vid de Gordón area of León, Spain. It connects several villages and is part of historical and hiking trails in the area. Main features: • La Collada de la Vid is located near towns such as Buiza and Villasimpliz, and is part of traditional routes such as the Camino Real and the Northern Route of the Camino de Santiago to San Salvador de Oviedo. • In this area is the Hermitage of San Lorenzo, of historical and cultural significance, which opens its doors on August 10th for a pilgrimage. • The Las Colladas route from La Vid de Gordón is of medium difficulty, with a distance of approximately 12 km and an estimated time of 4 hours. • La Collada Villar, near La Vid, is a mountain pass with an ascent of about 3.3 km and an average gradient of about 7%, also used for cycling and hiking activities.

The Collada de Cármenes is a mountain pass located in the province of León, in the north-central area, near the town of Cármenes. Access and Routes • It can be ascended from two main slopes: • From Cármenes: 3.5 km route, with a vertical drop of 185 m and an average gradient of 5.24%. Maximum altitude: 1,337 m. • From Villamanín: 4.9 km route, a vertical drop of 200 m and an average gradient of 4.12%. Maximum altitude: 1,337 m

The Vegacervera Gorges are a protected natural area in the north of the province of León, Castile and León, Spain, near Asturias. • It is an impressive canyon carved by the Torío River, with limestone walls that exceed 100 meters in height and, in some sections, barely 15 meters wide. • The area encompasses municipalities such as Vegacervera, Cármenes, Matallana de Torío, and Valdepiélago.

Villamanín is a small town in the region of La Tercia on the N-630 national road. At the source of the Bernesga River on the valley route between León and Gijón.

Geologists group sedimented rocks into units called "formations", these are groups of rocks with a specific age and characteristics that can be recognized in the field and, therefore, represented on a geological map. Every formation has a reference outcrop, as representative and accessible as possible, known as a "stratotype." The stratotype of the La Vid Group is located in La Vid de Gordón, a set of four formations from the Devonian period that are named Felmin, La Pedrosa, Val Porquero and Coladilla. Each of them presents different types of rocks, as were the conditions in which they were formed. A tour of this stratotype. It allows us to verify that the Paleozoic seas were changing, due to the evidence that these changes have left in the rocks.

Quiet road that runs parallel to the Curueño River between Barrio de Nuestra Señora and La Vecilla

La Vecilla de Curueño is a small town on the banks of the Curueño River. The town's most notable monument is a fortified medieval cylindrical tower that is part of the extensive patrimony of the noble Counts of Luna from Leon.