Discover a Secret Paradise
We are an association of small local businesses (B&Bs, Rural Hotels and Cottages, Restaurants and Artisan Cheese-makers etc) who have come together to provide help, information and services to visitors to this beautiful hidden corner of northern Spain. Based in the Amieva and Ponga region (Alto Sella), an area of outstanding beauty and tranquillity, all our accommodation and services are perfectly located for a holiday where you can really “get away from it all”. All our members come from and live in this region, so you can be assured of the best local knowledge and advice.
Asturias is a small Principality of hills, mountains, river gorges, caves and beaches known as a “Natural Paradise” throughout Spain. This is not the Spain of flamenco and bullfights but of verdant green countryside, traditional villages and spectacular lakes, rivers and coastline reminiscent of the Lake District, Wales or Ireland.
Ramblers in Spain aims to provide the visitor with helpful information to enable you to plan your visit to Asturias. Using our website you can view and book accommodation to suit all tastes and budgets, to plan walks and excursions, to find the best places to sample our great cuisine, to arrange adventure activities and to learn about the history and culture of the hidden gem that is Asturias.
Don´t hesitate to contact us with any enquiry, question or request for information (i.e. How to get here). We hope to see you in Asturias very soon!
Are you thinking of traveling to Spain and enjoy the green countryside? Do you plan your holiday with more people or groups, the various sports? (canoeing, horseback riding, adventure in the trees, quads, …) Contact us and we can offer a special combination with accommodation (cottages), cheaper and typical restaurants, beautiful walking trails with child [...]
The Alto Sella Tourism Association has a unique offer for Irish teachers and families. During the month of July 2011, we are offering a special deal to all secondary schools in Ireland – teachers may stay 7 nights in one of our accommodations at a discount of 10%! To obtain this discount, this offer must [...]
When the Spaniards arrived back from the Americas, the mountain range (located just 20km from the coast) was the first thing they saw from sea. The peaks were an indication that they were back on continental Europe and were therefore given the name Peaks of Europe. Considered as the First National Park in Spain, this [...]
Every February the most popular food festival in the Picos de Europa is held in the Amieva region of Asturias. At the Jornadas de la Matanza de Amieva a feast of nine consecutive pork dishes can be sampled for only 25€ in various participating restaurants. We have been celebrating this event for 14 years and [...]
Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed the remains of a possible family of 12 Neanderthals who were killed 49,000 years ago; the cave in El Sidron in Asturias, northern Spain. Although the highly fragmented bones of six adults and six children were found in a cave, it is thought they probably lived and died on the [...]
