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Waterfalls,
lakes and reservoirs
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Cascada
de Peñaladros |
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Cascada
de la Mea |
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Ebro
Resevoir- covering 128 square k.m.s this minature "sea"
has beaches and water sports. |
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Lagunas
de Gayangos |
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The
rivers Engaña and Nela- cristal clear home
to trout, crayfish and otters. |
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Mountains
and Valleys - Cantabrian Mountain Range
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Ordunte
Mountains (1341 meters) |
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Peña
Mountains (1256 meters, ancient yew trees, ) |
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Angulo
Valley (limestone caves, green pastures, waterfalls,
and beech woods) |
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Dulla
Mountain (GR1 long distance walk skirts the mountain
up Mule Gulley and then descends down past the Griffin Vulture
nests and finalises in our village) |
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The
Ebro Canyon (impressive canyon for one of
Spain's largest rivers, lookout for golden and bonelli's
eagle) |
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Engaña and Somo Mountains (take a walk from
our house and enter in the oak, silver birch and beech woods,
home to wolves, wild boar, deer, eagle owl, goshawks and
black woodpecker.) |
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Santiago
Mountain and the Salvada Range (it boasts
a spectacular waterfall "El salto de Nervion"
more than 300 meters high, and a curious wolf trap) |
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Castro
Valnera (1718 meters, the highest mountain
in the area with 1000 meter near vertical drop) |
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Picturesque
Villages ...
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Salazar-
small village certified "Bien de Interes
Cultural" (of cultural interest) has beautiful collection
of stone houses dating back to XVI and XVII centuries.
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Espinosa
de los Monteros- pretty market town at the
foot of the Cantabrian Mountains, with interesting architecture. |
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Orbaneja
del Castillo- a stunning village in the
Ebro Canyon with an impressive waterfall and Griffin Vultures
circling overhead. |
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Friás-
impressive village on a hilltop with castle
and large Roman bridge. |
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Arija-
on the edge of the Ebro resevoir, beach,
beutiful sunsets. (sailing, wind surfing, fishing, birdwatching) |
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Medina
de Pomar - large village with Museum, convent,
and interesting music festival. |
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Pesquera
del Ebro-small historic village
on the banks of the ebro river (rafting and canoeing)
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Puentedey - picturesque village built
on a rock with the river Nela running through it. |
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Dolmens
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The Mena Roman Road |
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From "Casa
la Engaña" we can easily travel to interesting
nearby cities....
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Burgos
(89 Km/1 hour 15 min.) |
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Historic
and pleasant small city with spectacular Gothic Cathedral, lots
of monumentos and great Roast Lamb. |
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Santander
(73 Km/1 hour 15 min.) |
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Town
with ferry port and beautiful sandy beaches. |
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Bilbao
(85 Km/1 hour 30 min.) |
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Large city with ferry port and home to the impressive Guggenheim
Museum |
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Vitoria
- Gasteiz (107 km/ 2 hours) |
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Attractive
provincial town. |
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