There are many treasures of Leon recognizable for any tourist and that can not be missing in any guide or travel plan.However, the need to narrow down the list due to lack of time or distance usually leaves out other places or buildings that, due to their special characteristics, deserve to be reviewed and, in addition, will not leave the visitor indifferent.These are jewels more or less unknown and for which it is recommended to look for a place in the agenda.
The mountain, nature, is one of Leon's main attractions , for what in this list of less common recommendations can not miss several green destinations.A good example is the Faedo de Cinera, the Busmayor, in Barjas, or the pine forest of Puebla de Lillo .The first, a centennial beech forest, impacts by its beauty.The trunks undulate creating curious ways by which a route of 11 kilometers (to access the forest can be made only two) that runs along the old road that made the miners of Villar del Puerto to go down to their place working in Cinera.The second, in the region of Bierzo, is a destination admired by botanists, photographers and hikers.And as for the third, it is one of the few native pine forests that still remain in the peninsula.4,000 years and also serves as a home to many roe deer and grouse that can be seen between bark and branch.
Without leaving the mountain you can make a stop in the reservoir of Riano , where it is recommended to take a boat trip and observe orchids, butterflies and different samples of rare flora and fauna.With capacity for 650 cubic hectometers, the dam has been watering since 1987 the surface previously occupied by nine villages.Here I could give an s stop to the star park of the Babia Biosphere Reserve , a place where observation, didactic, cultural or recreational activities linked to astronomical events can be carried out.There is no better place to observe the steps of comets, eclipses or the rains of stars, not forgetting its natural, livestock importance or the heritage of the area.
If there is more desire to mount, villages like Riolago from Babia or Lois , to name two examples, they have a lot to offer the visitor who wants to undertake hiking trails or know their heritage.
And from here, a step away from the capital, where the route stops at San Miguel de Escalada , which has a monastery founded at the end of the 9th century and that constitutes in itself a true work of art, as are those of Gradefes or Sandoval.In addition, it is also worth making a stop at Mansilla de Las Mulas, a beautiful town where mon umentos.
A little less unknown begins to be the Valley of Silence (El Bierzo ), where Penalba de Santiago is located, often recognized as one of the most beautiful villages in Spain and which houses a church considered a jewel of the Mozarabic.Here nature permeates the entire landscape, you can breathe tranquility, recollection.
Quite recognized is also the Valporquero Cave, which has been 50 years old open to the public and that allows access to the bowels of the mountain , in Valporquero de Torio, to observe in different routes the capricious formations that the water has been drilling through the years.Precious also, although less famous , is the Cave of Llamazares de Valdelugueros, smaller in size and open to the public more recently.
Peculiar museums
In addition, there are many museums like Gallo de Pluma , in La Vecilla (which exhibits the peculiarities of its exceptional gal ), that of the old schools in Soto de Sajambre, that of the Wild Fauna of Valdehuesa or that of the Transhumance , in Prioro (which brings visitors closer to the culture traditional through an organized tour in thematic areas).To be surprised, it is also worth noting the hydraulic dairy on the agenda, in Sosas de Laciana, or the interpretation centers, such as the Explosion of Life in the Cambrico , in Minera de Luna, the textile museum La Comunal , in Val de San Lorenzo, or the hunting museum in La Bana.
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