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CANTABRIAN SEA<br />

Tineo<br />

634<br />

Salas<br />

Grado<br />

AVILÉS<br />

Pravia<br />

San Román<br />

225<br />

de Candamo<br />

OVIEDO<br />

GIJÓN<br />

Pola de<br />

Allande<br />

Cangas<br />

de<br />

Narcea<br />

Pola de<br />

Somiedo<br />

indigenous forest stretching over<br />

an area of more than 50 square<br />

kilometres and constituting the<br />

largest oak forest (Quercus petraea<br />

and Quercus robur) in mainland<br />

Spain and one of best conserved in<br />

Europe. Visits are restricted to<br />

twenty or so persons per day. Those<br />

interested in visiting the park should<br />

kindly call the Regional Natural<br />

Resources Authority (Dirección<br />

General de Recursos Naturales) at<br />

* 98 510 55 45.<br />

Muniellos is not the sole instance of<br />

virgin territory. Bordering Cangas<br />

de Narcea, the Somiedo district<br />

boasts the Somiedo Nature Reserve,<br />

an extensive swathe of woodland<br />

and lakes. The Park Reception<br />

Centre (* 98 576 37 58) is in Pola<br />

de Somiedo. For those who wish to<br />

be in closer contact with Nature, in<br />

the neighbouring districts of<br />

Teverga, Santo Adriano and Proaza<br />

an abandoned railway track has<br />

been converted into a cycling route<br />

dubbed the ‘‘Bear Trail’’.<br />

Distances in kilometres from<br />

Oviedo: Grado (26); Salas (47);<br />

Tineo (70); Pola de Allande (104);<br />

San Martín de Oscos (192); Cangas<br />

de Narcea (99); Pola de Somiedo<br />

(85); Taramundi (183); Pravia (42);<br />

Grullos- Candamo (28); Teverga<br />

(42); Proaza (26).<br />

Corias Monastery. Cangas de Narcea

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