Welcome to the absolute best month for hiking in the Picos de Europa! As you begin your ascent, when you pause to take some photos at the col, you might wonder “What’s that band of blue off in the distance? Could it be?” Well, yes it is! You are seeing the SEA. So close you could almost touch it.

For more photos of this hiking route, click here: Majada de Tordín

Planning to visit Green Spain? We still have a few openings this month! Please see dates below.

To request your booking, e-mail us at info@jascal.com or call +34 622 456 652  /  +34 686 193 302

JASCAL – your ‘home away from home’ in the Picos de Europa

Dates available in September 2023. Ask about our SPECIAL OFFERS !!!

Casa Fuego 07.09-11.09

Casa Tierra 14.09-19.09

Casa Luna 16.09-23.09

Casa Agua 22.09-29.09

Updated 03 September 2023

Life at Jascal is so peaceful, you might be tempted to just relax on the terrace and enjoy the views. But there’s quite a lot to do nearby, too. Take a look . . .

a 5-minute walk away:

• Historic 18th-century mansion, Palacio La Torre
• Javier Cardín’s apple orchards
• Woodland path alongside a stream
• Our neighbour’s herd of sheep
• Cows grazing peacefully
• On-going concert of bells provided by the above
• Vista point at Mirador de las Cuevas

10 minutes by car:

• Carreña, the capital of Cabrales
• Arenas de Cabrales, largest village, pop. 850
• Vista point with views to Urriellu Peak-Naranjo de Bulnes
• Cabrales Cheese Foundation and Cave Exhibit
• Poncebos and famous walk on the Cares Gorge
• Funicular railway to Bulnes
• Picos de Europa National Park, northeast sector
• Lammergeier Foundation in Benia de Onís

half an hour by car:

• Sotres, the highest village, and access to walking routes in the Central and Eastern Massifs
• Beautiful beaches on the Cantabrian Coast
• Medieval fishing village of Llanes
• Basilica of Covadonga
• Cangas de Onís, Romanesque bridge, National Park Visitors’ Centre
• Canoeing on the Cares-Deva River from Panes

45 minutes by car:

• Ribadesella and cave paintings at Tito Bustillo
• Covadonga Lakes and access to walking routes in the Western Massif
• Emigration Archive and El Pindal cave paintings
• Canoeing on the Sella River from Arriondas

just an hour away:

• Cable car at Fuente Dé and the town of Potes
• Jurassic Museum in Lastres (MUJA)
• Oviedo, Gothic cathedral and pre-Romanesque architecture
• Gijón, Cimadevilla quarter and San Lorenzo beach
• Avilés and the new Niemeyer Centre
• Airports at Oviedo-OVD and Santander-SDR
• San Vicente de la Barquera, Santillana del Mar, El Soplao Cave

While in Asturias, you absolutely must try this marvellous combination: spicy octopus with traditional apple cider. Ask for “pulpo a feira y sidra natural” to get this splendid pairing. If you’re wondering where you might find these local delicacies, select one of the spots on our list — Jascal’s recommended restaurants and cider bars — and enjoy! That is . . . buen provecho . . .

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of a timeless work of art, The Little Prince.

“It will be as if, instead of stars, I had given you a great number of little bells that know how to laugh . . .”

–Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Thanks to Pepe Montalvo for sharing this photo.

ONE MINUTE IN THE FOREST. The absolute best anti-stress treatment known to humankind. Here in the Picos de Europa, the woodlands come alive in spring . . . Click here for a listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJpKdN9AVw

Bring me the sunset in a cup
Reckon the morning’s flagons up
And say how many Dew
Tell me how far the morning leaps
Tell me what time the weaver sleeps
Who spun the breadth of blue!

– Emily Dickinson

. . . “If I don’t have red, I use blue.”

It’s spring! Spring in the Picos de Europa. It surprises us every single year. Even after three whole decades, it still surprises us. Light floods in, the birdsong becomes deafening, trees explode into life, flowers burst into bloom … Oh, you must be ready for the flowers! There are so many, so varied. Violets, hellebores, liverworts, primroses. All harbingers of good things to come!

Life at Jascal is so peaceful, you might be tempted to just relax on the terrace and enjoy the views. But there’s quite a lot to do nearby, too. Take a look . . .

a 5-minute walk away:

• Historic 18th-century mansion, Palacio La Torre
• Javier Cardín’s apple orchards
• Woodland path alongside a stream
• Our neighbour’s herd of sheep
• Cows grazing peacefully
• On-going concert of bells provided by the above
• Vista point at Mirador de las Cuevas

10 minutes by car:

• Carreña, the capital of Cabrales
• Arenas de Cabrales, largest village, pop. 850
• Vista point with views to Urriellu Peak-Naranjo de Bulnes
• Cabrales Cheese Foundation and Cave Exhibit
• Poncebos and famous walk on the Cares Gorge
• Funicular railway to Bulnes
• Picos de Europa National Park, northeast sector
• Lammergeier Foundation in Benia de Onís

half an hour by car:

• Sotres, the highest village, and access to walking routes in the Central and Eastern Massifs
• Beautiful beaches on the Cantabrian Coast
• Medieval fishing village of Llanes
• Basilica of Covadonga
• Cangas de Onís, Romanesque bridge, National Park Visitors’ Centre
• Canoeing on the Cares-Deva River from Panes

45 minutes by car:

• Ribadesella and cave paintings at Tito Bustillo
• Covadonga Lakes and access to walking routes in the Western Massif
• Emigration Archive and El Pindal cave paintings
• Canoeing on the Sella River from Arriondas

just an hour away:

• Cable car at Fuente Dé and the town of Potes
• Jurassic Museum in Lastres (MUJA)
• Oviedo, Gothic cathedral and pre-Romanesque architecture
• Gijón, Cimadevilla quarter and San Lorenzo beach
• Avilés and the new Niemeyer Centre
• Airports at Oviedo-OVD and Santander-SDR
• San Vicente de la Barquera, Santillana del Mar, El Soplao Cave