Getaway through the Las Merindades region
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- Villarcayo
Autumn transforms the natural scenery of Las Merindades into a sublime palette of color that spreads across a changing landscape. Walking through it is a sensory experience that is impossible to forget, thanks to the spectacle of its many waterfalls and bathing areas, the infinite forests that can be seen from the top of Alto de la Mazorra and in whose bowels stand Romanesque churches such as Puente Arenas or San Pantaleón de Losa, the monastery of Santa María de Rioseco from the 16th century. XII inhabited for centuries by Cistercian monks or unique towns like Puentedey with its imposing natural bridge excavated in the rock.
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What to see?
Las Merindades. Whitewater on the River EbroMore informationThis region boasts a fascinating succession of mountains, rivers, waterfalls, caves and gorges. It is the greenest area of Burgos and highlights include the Ojo Guareña, the largest set of caves in the...
Historical Museum of the MerindadesMore informationPieces issued, among which stand out: Late 14th-century or early 15th-century cross from a hospital in Vera Cruz, Vault keystone, with a representation of a heraldic castle from the late 13th century,...
Hermitage of San PantaleonMore informationLate 12th or early 13th-century shrine consecrated in 1207 with a single semicircular apse and part of the nave covered by a dome. It has a bell cote over a triumphal entrance arch leading to the chancel.
VillarcayoMore informationIn the heart of the Las Merindades region, on the banks of the Nela River, stands the beautiful Burgos town of Villarcayo. Historical regional capital, its strategic location has helped it become an important...
Medina de PomarMore informationLocated in the heart of Las Merindades, in an area of rough, uneven land and rolling hills, forming a sharp contrast with the sharp outline of the Sierra de Tesla mountain range at the southern end of...
Cave PalomeraMore informationThis cave, situated in the heart of the Ojo Guareña Natural Monument, is one of the largest in Spain and indeed the world. Visitors will discover a spectacular monument of limestone-dolomite rock dating...
Reservoir of EbroMore informationAlso called reservoir of Arija, is located halfway between the town of Cantabria, Campoo-Los Valles, and the town of Burgos Las Merindades, whose water from the Ebro, Híjar, Izarilla and some other rivers...
Espinosa de los MonterosMore informationTo the north of the Burgos region of Las Merindades, in a magical enclave of valleys and mountains, rises the beautiful town of Espinosa de los Monteros. This town, birthplace of the 'monteros' who guarded...
Monastery of Santa María de RiosecoMore informationThe Monastery of Santa María de Rioseco, founded in the 13th century, is located in the Manzanedo Valley, next to the Ebro River. It was inhabited for centuries by "white monks" of the Cistercian Order,...