Covadonga Attractions

 
Before setting out on a tour of Picos de Europa tour it is worth while making an excursion to Covadonga and the Covadonga National Park. Leave Cangas de Onis on C 6312, going east, and in 4km/2.5mi, at Soto de Cangas, turn right into a beautiful little road which runs up a mountain valley to the little town of Covadonga (8km/5mi from Cangas de Onis), situated on a hill spur. This is one of the great Spanish shrines and a much frequented place of pilgrimage.

Covadonga is regarded as the birthplace of Spain. After the Moorish incursion and the destruction of the Visigothic kingdom a handful of Christian warriors under the leadership of Pelayo withdrew into these inaccessible mountains and defied the invaders.

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