Peruyes offers more than one way to shape your stay: heritage in the village, the production of Gamonéu cheese, and a route that climbs from the Sella Valley to Peruyes. These are different focal points for planning rather than a single attraction: you can explore the historic buildings, consider the cheese and its production as a local product, or focus on the route towards Zardón. The specific stops and turn-offs can help you choose the focus that suits you, without treating the route as a fixed day’s itinerary.

Heritage and historic buildings

By resolution dated 16 February 2015, the Escuelas de Peruyes were added to the Asturian Heritage Inventory as one of 120 schools of heritage interest. The former 19th-century school building is also in Peruyes. The parish church of San Martín de Margolles is in the village as well. Peruyes’s historic buildings are surrounded by a wooded area called “Los Campos”; the architecture and wooded surroundings offer two ways of looking at the village.

Casa de los Prieto is a large manor house in Peruyes. A hórreo, a traditional granary, stands at its entrance. Those interested in architectural forms can consider the house and granary as distinct architectural elements. Together with the former school and the parish church, they provide several specific points of interest for exploring the village’s buildings, while Los Campos forms the landscape setting described here.

Gamonéu cheese from Peruyes

Quesería L’Arbeyal is an artisan Gamonéu cheese dairy in Peruyes. It uses a blend of raw cow’s and sheep’s milk from its own livestock to make its cheese. This makes the type of cheese, the kinds of milk and their origin part of the local food story. Quesería L’Arbeyal also sells its cheese directly to customers at the dairy. This focus therefore includes a specific local shopping opportunity as well as the production process. For those who take regional products into account when choosing a destination, this offers a different perspective on Peruyes from its historic buildings and walking route.

Route from the Sella Valley to the source of the Zardón

The “From the Sella Valley to the source of the River Zardón” route climbs from Llano Margolles to Peruyes. In the upper section, it either branches off towards Parda or continues along the River Zardón to its source. At this point, there are two specific directions to choose from: a turn-off towards Parda or continuing along the river to its source. The route description provides guidance for travellers who would rather focus on the village or on the continuation along the Zardón.

Beyond Peruyes, at the lowest point on the route, lies the Olla de Pilanegru, a plunge pool with a waterfall, hidden among chestnut trees and alders. The route also passes through the church field near Peruyes, then continues uphill towards the village of Villa. A little over a kilometre beyond Peruyes lies the hamlet of Les Canaliegues, where a traditional mill has been preserved. These points offer different landmarks along the way: the waterfall in its wooded setting, the further climb to Villa, and the mill in the hamlet. This makes it possible to consider the route section in terms of the specific destinations mentioned, rather than simply as a link between the starting point and the source.

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