Caravia offers two distinct focal points for your trip: the beaches along the coast and the landscape of the Sierra del Sueve. There are also routes with viewpoints and archaeological traces. You can plan your stay around whether you mainly want to discover beaches, nature or history.

Sierra del Sueve and Protected Landscape

The Sierra del Sueve Protected Landscape also extends into Caravia. It includes the Sierra del Sueve Special Area of Conservation, code ES1200043. Beech and yew forests are among its characteristic vegetation. Typical wildlife includes fallow deer, birds of prey and Asturcón horses. These features give the landscape a different focus from the beaches and coastal paths.

The Sierra del Sueve can be reached via the AS-260 regional road from Arriondas to Colunga.

Beaches and Surfing

Arenal de Morís is an 800-metre-long beach with fine, tawny sand. It has an area where surfing is common. La Espasa lies on the border between Caravia and Colunga and is suitable for beginner surfers. If you compare the two beaches, their stated surfing features differ: surfing is common in a particular area at Arenal de Morís, while La Espasa is specifically suitable for learning to surf.

The coastal routes also have their own distinct features. The Arenal de Morís–La Griega route links a section of the GR-204 with a section of the PR-AS 134. Along one section of the Camino de la Costa, the path overlaps with the GR-204; it then follows a local road towards Prado. These are two different route connections, distinguished by the sections mentioned.

Routes with Viewpoints and Archaeological Traces

The La Forquita y Cerracín route starts in Prado and reaches the summit of Pico de La Forquita. From there, you can look out over Caravia and the coast and beaches of the neighbouring municipalities. If you are particularly interested in viewpoints on a route, this one has a clearly named destination.

The Picu Castro route starts at the tourist office in Prado and reaches the Castro after approximately 1.1 kilometres. The approximate distance refers to the walk to this destination. Along the way, the route passes the remains of former fluorite mines. This distinguishes it from La Forquita y Cerracín: here, the focus is on archaeological and industrial traces, while the other route offers views from the summit.

History in Prado and Along the Coast

The fortified settlement known as Picu’l Castru was inhabited during the Iron Age, from the 4th or 3rd century to the 1st century BC. Finds include iron tools, decorated pottery and bronze ornaments. Among them is a horse-shaped fibula, now kept at the Museo Arqueológico de Asturias. This site thus combines a specific route destination with a long history of settlement and finds whose present-day home is outside Caravia.

The coastal route also passes through an area rich in history: La Beciella was once home to a Templar outpost and the Benedictine monastery of Santiago. Prado is also home to the 18th-century Church of Nuestra Señora de la Consolación. Along with Picu’l Castru, these sites offer a range of historical themes: an Iron Age fortified settlement, medieval institutions on the coast and a church in Prado.

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