Nearest Airport
: Santander
at 120
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Nearest Ferry
: Santander
at 120
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Nearest Train
: Unquera
at 35
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Nearest Motorway
: Unquera
at 35
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Nearest Beach
: La Franca
at 40
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Liébana Vega is located in the heart of the Picos de Europa, in the Liébana, at the foot of San Glorio and 8 km from the town of Potes, in an idyllic setting, perfect for relaxing holiday or sports adventure, climbing, quad biking, canoeing, hiking, horseback riding, etc.. It is the perfect base to enjoy the Picos de Europa and nature. Just an hour and a quarter of Santander, capital of the region and just over 60 kilometers from Llanes and 50 kilometers from San Vicente de la Barquera and spectacular Cantabrian coast, which also allows sea lovers can enjoy the Cantabrian wonderful beaches and its rugged coastline. Meet Liébana Liébana is one of the most famous holiday destinations of Cantabria. Surrounded by high mountains, has a great landscape value, and is favored by a benevolent microclimate. It is a traditional place for rural tourism, attractive for the authentic character that have preserved their towns. Liébana is divided into several valleys, of which the most populous is the Val de Baro, on whose top is the hill station of Fuente Dé. There is a cable car saves almost a thousand meters to the viewpoint of the cable, a must to feel about the grandiosity of the Picos de Europa. Liébana is an excellent place to enjoy nature, straddling National Game Reserve and National Park of Picos de Europa, where the habitat of several very rare species such as chamois, golden eagle, capercaillie or the bear. Dominated by oak forests, oak and beech. Rivers, meanwhile, have a great reputation trout. Forest tracks, roads and a lot of trails, some very well marked, are a standing invitation to walk and walk. Potes is the largest population center, the old town was declared a historical artistic and today we can see the old bridges, houses and above all, the Tower of the Infantry, the most characteristic monument. Liébana is a surprising variety of climates, where strictly alternating Mediterranean microclimate with the rigors of alpine weather in the higher elevations. The artistic heritage has elements of great interest, as church Lebeña Mozarabic, the tenth century, and the Romanesque monastery of Piasca, corresponding to the eleventh century. At the monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana is the relic of the True Cross, the largest fragment that remains of the Cross of Jesus Christ. The monastery was founded on Mount Viorna in the sixth century, but the present church corresponds to the thirteenth century. Here, in the eighth century, lived and wrote his Liébana Beatus, author of 'Commentary on Revelation', an important example of medieval thought, and artistic jewel for its polychrome illustrations. Santo Toribio, along with Jerusalem, Rome and Santiago de Compostela, one of the four holy places of Christian pilgrimage.