Places of Interest

If there is something the Barrio Húmedo is characterised by, that is the great amount of bars, pubs and cafés which pack most of its streets. Therefore, this is a perfect place to have a drink at lunch, dinner or night time. We will always......

The Botines House, or Fernández y Andrés house, is a building of modernist style, located in the city of León, capital of the province of the same name, Spain. It was originally a commercial warehouse and private residence, and it was constructed and designed by......

The aim of this art museum is to become a fundamental element for the development of Contemporary Art at an international level. This museum emerges with a broad experimental sense when devising and developing projects and exhibitions at all levels. For further information: MUSAC....

The Faedo is a small beech forest next to Ciñera de Gordón, in the Central Mountains of León, inside the Biosphere Reserve of the Upper Bernesga (municipalities of Pola de Gordón and Villamanín). This small corner of León’s geography has been a target of admiration......

The year 916 was really significant for the history of León’s Cathedral: the King Ordoño II, who had ascended the throne of this city a few months before, defeated the Arabs in the battle of San Esteban de Gormaz. “Thankful to God for the benefit......

Over the first decades of the 19th century, around the year 1830, in European countries such as France, Germany or Belgium huge steel industries were being constructed, and they were really innovative, because they represented a new urban and industrial concept. Large facilities based on......

In the Upper Curueño we can visit the waterfall of Nocedo. About 5 km from La Vecilla, in the direction of the Mountain Pass of Vegarada and before reaching Nocedo de Curueño, we find on our left a road sign leading us to the waterfall......

San Marcos Monastery, the construction of which began in the 16th century, follows an older monastery dating from the 12th century during the time of King Alfonso VI. Various artists immortalised a yesterday in stone and wood where the strength of his legacy can be......

As an official body dependent on León’s Institute of Culture of the Provincial Council of León, it exhibits traditional culture of León, as well as the identity and diversity of its peoples and material and immaterial artefacts, in a new location and historical convent building......

On the north-western corner of the Roman camp known as Legio VII Gemina, sheltered by the camp wall, the King Sancho el Craso († 966), son of Ramiro II, built a monastery to keep the remains of the martyr child of Cordoba, San Pelayo (we......

At an altitude of 1309m, below the village of Valporquero, the heart of the mountains of León opens a huge mouth through which, accompanied by a crystal-clear stream, we can discover hidden and amazing subterranean wonders. Paths, bridges, stairs and plenty of floodlights walk with......

Right in the middles of Los Argüellos Mountain, the Torío river break rocks and makes its way through forests to shape one of the most evocative accesses to the Central Mountains of León. On that way, and only 30 km away from the city of......

This museum was created thanks to the founder and donor of the collection, D. Romero Nieto, president of the Foundation that bears his name and is responsible of its management, in collaboration with its Excellency the Provincial Council of León, the town council of Boñar,......