Village house
El Pedrueco In the heart of Asturias In the Cider shire 33529 Viobes—NAVA
ASTURIAS—SPAIN Telf.: 985 716838 - 630031058
El Pedrueco is a restored traditional Asturian country house. It is situated in the heart of the Cider shire, in the borough of Nava. The house has a typical “corredor” (balcony) from which you can contemplate the valley dotted with little hamlets, as well as its surrounding mountains.
From the balcony A traditional Asturian “hórreo” (elevated granary), and old baking oven, garden, orchard, and lovely secluded spots will make your stay a pleasent one, full of peace and tranquility in very special location.
Under the old “hórreo” a delightful spot to rest El Pedrueco has got its own parking area. In the garden you can sit under the arbour, very pleasant during summer evenings. There also a games room where you can find both table and outdoor games (table tennis, darts, petanque), alongside the old Parking and well garden
baking oven.
Visitors can enjoy candlelit evenings in the arbour, listening to traditional legends and tales. These relaxing moments can be accompanied by a “culín de sidra” (glass of cider), the traditional drink in Asturias. At the front of the house guests can either dine in the arbour or just sit and chat there. It is a perfect spot where, occasionally, you can even enjoy live music.
Front of the house.
At the front of the house guests can either dine in the arbour or just sit and chat there. It is a perfect spot where, occasionally, you can even enjoy live music.
Front of the house and arbour from the garden
There is a library available in the living room where you can find books about Asturias, tourist information on the district and Asturias. You can also make full use of the TV, DVD player and music system.
Living room with wood burning stove Although the house is centrally heated, guests can also relax by stove, reading a book, listening to music,...
...or just chatting over a meal or a game.
Dining area The fully equipped kitchen allows you to prepare any meal you wish. Equipment includes vitro ceramic hob, fridge, micro-wave, toaster, juicer, blender, washing-machine, iron, as well as crockery, glassware, and cutlery.
kitchen
The tree is the most perfect element of the vegetable kingdom, and it´s magic also the most powerful. It´s roots represent the earth, earth, it´s branches the heavens. The trunk is the connection between both worlds.
The names of the bedrooms refer to the three traditional trees in Asturian culture: “E Texu” (yew tree), “L' “L' Ablano” (hazelnut tree) y El Manzanu” (apple tree). All of the furniture in these bedrooms has been restored and decorated in our own workshop. They all have enen-suite bathrooms and with hairdryer. El Texu The yew tree The yew tree is the sacred tree in Asturian mythology and represents the link of the Asturian people with the earth, with old religions and our ancestors. It symbolises spiritualy.
El Manzanu The apple tree The apple tree represents immortality. The Apples, when cut horizontally have the shape of the five pointed star, which is the talisman of power. When cut vertically the apple takes the shape of the female genitals, symbolising the power of regeneration. L' Ablanu The hazelnut tree The hazelnut tree provides the wood to make the walking stick, and symbolises magic power and authority, hence it´s name the pacifist´s weapon. Furthermore, this wood has always been the support for walkers.
At the Pedrueco we offer the following services •
Information and organisation of activities.
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A booking service for restaurants.
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Pets are welcome.
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Taking part in sessions of traditional cookery.
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Table tennis, darts, petanque...and another table and outdoor games.
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Investigation games abaut Asturian culture: mythology...
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The use of our bikes. ... And also ... the chance to enjoy the typical Asturian ritual of sharing a
glass of cider with us.
Riding bikes along the surrounding paths.
Our dogs
Playing ping-pong
Craft exhibition in the old “hórreo”.
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lose to the house there is
a small workshop, where you can learn, experiment and share a range of activities, as well as taking part in sessions like decorative techniques:
Tapestry
Silk and fabric painting, tapestry, Pressed and dried flowers craft...
Dried flowers Decorative techniques
Guests can also enjoy... Our Relaxation and Well-being room •
Jacuzzi (for 6 persons)
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Finnish sauna
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Shower, massage, etc
And in agood weather . . .
. . . Swimming pool and solarium, including a massage jet shower.
Swimming pool
Massage jet shower
From The Pedrueco you can...
Take day trips to: •
Coastal villages
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Rural inland Asturias
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Preromanesque and romanesque arquitecture
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Picos de Europa, Covadonga and the lakes
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Cabo de Peñas and Gijón
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Monumental Oviedo and its old quarter
Practise active sports: •
Biking or walking routes: ⇒
Las Foces by The Pendón river
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De la Mua hill
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El Remediu
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Peñacabrera
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Mariñana de los molinos (mills)
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Santo Tomás de Priandi
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Horse trekking
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Boat trips
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Canoeing down the Sella river
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Caving and potholing....
Visits: •
San Juan de Valdedios monastery
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The Cider Museum
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MUJA, Jurassic Museum
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Coal mine Museum
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Ethnographic Museum in Cabranes
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Old quarter in Villaviciosa
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Tazones, typical fishing village
Festivals and traditions: •
Cider Festival (second week in July-Nava)
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San Juan de Amandi (June 23th and 24th-Aman di. Villaviciosa)
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San Roque (August 15th-17th-Tazones. Villaviciosa)
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Del Asturcón (Third Sunday in August-Libardón. Colunga)
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“Fiesta de los Güevos Pintos” (Easter Tuesday-Pola de Siero)
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“Asturian Market” (last weekend in July-Ceceda. Nava)
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San Bartolo (August 24th-Nava)
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San Mateo (September 21th-Oviedo)
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Nuestra Señora de Begoña (August 15th-Gijón)
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“Antroxu´s Tuesday” (February Carnival´s-Gijón y Avilés)
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“La Fiesta´l bollu” (Easter Monday-Avilés)
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Sella down river (first Saturday in August-Arriondas)
Gastronomy: •
Asturias and the Cider Shire, both fare well from the sea (with a vast range of fish and seafood) and from the mountains where cattle and sheep are fed by their green pastures, apart from this we can´t forget home grown green vegetables.
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It would be unthinkable when visiting Asturias not to sanple “les fabes” (butter beans), the essential ingredient of the most famous of Asturian dishes: “la fabada” (pork and beans stew)to taste fish in a thousand an one diferent ways, el pixín (monkfish), la chopa (bream), salmonete (red mullet). From the seafood:
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Visitors shouldn´t forget el oricio (sea urchin), la andarica (small crab), la ñocla (crawfish), el centollo (spider crab), el bugre (lobster), almejas (clams), and percebes (barnacles). From the rivers salmons and troust are the best option.
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From the range of meats, the variety of “carne roxa” (Asturian beef) has an exceptional quality, together with pork spicy sausages like “chorizo”, “morcilla”, or “chosco”.
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The “pitu de caleya” free range chicken, deserves a special mention, as well as
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Try “el bollu preñau” (roll stuffed with chorizo), and the immense range of differents cheeses -Asturias is
the variety of montain game (wild boar, roe deer, deer). one of the richest cheese-making regions in Spain- just to mentionsome of them: Cabrales, Gamoneu, Afuega´l Pitu, Porrúa, Vidiago, Beyos.... •
A wide range of typical pudding and cakes: rice pudding, “frixuelos (similar to crèpes), borrachinos, casadielles, carbayones...
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...And finally, the Asturian drink by excellence: cider, obtained from appels in a “llagar” (cider press) and fermented in “pipas” (big barrels) made of chestnut wood. It can be appealing for first time visitors to watch how the cider is poured over the head into the glass held in the other hand, to get the right fizz.
How to get to El Pedrueco ASTURIAS— ASTURIAS—SPAIN
“Comarca de la Sidra” Nava
Viobes
Nava
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Village house
El Pedrueco AS-250
Turn off Cantabrian motorway (A8) at the Arriondas-Infiesto-Nava exit. In Nava take the road AS-250 towards Villaviciosa. Pass through the first village of Orizón. Continue on the As-250 through Paraes, before reaching Viobes. Then follow the road towards the end of the village and after the chapel, take the lane on the right. El Pedrueco is 300 yards down this lane.
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