About the municipality 
Services 
| Primary school (1 school) |  |
| Secondary school |  |
| Nursery school (0 – 3 years) | |
| Healthcare centre / Medical practice (1 facility) | |
| Pharmacy (1 pharmacy) | |
| Bank branch / ATMs (1 facility) | |
| Supermarket (1 supermarket) | |
| Local shops (3 shops) | |
| Petrol station (1 petrol station) | |
| Casa de Cultura (Arts & Community Centre) | |
| Library / Reading room | |
| Sports facilities (1 facility) | |
| Post office (1 office) | |
| (SDTL) Local technological promotion services | |
Also, there are social services available, as well as home care, a mobile bakery, a greengrocer’s, and a grocery store, in addition to a frozen food delivery service catering to villages without a brick-and-mortar store.
| Bus | |
| Train | |
| Taxi (9 companies) | |
| Car rental | |
| Bike & Rollerblade rental | |
| Campervan and Motorhome stopover | |
| Internet connectivity | |
| Optic fibre | |
| 5G mobile connection | |
| Coworking facilities (under construction) | |
| Telework facilities | |
| Business incubators (multi-tenant warehouses in Bárzana I Industrial Estate) | |
| Business centres | |
| Hotels (HOTEL FUENTES DE LUCÍA * * * HOTEL VALLE DE QUIRÓS * *) |
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| Rural houses (several houses) | |
| Hostels | |
| Cottages (CASA EL MIRADOR DE SANTROCAYA) CASA PRIETO III CASA ROSAURA CASA QUIRÓS CASA EL FORNO CASA ARIAS SO’L HORRÍN CASA MARCELINA LA CUADRINA DE MARCELO CASA ARACELI CASA EL FERREIRU I and II CORRADA DE TORALES I, II and III RURAL APARTMENTS SOCASTILLO I and II RURAL APARTMENTS VALLE DE BUEIDA RURAL APARTMENTS) |
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| Hostel (ALBERGUE MUNICIPAL DE ARROJO*) REFUGIO DE EL LLANO* – Hostel located within Quirós Climbing School) |
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| Rental housing (holiday homes: LA CALECHA DE BERMIEGO MI CASA DE QUIRÓS EL QUINTANAL LA PONTONA) |
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| Public rental housing | |
| Coliving Camping | |
| Camping | |
| Mountains | |
| Hiking trails | |
| Recreational areas | |
| Rivers | |
| Green spaces and forests | |
| Protected natural areas | |
| Lowest point of the Municipality: 300 m above sea level
Highest point of the Municipality: 2.417 m above sea level |
The most important of these are listed below:
TRAIL: from Picu Mayor or Gorrión. Quirós. Qu-03.
– Length: 10,500 m (from Arroxo 1,766 m more)
– Estimated time: 4 hr 15 min (Allow for an extra hour when summiting)
TRAILS:
– Llanuces – Chapel of San Xuan:
Trail head / end: Llanuces
Difficulty: easy – Estimated time: 1 hr (round trip)
Difference in altitude: less than 100 m
Length: 1 km
– Vega de Arrojo – Molinos de Corroriu (three restored, functioning old mills):
Trail head /end: Vega de Arrojo
Difficulty: easy – Estimated time: 1 hr 30 min (round trip)
Gradient: 200 m
Length: 3 km (round trip)
– Cortes – “Pozo del Oro” (ancient gold mine):
Trail head / end: Cortes
Difficulty: easy – Estimated time: 1 hr 30 min (return trip)
Gradient: 200 m
Length: 2.5 km (round trip)
MOUNTAIN TRAILS:
– Collada de Aciera
– Arrojo – Pico Mayor – Las Agüeras
– Bermiego – L’Angleiru – La Gamonal
– Villamarcel – Canllongo – Coañana
– Port of Agüeria
SKI TOURING:
– Lindes – Peña Rueda
Trail head: Lindes (900 m). Trail end: Peña Rueda (2,152 m)
Gradient: 1,252 m. Normally skiable section: 1,000 m approx.
Time estimate: variable according to conditions, with a reference of 3 hr 30 min uphill and 1 hr 30 min downhill.
Difficulty: Moderate (M). Moderate slopes. Be careful above Manín up to La Vallina Grande for possible avalanches after heavy snowfalls and the formation of cornices on the crest ridge.
– Puerto de Ventana al Picu Güertu’l Diablu Norte
Trail head: Puerto de Ventana (1,586 m). Trail end: Picu Güertu’l Diablu Norte. (2,105 m)
Accumulated ascent elevation: 659 m
Accumulated descent elevation: 659 m
Difficulty: Moderate (M)
Time estimate: Uphill: from 2 h 30 min to 3 h. Downhill: from 1h to 1h 30 min
LONG-DISTANCE TRAILS:
– San Melchor GR 106 and GR 106.1
– Camino de las Reliquias / Relic Trail GR 207
– GR 109 Cantabrian Mountains Nature Trail. Stage 13, 14 and 15
BIKE ROUTES through the Municipality of Quirós (Portal Asturias Paraíso Ciclista):
https://asturiasparaisociclista.com/destinos_cicloturistas/concejos/quiros/
SENDA DEL OSO / THE BEAR’S TRAIL:
Sections that pass through Quirós:
CARANGA SECTION (Proaza) – VALDEMURIO (Quirós) – SANTA MARINA (Quirós)
SANTA MARINA SECTION (El Cribu) – RICABO (El Pradal) (QUIRÓS)
| Swimming pools | |
| Beaches | |
| Rivers | |
| Reservoirs | |
| Lakes | |
| Spa / Thermal Waters | |
| Security level: | High |
| Noise pollution level | Extremely low |
| Light pollution level | Extremely low |
| Traffic level: | Extremely low |
| Air quality index (AQI): | Reasonably good |
– 30 beds (distributed in 5 en-suite rooms of 10, 8, 6, 6, 4 and 2 beds)
– 30 dining room places.
– 30 lockers with key on the ground floor.
– 30 closets / lockers distributed in rooms (1 per bed)
Capacity: 5 rooms / 30 beds accommodation 30 canteen places
Address: Vega 1 – Arrojo
Postcode: 33117
Population: Quirós
Telephone: +34 634 946 930
Email: alberguedearrojo@hotmail.com
Remarks:
Instagram: @alberguedearrojo
LOS GARRAFES – GASTRO-BAR
Specialities: Hamburger, pizza, “cachopo” (two steaks, sandwiched together with cheese and a slice of ham, all coated in bread crumbs and fried up), “tapas”, etc. (Reservation required depending on the season).
Social Networking: Garrafes Quirós
Mail: losgarrafes@gmail.com
Category: Gastro-Bar
Address: Santa Marina 21 (Santa Marina)
Postcode: 33116
Telephone: +34 647 737 538
RESTAURANTE CASA GENEROSA
Traditional Asturian cuisine.
Capacity: 50 people
Category: Bar, Café or similar.
RESTAURANTE CASA JAMALLO
Specialities: Traditional cuisine. Game (wild boar, roe deer and venison), Asturian red meat, “fabada” (Asturian bean stew packed with chorizo, morcilla and pork belly), chestnut stew, and a wide variety of homemade desserts. Cider house (“sidrería”) on the ground floor
Capacity: 53 people
Category: 4th category restaurant (1 fork)
Address: Lugar Bárzana de Quirós 62 (Bárzana)
Postcode: 33117
Telephone: +34 985 76 81 33
Web:
Email:
RESTAURANTE EL TEIXO
Specialities: Traditional cuisine. Fabada (Asturian bean stew packed with chorizo, morcilla and pork belly), “pote asturiano” (Asturian stew, bean stew, lamb, goat, game (wild boar, roe deer), local charcuterie, homemade desserts (rice pudding, borrachinos, various cakes). If you visit in the spring, local mushrooms harvested from the Aramo Mount, and mixed vegetable stew.
Capacity: 50 people
Category: 3rd category restaurant (2 forks)
SIDRERÍA LAS UBIÑAS – TABERNA FOLK (cider house and folk tavern)
Pinchos, Tapas and Menu.
Large terrace.
BAR MERENDERO VALDEMURIO ACTIVE TOURISM AREA
(located next to Valdemurio Reservoir and linked to the Bear’s Trail. It offers a variety of outdoor amenities, such as a canoe dock, sports facilities, bike rentals, and a café/bar. Additionally, there are picnic tables and a parking lot)
Category: Bar, snack bar or similar.
Bikes and canoes, guided mountain activities.
BAR NUEVO
Open every day, from 7 am.
Speciality: Assorted pinchos/tapas
BAR SO’L HORRÍN
Close to the Llano Climbing School and the Senda del Oso / The Bear’s Trail.
– Las Ubiñas – La Mesa Nature Reserve
– Sierra del Aramo Protected Landscape
– Teixo de Bermiego Natural Monument
– Desfiladero de Las Xanas Natural Monument
– Romanesque Church of Arrojo
– Corroriu Mills
– Los Garrafes (waterfalls)
– The Dolmens of La Cobertoria
– “Horreos” with ancient inscriptions and “paneras” (both traditional Asturian granaries elevated on stilts)
– “Majadas” and “morteras” (hight-mountain grazes), and ports
– Mina Mariquita (ancient coal mine) and Cargaderu Santa Marina (ancient coal dock)
– Cave where Tito Bustillo died
Mercau Quirosán. Artisan market in May
Cultural events at the Ethnographic Museum of Quirós in September.
Fiesta del Corderu / Lamb Festival in July
Popular Festivals in different villages throughout the summer
– Address: Bárzana
– Postcode: 33117
– Population: Quirós
ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL EL ROBLE (cultural association)
– Address: Bermiego 33
– Postcode: 33118
– Population: Quirós
– Telephone: + 34 666 166 571
ASOCIACIÓN DE AMIGOS DEL PAN DE ESCANDA LA ROBLA (ethnographic association)
– Address: Salcedo 13
– Postcode: 33117
– Population: Quirós
ASOCIACIÓN DE VECINOS CANOR FANDOS (residents’ association)
– Address: Aciera
– Postcode: 33117
– Population: Quirós
– Province: Asturias
ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL CAMPU FAYA (cultural association)
– Address: Escuela de la Roza 96
– Postcode: 33116
– Population: Ricabo (Quirós)
– Telephone: +34 689 574 936
AQUITUR – ASOCIACIÓN QUIROSANA DE TURISMO (Quirós Tourism Association)
– Address: Casa de Cultura Manolo Quirós, El Felguero s/n
– Postcode: 33117
– Population: Bárzana (Quirós)
– Telephone: +34 689 574 936
ASOCIACIÓN DE PADRES Y MADRES DE ALUMNOS DEL CP VIRGEN DE ALBA (parents’ association)
– Address: CP Virgen de Alba, El Felguero 5
– Postcode: 33117
– Population: Bárzana (Quirós)
ASOCIACIÓN DE MAYORES, PENSIONISTAS Y JUBILADOS PEÑA DE ALBA (senior citizens’ and pensioners’ association)
– Address: Ninzor 9
– Postcode: 33117
– Population: Bárzana (Quirós)
CLUB DEPORTIVO DE QUIRÓS DE FÚTBOL SALA (futsal club)
– Address: Cortes 3
– Postcode: 33116
– Population: Quirós
ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL EL PERIÓDICO DE QUIRÓS (cultural association)
– Address: Cortina 1
– Postcode: 33118
– Population: Las Agüeras (Quirós)
– Telephones: + 34 985 222 413 / 985 768 191
– Web: http://www.elperiodicodequiros.com
– Email: pdq@periodicodequiros.com
ASOCIACIÓN DE MUJERES VALLE DE QUIRÓS (women’s association)
– Address: Las Agüeras (El Melén) 12
– Postcode: 33118
– Population: Quirós
– Telephone: + 985 768 048
ASOCIACIÓN DE CAZADORES DEL ARAMO (hunting association)
– Address: Carretera General 20
– Postcode: 33117
– Population: Bárzana (Quirós)
– Telephone: + 985 76 80 29
ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL TEIXO – MANOLO QUIRÓS (pipe band)
– Address: Casa de Cultura Manolo Quirós – El Felguero s/n
– Postcode: 33117
– Population: Bárzana (Quirós)
– Telephones: +34 680 367 567
– Email: gaitaselteixo@hotmail.com
ASOCIACIÓN DE VECINOS PARROQUIA DE LAS AGÜERAS (residents’ association)
– Address: Las Agüeras
– Postcode: 33118
– Population: Quirós
ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL L’AIRUA (cultural association)
– Address: Tene
– Postcode: 33118
– Population: Quirós
Quirós has an intense past and an attractive present. The richness of its prehistory is evident in the Neolithic burial mounds and dolmens of Alto La Cobertoria and Prau Llagüezos – the latter is well known for the Fiesta del Corderu, of Tourist Interest -; history is distilled in its many churches, mansions, its Castillo de Alba – near Arroxo – or its hermitages, such as that of Alba, from where a good part of the council can be seen, or that of Trobaniello, very close to the Camino de las Reliquias… As history, customs and traditional uses is what we can contemplate in its Ethnographic Museum.
Quirós, border and passage to the Meseta, has an open and friendly personality, and is a paradise for nature activities, forming an essential part of the Las Ubiñas-La Mesa Nature Reserve. Places such as Pedroveya – starting or finishing point of the Ruta de las Xanas or the Camín Real de Puerto Ventana -; Bermiego with its millenary texu; Valdemurio with its reservoir; Chanuces with its rural tourism centre; the Senda del Oso with its end in Santa Marina; L.lano with its climbing school, or Bárzana – the capital of the council -, always atmospheric, are unavoidable references for a complete and satisfactory journey.
Quirós has been one of the pioneers in rural tourism in Spain, it is a permanent meeting point for climbers from all over the world and as if that were not enough, it is a real ‘mine’ for industrial archaeology because its subsoil treasures abundant iron and coal, and its recent life in the 20th century was closely linked to geomining activities and industry, without forgetting that it is and was also a fertile and livestock-raising land.
