Population: 1.107
Area: 132 km2
- Telephone: (+34) 985 62 50 51
- E-mail: villayon@villayon.es
- Local Council address: C. La Plaza, 12, 33717 Villayón, Asturias
Services
Primary school | |
Secondary school | |
Nursery school (0 – 3 years) | |
Healthcare centre / Medical practice | |
Pharmacy | |
Bank branch / ATMs | |
Supermarket | |
Local shops | |
Petrol station | |
Casa de Cultura (Arts & Community Centre) | |
Library / Reading room | |
Sports facilities | |
Post office (SDTL) | |
Local technological promotion services |
Other services: Rural day care centre for dependent persons, municipal swimming pool.
Bus | |
Train | |
Taxi | |
Car rental | |
Bike & Rollerblade rental | |
Campervan and Motorhome stopover |
How to get to the municipality: by the AS-25 road
Internet connectivity | |
Optic fibre | |
5G mobile connection |
Sestaferia.net provides a good internet service in most of the population centres.
Adamo is currently expanding its fibre optic network to cover all the population centres.
Coworking facilities | |
Telework facilities | |
Business incubators | |
Business centres |
Hotels | |
Rural houses | |
Hostels | |
Cottages | |
Hostels | |
Rental housing | |
Public rental housing | |
Coliving Camping | |
Camping |
Also: guesthouse, rural flats, holiday homes.
Volveralpueblo.org (EDES Foundation) offers affordable housing for rent/buy.
Mountains | |
Hiking trails | |
The Pímpano cave and waterfall (Cascada y Cueva del Pímpano), Méxica waterfall (Cascada de Méxica) | |
Rivers | |
Green spaces and forests | |
Reservoirs | Arbón reservoir |
Protected natural areas | Oneta waterfalls (Cascadas de Oneta), Navia river |
Lowest point of the Municipality: 357 m above sea level
Highest point of the Municipality: 1.221 m above sea level |
– The Méxica waterfall (Cascada de Méxica) route: 4 km
– The Oneta waterfalls (Cascadas de Oneta) route: 3.5 km
– The Pímpano cave (Cueva del Pímpano) route: 1 km
– The Champolallo route: 9 km
– The Pozo Mouro route: 1.5 km
– The Dolmen and Carondio route: 10.16 km
– Polea bridge
– The Villayón Peak (Pico Villayón) route: 11.6 km
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) | Good |
Villayón has a very varied culinary offer:
Wild boar stews
Roe deer or partridge
“Fabada” (Asturian bean stew packed with “chorizo”, “morcilla” and pork belly) and “potaxe de berzas” (local collar green stew packed with potatoes, beans and chorizo, morcilla and pork ham)
“Repollo relleno” (stuffed cabbage)
“Arroz con pitu de caleya” (Asturian free-range chicken with rice stew)
Pig-slaughtering products: charcuterie, cured meats, “chosco” cured pork, “botillo” (meat-stuffed pork intestine), “picadillo” (ground pork seasoned with paprika)
“Empanadas” (stuffed pastries) and “rapones” (baked corn dough with a variety of fillings)
Desserts: rice pudding, “frisuelos” (Asturian sweet crepes), “frixuelos rellenos”(stuffed crepes, typical of Carnival), cottage cheese with honey, “rebanadas” (sweet bread pudding)
– Restaurante Casa Nito
-Restaurante El Torneiro
-Restaurante Yeguada Albeitar – Agroturismo
-Bar-restaurante Albergue de Oneta
Villayón has some important examples of religious architecture such as the Church of Parlero, the Church of San Pedro de Villayón, the Church of Santiago de Arbón, the Church of Santa María de Oneta, the Chapel of Lengomin in La Zorera, the Chapel of Nuestra Señora de La Merced in Busmente, and the Chapel of the Virgen de Las Virtudes.
There are also many architectural elements in the municipality.
The Centro de Interpretación de los Paisajes Protegidos de Montaña (Interpretation Centre of the Protected Mountain Landscapes), delves into the importance of the Protected Landscape of the Sierras de Carondio and Valledor and all the elements that surround the protected area: Oneta waterfalls, Barandón Dolmen, etc.
The municipality of Villayón has an extraordinary passion for nautical and mountain sports, for which the council has a unique refuge: Camping La Cascada, commercial campground located in Arbón. Every year, hundreds of caravanners from Spain and abroad gather in this tourist spot. Among the water sports that can be practised are canoeing and rowing. The ideal place for these activities is the rowing course in Arbón, which can be reached through the village of Arbón in the direction of Navia, crossing the village’s “Llagua”. Located at the end of Arbón, near the crossroads to Villartorey and Villayón, Pozo Mouro is a must-visit spot. By following the course of the rivers, one can come across a large number of mills.
One such mill that stands out is Genaro Pumariega’s mill located in the village of Oneta. It has been completely restored and is currently in operation.
It is the best-preserved mill in the whole Villayón council, with its entire milling mechanism still intact, along with its traditional unit of measurement, known as “the maquila”.
Fairs and Festivities:
Annual Fairs:
San Cibrán Fair, in Valdedo: the third Saturday in September
Feria de Todos los Santos – All Saints’ Fair, in Villayón, October 31st
Polavilla in November
Festivities
San Pedro in Villayón: July 2nd
Santiago and Santa Ana, in Arbón: July 25th
San Lorenzo in Herías: August 10th
Las Virtudes in Valdedo: third weekend of August
Santa María de Oneta: September 9th
Los Dolores in Villayón: September 15th
La Velilla in Parlero: September 17th
Nuestra Señora de La Merced “La Pena” in Busmente: September 24th
Asociación Cultural El Rincón Olvidao (cultural association), Asociación de Mujeres Virgen de los Dolores (women’s association), Asociación de vecinos El Pozo Mouro de Arbón (residents’ association)
Famous for having one of the most spectacular waterfalls in Asturias, those of Oneta, which can be reached after a good stretch of road that makes for an accessible and entertaining route, Villayón is a council dotted with mountains and valleys, and whose hydrological orography is marked by the rivers Polea and Navia, the latter being its natural border with neighbouring municipalities.
Water and mountains are the hallmarks of Villayón, whose Sierra de Carondio mountain range is one of the most beautiful landscapes for enjoying nature activities. Like the other municipalities in western Asturias, the predominant colour in its towns and villages is the black of slate, a native material that abounds thanks to the fact that the geological period that outcrops in this part of Asturias is mainly the Silurian. Like the rest of its ‘partners’ in the Navia Historical Park, the archaeological remains of castreños and those of burial mounds and necropolises form part of its cultural heritage, which also has in its numerous emblazoned mansions an exponent of what was the ‘rural splendour’ around the Navia basin.