Refuge

Refugio de Venta Vieja

Cantabria · Espagne0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Refugio de Venta Vieja (Refuge of the Old Inn) in the western Picos de Europa, Potes/Cabuérniga area (Cantabria, Spain), at 1157 m elevation, Cornión massif. Continuous Spain cluster (batches 214-319). FEDME refuge in Spain's first national park (Covadonga 1918, expanded 1995: 67,000 ha), home to the Cantabrian chamois Rupicapra pyrenaica parva subspecies, 5,000 individuals, and the Cantabrian brown bear Ursus arctos, ~370 individuals, recovering since the 1990s.

Off-season beds
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The setting

Western Picos de Europa Potes/Cabuérniga Cantabria 1157 m Cornión, continuous cluster batches 214-319, FEDME Covadonga 1918 1st NP in Spain 1995 67,000 ha, Rupicapra pyrenaica parva 5,000 Cantabrian, Ursus arctos ~370 recovering since 1990s.

What you'll find

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