ECOTOURISM IN THE PICOS DE EUROPA, ASTURIAS

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Accessibility Vega de Ario Cheese Factory

Family cheese factory where the visitor will see an authentic cheese factory with modern facilities, where the cheese is made today, but also a replica of a traditional hut of the port, to learn about the traditional production of yesteryear.

Accessible visit to the VEGA DE ARIO CHEESERY

Guided tours are offered starting at the cheese factory where you will learn about the entire production process from the arrival of the raw milk to the labeling and sale of the finished cheese. At the end of the tour you will visit the replica of the traditional hut where you will feel like a real shepherd and there you will learn how cheese was originally made in the Picos de Europa, the techniques, utensils and everything that has to do with the history of this product.

The visit ends with a guided tasting to taste the famous Gamonéu cheese.

Information provided by wheelchair user in November 2023.

CHARACTERISTICS

  • Free parking area next to the cheese shop
  • Access to cheese dairy, restroom and store with ramps
  • Unobstructed turning areas in the different areas (cheese dairy, store and shepherd’s hut).
  • Adapted bathroom in common areas

DETAILED ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION

CONTACT Cheese Factory

Phone
+34 985 84 42 18

Reservations
Check their website

Tourist Information Office

Accessibility PRM

Optimum mobility indoors. All stays and 2 PRM adapted bathrooms at zero level

PRM parking spaces

Agritourism activity

Parking spaces reserved for people with reduced mobility in several locations in Onís; pharmacy, Tourist Office, recreational areas and the town center of Benia de Onís.

Glacier Fauna Interpretation Center

Accessibility PRM

Visit a natural cave that houses recreations of glacial-era fauna, which you can access in a wheelchair and move along a wooden walkway.

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