- Region: Asturias
- Province / Main town: Somiedo
- Declared a Natural Park: 1988.
- Declared the Somiedo Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO: 2000
- Park surface area: hectares: 29,122 hectares.
- Towns and Villages: Somiedo, Belmonte de Miranda and Teverga.
Points of interest
The Somiedo Natural Park is a protected natural space that is located in the central area of the Cantabrian mountain range, Asturias. It also has the protection as a “Place of Community Importance” and Special Protection Area for Birdlife.
The area has also become famous as a starlight destination. The Starlight Foundation is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2009 to promote the protection of the night sky and the development of “astrotourism” and there is an ever growing list of starlight destinations in Spain to visit.
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