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What to see and do in Maraña

What to see and do in Maraña (La Montaña de Riaño, León): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Nature

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What to see and do in Maraña

Maraña
Village
Maraña is a municipality in the province of León, nestled in the Mampodre massif, within the Montaña de Riaño y Mampodre regional park, with about a hundred inhabitants. Its territory spreads across two valleys: the southern one, where the village sits, and the northern one, the Riosol valley, bounded by the Tarna and Señales passes. It split off from Acebedo in the 19th century, and the río Esla rises within its territory. Although less than 60 kilometres from León as the crow flies, road distances are far greater because of the many passes that must be crossed; the nearest capital is in fact Oviedo, 96 kilometres away. An on-demand transport service links the village with the district seats of Riaño and Cistierna.
Source of the Esla river
Nature
The Esla, the Duero's largest tributary by flow —hence the saying "the Esla carries the water and the Duero the fame"— rises in the municipality of Maraña, beneath the Mampodre massif and between the passes of Tarna, Las Señales, El Pontón and San Glorio, in the heart of the Montaña de Riaño y Mampodre regional park. From its source in the Cantabrian Mountains it runs 287.83 kilometres from north to south through the provinces of León and Zamora, draining a basin of 16,026 km² that makes it Spain's second-longest tributary after the Genil. Its waters are held back, already near its headwaters, in the Riaño reservoir.