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Sotres

Cabrales, Oriente, Asturias

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Sotres

Curiosity · Cabrales, Oriente, Asturias

Sotres, at 1,050 metres above sea level, is one of the highest villages in Asturias and sits in a valley surrounded by mountains, 19 kilometres from Carreña, the capital of the municipality of Cabrales, between the central and eastern massifs of the Picos de Europa; the most common access, from Arenas de Cabrales via Poncebos, is 11 kilometres of steep climbing. Its population is around a hundred residents -109 according to the INE's 2023 figures-, and in 2024 it received the Exemplary Village of Asturias Award. Livestock farming and the making of Cabrales cheese, with a recent family creamery awarded best cabrales at the cheese fair in Cangas de Onís, remain its main livelihood.

Photo: Mick Stephenson mixpix (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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