Las Ubiñas-La Mesa Natural Park Nature · Quirós, Oviedo, Asturias Declared in 2006 and a biosphere reserve since 2012, it spreads its 35,793 hectares across Quirós, Teverga and Lena around the Ubiña massif, whose main summit, the Peña Ubiña, reaches 2,417 metres. The park combines several protection designations, including the regional hunting reserve of Somiedo and the sites of community importance of Peña Ubiña and Montovo-La Mesa. It is an area of great archaeological value, with rock shelters near Fresnedo, hillforts such as those of Focella, Barrio, Ricabo and El Collao, remains of the Roman road of La Carisa and Visigothic fortifications at the Homón de Faro, as well as the Camino Real del Puerto de la Mesa, a Roman road. A third of its area is covered by forests of high ecological value, mainly beech woods. Photo: César Díaz Menes (CC BY-SA 3.0 es) What to see and do in Quirós
