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municipality of Villacarriedo is in the
region of the Pisueña, closely together
of important localities like Santa Maria de Cayón,
Sarón, Selaya or the park of the nature
of Cabárceno and from 36 km of Santander.
The region is located in the source Pisueña,
forming part of denominated pasiegos mounts. The
nucleus of Selaya, along with Liérganes
and Villacarriedo, is of most monumental of the
region, and in him numerous tourists come together
who approach to admire so much the cultural patrimony,
as the excellent and matchless landscape of the
surroundings.
The three villas pasiegas.
Fertile valley of Pas, San Pedro de Romeral and
San Roque de Rio Miera form the calls “villas
pasiegas”, the three more important localities
of the deepest and authentic country “pasiego”.
To cross this zone always is fascinating, since
these earth completely seem other people's to
the modern life and the traveller will discover
astonished that the small cabins in which they
live most of these people to a great extent are
occupied by the so necessary blocks and that in
this corner of Spain still the old trashumancia
exists.
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From few kilometres
of the hotel is SANTANDER.From The bay of Satander,
considered one of the most beautiful of the world,
the landscape is impressive, specially when the
wind whips, showing, at this moment, all the force
of its beauty. Their beaches emphasize by their
quality, like beaches of the Sardinero.
THE VALLEYS OF THE PAS, MIERA AND PISUEÑA.
This territory is located in the zone Eastern center
of Cantabria. The vegetation is varied, with forests
of you have, cagigas, or oaks. The conservation
of several románic monuments gives to indication
of an important medieval population in the low section
of the valley of the Pisueña, emphasizing
the romanica colegiata of Santa Cruz de Castañeda,
one of religious monuments more outstanding of the
region.
THE PARK OF THE CABARCENO NATURE. Africa, America,
Asia and Australia extend until Cantabria. A forest
of rock, metal and fauna to hide a treasure of Nature.
Throughout thousands of square meters to dream about
the five continents is possible.
GUGGENHEIM. Designed by the North American architect
Frank Or Gehry, is one hour of our area. The museum
is located in a parcel of 32,500 m2 that is at level
of laughs it of the Nervión, is to say to
16 ms below the level of the city of Bilbao and
that is crossed in one of its ends by the colossal
Bridge of La Salve, one from the main entrances
to the city.
The building is compound of a series of interconnected
volumes, of orthogonal form covered of limestone
stone, and others curved and twisted, covered by
a metallic titanium skin. These volumes are combined
with walls glass curtain that equip from transparency
all the building. As a whole, the design of Gehry
creates a singular, spectacular and enormously visible
structure, obtaining a escultórica presence
like bottom drop curtain to the surroundings of
the city.
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