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Camping El Cares, Santa Marina de Valdeón, Picos de Europa

Photographs by Camping El Cares, used with permission.

Camping El Cares

Santa Marina de Valdeón, León, Picos de Europa

A family site high in the Valdeón valley, a few kilometres above the Cares gorge walk.

Why we love it

The Ruta del Cares is a path cut into the side of a limestone gorge, twelve kilometres each way, and it is the reason most people come to the Picos at all. Staying at this end means starting early, before the day-trippers arrive from the coast.

Small, family-run, and — by the accounts of people who have stayed — run by someone who will sit down and explain the mountains to you properly before you set off.

Best for: walking the Cares gorge before anyone else is on it

Checked August 2026 · We re-verify prices and opening every quarter.

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