Refugio Vegarredonda

Picos de Europa


This 59-place refugio is attended, with meal service (breakfast €5, lunch or dinner €15), from March to November. It's reached via a 7km walk south from Lago de Enol (about two hours). Drivers can save about 30 minutes by driving as far as the Pandecarmen car park, 2km south of Lago de Enol, if track conditions allow.


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2. Basílica de Covadonga

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3. Museo de Covadonga

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4. Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa

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6. Puente Romano

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7. Capilla de Santa Cruz

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8. Teleférico de Fuente Dé

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