Top 6 Caves around Miera

Although it's not recognizable from a distance, as you approach the entrance, you discover an opening to the other side. So it's not a "cave," but rather a hollowed-out hole. It's a very interesting visit if you're hiking nearby; don't let the distance and extra effort deter you from missing this opportunity.

La Cueva de la Colodra is a curious cavity with the typical shape of a movie cave that you can enter its "portico" perfectly standing up but after a few steps inside you discover that it continues through a much smaller and narrower cavity in which You have to crouch down and have more trouble if you want to explore, yes, a flashlight and some basic precautions are necessary here with some more equipment in case it is necessary. It is found going up a few steps from the path that goes up to Alto de Brenas and also to Alto de los Escajos, it is a comfortable path to follow so it does not cost much to deviate and visit this cave, and just a few meters away the birth also begins from the stream of the same name. Of course, if you look calmly from inside it seems that you have a wonderful window to paradise and you breathe authentic peace and tranquility, it is a great place.

Legend has it that a French abbot, fleeing the Revolution, came to these places, hiding in the cave. And they say that, from so much crying, his eyes became irritated in such a way that they caused him bad eyesight. But, on one occasion he noticed that by washing them with the waters of the fountain, his eyes healed. Hence the discovery of the virtues of the waters and the name of the place.

Magnificent cave with beautiful views that is worth visiting. It is a few meters away from the path up to Brenas and passing through the Peñal de Brenas.

Nice and quiet path that runs along the river through the foliage of the forest.

In the middle of the Asón river path, on the way to Arredondo.

The Cubera cave is located at kilometer 2.8 of the road that goes from Arredondo to La Sia and its mouth is at the same level as the road and it has a spring that drains its waters from the currents of the system that predominates in the cave. zone. This cavity is divided into three zones according to its characteristics. Thus we have: The Fossil Network of the Sima de Cueto which is characterized by having huge corridors in which there is no water around it and the ground is made up of large stone blocks which makes it difficult to transit through this area. Another section is the Intermediate Network which is made up of a large number of caves and labyrinth-like paths, these suppose an excavation after the waters and has several levels, these connect the Sima del Cueto and La Coventosa. The third section in the Coventosa Gallery, which is located next to the previously described labyrinthine area, communicates with almost all the galleries as well as with the Cubera spring. Information taken from: https://www.viajarporcantabria.com/la-cueva-de-cubera/

In the Bº de Rioz, in Sobremazas (Medio Cudeyo), behind the public washhouse, at the bottom in the rocks is a small cave where clear and crystalline water emerges and is where the source of the Cubón river is dated. The cave also gives the name to the small park that surrounds it, which has 3 wooden tables, a fountain and a small recreational park for young children and one of the Singular Trees of Cantabria: El Castaño de Rioz.