The powerful landscape of Las Loras witnesses the greatest concentration of Romanesque buildings of the Iberian peninsula. The link between the Geological heritage, art and human settlement is one of the identity halls of the geoparque.
The attention of Geopark visitors is immediately attracted to the strong impact and natural beauty of their landscapes. Loras looks like huge natural strengths, more than 1,000 meters highThey limit them with Castilian plain and enter us on an old territory occupied from the Paleolithic.
Known for its hiking routes, this geopark will now have a cycling route that will not only accelerate traffic in the park, but the Visitors the opportunity to meet him from a different point of view, using a sustainable mobility medium.
Tour through the Geoparque Las Loras by bicycle
The World Geopark Loras, a territory that is shared by the provinces of Palencia and Burgos, rEfuerza are infrastructure with a new cycle route between villaScusa and Aguilar de Campoo That facilitates access and mobility within the Geopark and strengthens its projection as a tourist destination of the quality of the Palencia Mountain.
The Diputación de Palencia has terminated the construction of a cycle route that connects the information point of Villaescusa de las Torres, in Pomar de Valdivia (Palencia), with the Geoparque Interpretation Center, located in Aguilar de Campoo, Crossing natural environments of high value such as nuts and the valley of recoles.
As reported by the provincial institution, the action was carried out, carried out by the Cantabrische Ocins Tourist Sustainability Plan on Palencia Mountain Destination, financed with European funds Nextgezezer Through the repair, transformation and resilience plan.
This new layout, marked according to the quality standards of IMBA Spain (International Mountain Bicycling Association), not only guarantees a safe and attractive experience for cyclists, but is also looking for Decongest the most visited points of the geoparque, which reduces the impact on the environment And in favor of non -motorized mobility.
It is a strategic infrastructure that improves accessibility for particularly sensitive areas and at the same time, It promotes the economic dynamization of the countryside of the environment. With this version, the Diputación de Palencia strengthens its dedication to active nature tourism and for a diversified and decentralized range, tailored to the principles of green, digital transition and improvement of competitiveness.
The new cycle route has also been integrated in the context of the National Agenda of Palencia against the demographic challenge, Contribute to sustainable development and the vertebrate ration of the territory. With the recent rehabilitation of the UNESCO label, Loras consolidates their position as a reference in geological preservation, interpretation of responsible heritage and tourism. EFE / ECOTICIA.COM