Laviana
Peña Mea: This attractive rocky mountain can be seen clearly from Pola de Laviana.
Laviana is a district surrounded by mountains and forests. It links to the North with Bimenes and Nava, to the South with Aller, to the West with Mieres and San Martin del Rey Aurelio, and to the East with Piloña and Sobrescobio.
Laviana is right on the edge of the Parque Natural de Redes Reserva de la Biosfera and was declared a natural park in 1996. It is a very beautiful, environmentally rich area defined by its high mountains, vast wooded slopes, clean fast flowing rivers, tiny stone housed villages steeped in tradition and impressive limestone defiles.
Evening sun on the unusual rock architecture of Peña Mea, Laviana
Pola de Laviana, the capital of the council, is in the Nalon Valley. It’s the most populated town in the area with about 15,000 inhabitants. It is a bustling friendly town with all amenities, dominated to the South by the very attractive rocky peak Peña Mea
There is a fast road AS17 connecting Laviana to the coastal motorway system. The Oviedo/Asturias airport is about a fifty minute drive, and the popular ski resort of San Isidro is just a fifty minute drive from Pola de Laviana via Cabañaquinta on the AS 253
Once the heart of mining, iron and steel industries, nowadays, the landscape is changing dramatically, a lot of European money is pouring into the area resulting in a dramatically changing landscape.
There are some exceptionally good value houses to be found in Laviana District.