Monumento Natural de Ojo Guareña — Attraction in Merindad de Sotoscueva

Amazing scenery. We did the Ruta El Ventanon walk. Took you to the window. Follow the white and yellow markers. There are proper signposts too, make sure you take the one to Ventanon view point, otherwise you won't see it!! We did the walk anticlockwise and missed the markers going through the village and ended up walking back along the road to the car. There is a cafe/restaurant but we didn't use it so don't know what it is like. At the car park there is a rare public loo!

With your back to the car park you see a big sign with the walking routes marked out, the ventanon starts behind it. In the afternoon we did a cave tour, although the guide didn't speak any English. But I love caves so got the gist of what he was talking about. Luckily there was someone on the tour who could speak English so he helped out with a few of the stories! You need proper enclosed shoes on for it. Also you need to bend down low in a few places to get down low. Also at one point we switched all the lights off so if you didn't like pitch black, you've been warned! A very interesting day and we walked a lot!!! Bought our own lunch with us so that...

The cave itself is amazing and a wonderful sight (which is why its still getting 3 stars), but the tour is very local people only.

This review is for the longer, 4 hour tour. The tour does not include the church

The cave tour is 80% talking and 20% caving. As a non-spanish speaker the tour feels very long, and there is almost nothing relevant and noone helping you understand anything. You will spend a lot of time staring at the current cave room, waiting to continue.

For a spanish speaker thats not from the area, it still feels a little irrelevant, as the main theme is the local conflicts and wars, with a lot of stories and very fast talking, making it hard to follow. Some of it is very interesting though.

Moreover, the walking is very fast and the 4 hours are mostly spent talking. It could definitely be a 2 hour tour or a slow 3 hour tour instead.

Its also not allowed to take any photos except in one spot. the entrance to the starting place is down a set of stairs a little ways from the parking by a bus stop. There are plenty...

Spectacularly unique. The main entrance of the cave is around 5-10 minutes walk from the parking. We have visited during the beginning of October and there was still a number of people, however not over crowded. Once you descent by foot from the parking you will see the astonishing structure carved into the stones which resembles a church. Because it is a church 😊 called Cueva Ermita San Bernabé. The most popular and shortest tour costs 6 eur per adult person. It takes around 30-45 minutes. You will watch a short documentary inside about its history and then you will be taken for a short 5 minutes walk and shown the church from inside. Do not forget to take some warm clothes as it can get very...