Valporquero Caves and the Rio Torio
A 47 km/h de Leon, the crosses different peoples Thorium mentioning his name. For this river to get to the Sickles of Vegacervera with its striking gorge. A beautiful landscape where the folded Thorium its forms and it intersects the road through various bridges, some of Roman origin.
It is strictly to observe the stop from one of its bridges Thorium marked by its narrowness and depth of its waters. Vegacervera Hoces of confronting the spirit of this area of Leon. Thorium breathe in peace and harmony where your bed is all that is heard. The whole upper valley of the river and through the Torio river erosion results in high gorges that rise to the river environment. And beech predominate until Valporquero Caves.
Valporquero past the village at an altitude of 1,309 m. high, is this natural monument. At the heart of the mountain appears Leon grand entrance to the cave Valporquero. In the same parking lot of the cave, there is a fully equipped recreation area where you can expect to start a tour. It has a visitable route of about 1 km. and it takes time and see each as two hours. Throughout the visit the Cave offers all its splendor that has lasted more than a million years.
There are seven rooms visited the Cave of Valporquero (Small Wonders, Great Rotunda, Hadas Cemetery Stalactite, Gran Via, Column Lonely and Wonders) which served to show the stalactites, stalagmites, washes and different columns inside. The great length of the cave and its dimensions much more impressive to the visitor. On the inside, across the river with 3150 m. accessible to cavers and experts.
The average temperature in the cave is 7 ยบ C at any time of year with a humidity of 99%. It opened to the public in 1966 and since then has not stopped its activity.
In the cave environment and the River Torio Valporquero deserve traveled quietly. Green valleys, stunning gorges cross the river along. Small towns emblematic of gray stone and red tile, the old churches are just a small sample of the environment of the Cantabrian Mountains that are worth knowing.