Gamoneu cheese, biodiversity, landscape, culture and gastronomy.

The anthropized landscape of the Cantabrian coast, and particularly the Picos de Europa region, is the legacy of a traditional activity rooted in the distant past, preserving a tangible and intangible heritage of undeniable richness.

Description

In two ways: a rich ecosystem and a cultural fabric, both of which are currently in a state of uncertainty. Perhaps activities like this can contribute to their conservation.

The activity takes place one morning, two days a week, in collaboration with local producers of Gamoneu Organic cheese.

This is a landscape interpretation of an organic farm that operates in a traditional manner. The farm manages a mixed livestock herd that incorporates cattle, sheep, and goats, in addition to maintaining a diversified peasant-style economy that also includes pigs, poultry, and other livestock; with production geared both for personal consumption and for sale. The farm is certified organic.

Herd management involves the use and maintenance of collectively owned forests, which complements family ownership of the farm and surrounding land.

Gamoneu cheese, certified organic and with the Gamoneu Protected Designation of Origin, is produced in a micro-cheese factory located on the farm itself.

The visit consists of four distinct phases.

The experience in detail

Activities

    Programme

    Approaching and reading the landscape
    A mosaic that integrates cultivated areas, meadows for harvesting, and communally managed forests, which are also composed of forest areas, grasslands, and wild areas of great environmental value.
    Farm Visit
    Various elements and areas where work is organized. Buildings, fences, crops, milking parlor, micro-cheese factory, smokehouse, etc.
    Tasting of farm products
    Since cheese is the farm's main product, depending on the season, visitors may be able to sample other farm products. Direct purchase is also available.
    Return
    Back at your accommodation, you'll explore the landscape and observe the areas and species associated with traditional livestock farming practices depending on the season. As a complement to this morning's visit, which includes a visit to a farm in the valley, a visit to the high mountain pass could also be offered in the afternoon.

    Included services

    Travel Guide
    Others: Tasting of organic/local products according to season (cheese, sausages or others)

    Additional Services

    Pick-up at accommodation, transportation and interpretation, and return to accommodation

    Ecotourism Commitment

    Collaboration with local producers and access to direct purchase of their products.
    Collaboration with a local association for the maintenance of communal forests and environmental education.

    Sustainable tourism

    Participation in local associations that promote biodiversity and environmental education. Promotion and participation in activities

    ECOTOURIST RESERVE

    Natural spaces

    These are the natural spaces where this Gamoneu Cheese experience, biodiversity, landscape, culture, and gastronomy takes place.

    Organizing company/ies