The path by the stream on the way back from the Santa Marina chapel
This short walk starting from the hotel follows a small stream through beautiful woodland scenery and on much of the route and you feel as though you are lost in a fairytale landscape.
View from the hamlet of Andeyes
You start the walk passing the hotel vegetable garden and then a short stroll up the road past the cemetery till you come to the hamlet of Andeyes. Here you follow a small path down to the isolated chapel of Santa Marina. Next you meander for 1½ kms along the edge of a stream where there are a couple of ruined water mills but are now lost in the undergrowth.
The isolated chapel of Santa Marina
The chapel porch
After a while the path maintains level as the stream drops, and you walk along what was an old stone track leading from the church of Santa Thomas del Collado to Bodes. This track has cut stone edges and about 10 years ago when it was totally overgrown we asked the town hall if they would clean the track or if there was some type of grant to help us restore this track. The answer was no, so we cleaned it ourselves and have maintained this track ever since!
The small stream by the side of the path
Finally you leave this track at a sign for the hotel and climb back up along another old track “El Camino del Muerte” or track of the dead. This was the path that the villagers used for taking the dead from the church to cemetery. Finally you arrive back at the hotel.
Sign back to the hotel!
Technical Information
Map Circular walk Santa Marina Chapel
Download GPS trail from wikiloc
Self guided walking notes and GPS track available for guests from the hotel
| Type of walk | Circular |
| Starting Point | Hotel Posada del Valle |
| Finishing Point | Hotel Posada del Valle |
| Public transport options | Not necessary |
| Grading | Easy |
| Total Length | 2,5 kms |
| Total Ascent | 120 m |
| Altitude | 180 – 250 – 140 – 180 |
| Refreshments | Hotel Posada del Valle |
| Map | Mapa Topográfico Nacional de España: Arriondas |
