Travel to the past and nature in Taramundi

A visit to the village of Taramundi (Asturias) is a journey into the past and full contact with nature.

Travel to the past

Time of the forts

A journey into the past in the truest sense of the word, because in this village, located in the mountains that separate Asturias from Galicia, we can visit a place as old as a Bronze Age forts, which was later occupied by different civilisations.

A journey from the Bronze Age to the 20th century through the milling process

In Taramundí, the Watermill Museum is a must.

In this museum we can travel back in time and play with manual mills that have been used since ancient times.

See how, in different parts of the world, people began to use hydraulic power to grind in a more convenient and effective way.

And how they took advantage of waterfalls to generate greater water power to drive ever more complex mechanisms.

Until the moment when they were able to harness the power of water to generate energy and thus move much more powerful mechanisms to produce flour on a larger scale and thus achieve greater development in the area.

Journey back in time with the manufacture of knives

A visit to Taramundi and its knife making museum is also a journey into the past.

To understand how our ancestors began to make their knives from the iron mined nearby, how they searched for the best wood for the handles of their knives and also for the wood for the charcoal in their forges.

And to see how these knives were made in the forges is an experience worth seeing, which in my case took me back in time.

A journey into nature

Os Teixois

But what I liked best about Taramundi, without a doubt, was the opportunity to make a double journey into the past and into nature by visiting the ethnographic site of Os Teixois.

These are ancient stone buildings with the traditional overhead granaries of the Cantabrian coast.

And nestled in a mountainside with a splendid green mantle of grass and mountains.

And the flow of this little stream made me feel like I was in a unique and magical place.

I look forward to returning soon to this small but great village in Asturias.

Yours sincerely.