During this amazing journey we can see how the green landscape that characterizes “ Valle de Mena” contrasts against the ochre tones that dominate “ Valle de Losa”. Along the 145 kilometres we will be the witnesses of the harmony among the small villages and their environment.

Waterfalls, houses, towers and Romanesque churches complete the view.

We start in Villasana de Mena , there the streets of the inner-city are notorious, we can localize the monastery of Santa Ana, the palace of Sancho Ortiz de Matienza and the tower of the Velasco. We begin our journey visiting the lordly complex of Artieta.

We go into Alava before we start the assault on the mountain pass “Peña Angulo”. From Cozuela a short wall will bring us to an idyllic surrounding next to “San Peñaladros”.

From the old road of the mountain pass of Peña Angulo we have a beautiful panoramic view.

Quincoces de Yuso is the capital of “Valle de Losa” and it preserves in its inner-city a tower, several houses and a solid bridge.

The road leading to Relloso is in very bad condition, we recommend only the “ascent” to those who want to walk to the tunnel of “La complacera” and the “Pico del Fraile” (mountain top)

The ruins of a tower stick out in Castrobarto.

The church of Colina is important for its Romanesque art.

In Tabliega we will discover another example of Romanesque art. After our visit to the Romanesque church of Bercedo we go back to Valle de Mena.

When we descend the mountain pass of “el Cabrio”and we arrive to Irús . The Romans passed here on their roadway many centuries ago.

We will be very careful at the crossroad that ascends the Sanctuary of Cantonad, a very valued place for the inhabitants of Mena.

Before we arrive to the medieval tower of Lezana we pass by some other interesting places like Vivanco and Concejero.

River Cadagua selected a privileged natural environment to begin its voyage to the Cantabrian sea. In the shadow of the mountains of “ la Peña” we find the church of Santa Maria de Siones, a real jewel of Romanesque art in an exceptional landscape.

There are some indications that a second road of Santiago passed by San Lorenzo de Vallejo where we can admire another provincial Romanesque.

If we are tired having made a long trip we can go from here to Villasana and leave the rest of the course for another day.Valle de Mena is surrounded by its typical landscape with grasslands and forests, Villasuso offers a good example of traditional architecture.