About the municipality 
Services 
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Also: Social Centres Network, Rural Day Support Centre CRAD
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| Mountains | |
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| Rivers | |
| Green spaces and forests | |
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| Lowest point of the Municipality: m above sea level
Highest point of the Municipality: m above sea level |
HIKING, CYCLING, MTB RACES.
– SENDA DE LOS MOLINOS (THE MILLS TRAIL)
– PICO GORFOLI GREENWAY
– FRIERA WATERFALL TRAIL
– RUTA DEL AGUA (THE WATER TRAIL)
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La Peral cheese
In the culinary realm, the council is renowned for its exquisite specialty, the renowned La Peral cheese. This artisanal cheese, crafted in the village bearing the same name since 1923, stands as a true culinary gem. This family enterprise, established by the visionary Don Antonio León Álvarez, has evolved into a bastion of modernity, incorporating state-of-the-art sanitary and processing techniques.
This cheese belongs to the blue cheese family, although it is actually a semi-blue one with a mild flavour.
At this very factory, they also craft the Peñoceo cheese, named after the district of La Peral, featuring a delightful creaminess. Additionally, they produce the renowned La Peral cream, a cherished ingredient for creating sumptuous sauces and creams.
Gorfolí fresh cheese
Made in Taborneda, is the ideal accompaniment to honey or quince jelly. It is also prepared as cottage cheese.
Other products of the mubicipality’s gastronomy
Homemade dishes such as “pote de berzas” (collard greens stew), lamb, wild boar, “pitu de caleya” (Asturian free-range chicken), tripe and charcuterie.
RESTAURANTS AND BARS
El Chigre de Illas, La Tenada, Bar Leoncio, Asador El Blimal, Bar Casa Valdés, Bar Restaurante La Rasa, La Parra, El Casal and Apartamentos Rurales El Río.
Archaeological remains of Sargos, Tumulus of La Reigada and Cerro La Peña
Showcases from the School of Asturian Monologue and Theatre
Seronda Fair
Argañosa
Local festivity of Santa Ana: Third Sunday in August
Calavero
Local festivity of the Cristo del Socorro: First Sunday in September
Callezuela
Local festivity of San Antonio de Padua: Sunday following July 13th
The Sacramental festivities: First Sunday in July
Local festivity of San Julián: January 7th
Feria del Branu (Summer Festival)
Feria de la Seronda (Autumn Festival)
La Peral
The Sacramental festivities: First Sunday in August
Las Candelas festivity: February 2nd
Piniella
El Espíritu Santo (The Holy Spirit festivities): Second Sunday in May
Sanzadornín
Local festivities of the Virgen de los Remedios: Second Sunday in September
Taborneda
Local festivities of San Antonio Abad: Sunday following January 17th
Viescas
Festivities of the Santo Ángel de la Guarda, third Sunday in May
The municipality of Illas is home to the following associations: 6 residents’ associations, 2 women’s groups, 2 sports clubs, 1 music association, 1 theatre society, and 1 parents’ association (AMPA).
Asociación ALBA. Dedicated to empowering and supporting women.
Asociación DIFAC. Dedicated to assisting individuals with physical disabilities.
Asociación PERSONAS MAYORES. Dedicated to help and support senior citizens.
GORFOLÍ Association. Dedicated to promoting the collective entity of Taborneda.
Asociación CULTURAL DE PINIELLA. Dedicated to promoting the collective entity of La Piniella.
Asociación CLUB DE VUELO “VIENTO’ EN COLA”. Dedicated to paragliding and paramotoring.
Asociación VECINAL “SEXTAFERIA”. Dedicated to promoting the collective entity of Sanzadornín.
Asociación VECINAL “El SOFYTO”. Dedicated to promoting the collective entity of La Peral.
Asociación LAS CANDELAS” in La Peral. Dedicated to promoting the collective entity of La Peral.
Asociación VECINAL “CRISTO DEL SOCORRO”. Dedicated to promoting the collective entity of Calavero.
Asociación VECINAL Argañosa – Reconco “SANTA ANA”. Dedicated to promoting the collective entity of Argañosa.
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An inherently rural municipality, blessed with pristine natural landscapes and an advantageous location that boasts good connectivity and amenities.
Paraíso de quesos azules y frescos, tierra de buen yantar, de molinos, sendas verdes y picos, Illas, siempre innovador, ostenta la distinción de poseer la primera piscina fluvial de Asturias
lllas is well known for the quality of its cheeses, authentic gastronomic gems that have put this territory in the centre of Asturias on the map. La Peral, one of the villages in this council, gives its name to one of its most famous cheeses, and Pico Gorfolí to another. Illas is, therefore, an area of good gastronomic products, handmade and well cared for, and also of good ‘llantar’ in a handful of restaurants, cider houses and eating houses that display their wisdom and know-how when it comes to preparing a good pot of cabbage, lamb, wild boar, ‘pitu de caleya’, tripe or sausages.
And to burn off the calories from these delicious menus, there is always the option of taking the Mills Route and the Gorfolí Peak Green Path, or to let yourself be carried away by the placidity of a swim in the first river pool in Asturias in the Sollovio area, with water from the Faxeras river… all the advantages of a river bath – including a bathing paddle – in a comfortable green setting, with excellent facilities.
