Where to stay in Redes Natural Park: which village to choose for what you want to do

To stay in Redes Natural Park, Campo de Caso is the base with most services, with the interpretation centre and 58 kilometres from Oviedo; Rioseco is minutes from the Ruta del Alba; Tarna and Bezanes sit high up beside the mountain walks; and Pola de Laviana, outside the park, has a Cercanías train.

Redes covers the whole of two municipalities, Caso and Sobrescobio, and from outside it looks like somewhere you go and come back from in a day. But the long walks start early and from different villages, and sleeping inside the park changes the trip. The question is not so much where the beds are as which village leaves you closest to what you want to do.

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First, how you get into the park

According to Turismo Asturias, Redes was declared a natural park in 1996, has been a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2001 and covers 376 square kilometres between Caso and Sobrescobio. The road that runs through it is the AS-117 (as the 112 Asturias calls it; Caso Town Council writes AS-17): the council says you reach the area on it from Laviana, and that the same road climbs to the Tarna pass, the way over to Riaño.

There is a second way in from the north, the AS-254, coming from Infiesto. And there is a rule worth knowing before you plan the night: according to the park's official page, wild camping and caravans are not allowed inside, except bivouacking in some zones. Sleeping in Redes means sleeping under a roof.

Campo de Caso: the base with most services

El Campu, or Campo de Caso, is the capital of Caso and lies 58 kilometres from Oviedo, according to its town council. It is small, with 151 residents in the village according to the 2021 INE figures quoted by Wikipedia, but it has what you most appreciate on a trip of several days: the park's Reception and Interpretation Centre, at Prau la Feria, and a SESPA medical clinic on the main road.

The centre opens at weekends from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 15:00 to 18:30, according to Turismo Asturias, which warns that hours can change with the season. Staff give information about which routes can be walked and the rules that apply, which is the first thing worth asking before heading into the hills.

From here, the Tanes reservoir is about four kilometres away, according to Turismo Asturias, and Tarna is 16 kilometres further up the road, according to Wikipedia. Los Arrudos starts from Caleao, in the same municipality, as explained in our Los Arrudos guide. It is the logical base if you want to combine different routes each day without always driving the same road.

Rioseco: the lower gateway and the Ruta del Alba

Rusecu/Rioseco is the capital of Sobrescobio and, according to its town council's table of distances, lies 44.3 kilometres and about 35 minutes from Oviedo, and 58.5 kilometres and about 40 minutes from Gijón. Wikipedia places it at the northern end of the municipality, on the shore of its reservoir, so it is the first place you reach coming in from Laviana.

From Rioseco, the local SC-2 road takes you in minutes to La Polina, Villamoréi and Soto de Agues, according to the town council, and the Ruta del Alba starts from Soto. Staying here lets you start it early without driving first. How long it takes and which other easy walks there are is in our guide to Redes walks by effort, and the village and its shore in the one on the Rioseco reservoir.

Tarna and Bezanes: right at the top

Tarna is a parish of 60 residents in 2019, 16 kilometres from Campo de Caso, according to Wikipedia, beside the pass and close to the spring of La Nalona, where the Nalón rises. According to Turismo Asturias, an easy circular walk leaves from here to the Tabayón del Mongallu, a waterfall more than 60 metres high, and the Vega Pociellu walk is in the same area.

Bezanes, in the parish of Sobrecastiello, is the usual starting point for the Brañagallones valley, at 1,215 metres, according to Turismo Asturias. Caso Town Council lists a taxi based in the village, as it does in Campo de Caso and Bueres, which solves more than one walk that does not end where it starts.

These are villages for people who come to walk and need little else. Sleeping up here saves you the drive up every morning; in exchange, arrive with what you need and ask where you are staying what the village has and what you will have to go down for.

Pola de Laviana: outside the park, with a train

Pola de Laviana is not inside Redes, but it is the valley's main town, with 14,044 inhabitants in the municipality and a market on Thursdays, according to Turismo Asturias, and the only place on this list with a train: it is the end of the C-5 Cercanías line from Gijón, according to Renfe's map.

From the Pola, the Consorcio de Transportes de Asturias, the regional transport authority, lists services to Caso and Sobrescobio in its journey planner. It is the base that makes sense if you travel without a car or want to alternate the mountains with town life: what there is to see is in what to see in Pola de Laviana, and how to get there by train in our Gijón–Laviana train guide.

What kind of places to stay there are, and when to go

Both town councils sort what is on offer in a similar way. Caso divides it into apartments; hostels, guesthouses and small hotels; hotels; and village houses (casas de aldea). Sobrescobio lists rural apartments, village houses, rural hotels, hostels and camping. Each council website has its own list, and Turismo Asturias has one in its where-to-stay section.

As for timing, autumn is one of the best seasons for the colour of the beech woods and the deer rut, as we explain in Redes in autumn. Whatever the date, the sensible approach is to choose the walk you most want to do first, and then look for the bed closest to where it starts.

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Checked in October 2026 against: the Turismo Asturias pages for Redes Natural Park, its Reception and Interpretation Centre, the Tanes reservoir and the municipality of Laviana, and its article on the ten best things to see in Redes; Caso Town Council's pages on getting there, location, villages and parishes, transport and where to stay; Sobrescobio Town Council's pages on getting there, location and accommodation; SESPA's directory of health centres; Renfe's Cercanías Asturias map (June 2025); the Consorcio de Transportes de Asturias journey planner; and Wikipedia for Campo de Caso, Tarna and Rioseco.