Toñanes: Coastal Cliffs, San Tirso and Holiday Apartments

Landscape

The Pico de la Molina offers views of the Acantilados de Bolao. At the Pico de la Molina, there is a wooden bench overlooking the Cantabrian Sea. At the Acantilados de Bolao, the La Presa stream forms a waterfall. The Acantilados de Bolao are also home to the ruins of two grain mills. You can arrange these landscape highlights according to your preferred focus, treating the views, coastal formations, watercourse and historic use as distinct topics.

Church and Local History

The parish church of San Tirso stands in the centre of Toñanes. It was probably built over a monastery or church that had already been mentioned in the 12th century. The portal of the Iglesia de San Tirso is in the Neoclassical style and dates from the 16th century. The Iglesia de San Tirso contains an altarpiece from the late 17th or early 18th century with Solomonic columns. The San Tirso festival is celebrated on 28 January. When planning your trip, you can consider the church building, its decorative details and the festival date as separate cultural points of interest.

Houses and Architectural Styles

The Casa solariega de los Gómez de Carandia was built in 1700. It has arcades on the sides and a large balcony between windbreak walls. The Casa solariega de los Cossio has a pitched roof and a solana enclosed by dressed-stone windbreak walls. It is cautiously associated with the Cossio family in Toñanes; their presence there is said to date back to the 16th century. When looking at historic houses, you can consider their visible architectural features and family associations separately.

Paths and Local Details

Two cobbled paths, partly overgrown with vegetation and bordered by the walls of neighbouring properties, lead to the upper part of Toñanes. The Puente de Toñanes is a narrow stone bridge with a single dressed-stone arch, allowing only one vehicle to pass through. When planning your route around the village, you can treat the paths and bridge as separate points of orientation.

When searching for a holiday apartment in Toñanes, you can compare travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions side by side on the accommodation listings. Whether you focus on the landscape, religious architecture, historic houses, paths, local details or local tradition can be weighted differently before your trip and matched against the stated travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions. These three details give your accommodation selection a clear structure and can be adapted to your personal circumstances.

Further village pages lead to Caborredondo, Cobreces and Oreña.

In Toñanes, you can see algae drying in the sun on the meadows.

For the higher-level travel overview: Alfoz De Lloredo.