Route of the Reconquest (GR 202) – In the footsteps of an army

Hiking · ES · 79 km · 4 stages

Covadonga, 718 AD. The Asturian Chronicles tell the story of the battle that marked the beginning of the reconquest of the peninsula, after the Muslim invasion. A small group of mountain-dwelling Asturian rebels, led by Pelayo and under Alkama’s command, defeated the Muslim army. The surviving soldi

by Amalia Santiago