Fontebona

General information

Fontebona is a small-scale eco-finca where you can follow us along while we do our daily activities or participate in special activities. In between times you relax near your own tent or in one of our rental tents. We can also find you accomodation nearby. You can participate but there's no obligation whatsoever to do so. As far as we're concerned it's all up to you. See it as a natural and informal thing. Your curiosity is raised by something you ask us about it and we take our time to answer. Or to show you around. Explain things. What? No camp-site then? No no. We are not a camp-site. Yes that's how we wanted and concocted it once upon a time. But the Asturian rules leave no room for our kind of small-scaled projects. It turned out we would have to cram in as many people as possible to make Fontebona profitable. So we changed plans. Now it happens that we always liked to share our knowledge with our guests and wanted to let other people tell about their experiences as well. So now we're a eco-finca where you can learn from us from one another and from experts about a life in and closer to nature. To formalize the set-up of our eco-finca we founded Asociación Fontebona centre to promote life in the open air in 2016. Fontebona is registered under number 11741 in the Registro de Asociaciones del Principado de Asturias. Our activities are Our activities usually have a relation with life in the open air and a self-sustaining existence. In the summer season you can simply follow us along. The average day offers so many interesting things already. In the other seasons we take more time to study subjects in depth during special activities of one or several days. What's there to be learned at Fontebona then? Well what not? From scraping out donkey hooves to building a new wall of hazelnut branches. From visiting a museum because we feel like it and everyone who wants to can join in to a walk in the Picos because not only us but also our guests fancy a hike. You will find more examples on the page activities Prices and conditions We ask 10 euros per person per day. Free for children up to 2 years. We offer a family discount. If you come with your own tent it shouldn't be too big because of the limited sizes of our terraces. Please email (preferably) or call us in time about who what where when and how and after mutual agreement we register you as a participant. Apart from following us you can do beautiful walks from Fontebona. With or without donkeys. And if Fontebona is not your thing but you do like the surrounding then maybe you will like our little cabin in the Picos de Europa: http://casainimini.fontebona.es/ We offer o days when you can follow us courses of one or several days o course- annex reception building o 15 places on 2 hectares for course activities or tents o the sanitary facilities warm showers included are simple but good o panoramic shower o modest bar-restaurant annex shop o cars only at the parking place o 1 communal socket on solar power o 2 fire places o courses rental tent walks and donkey hikes little rental cabin Casa Inimini in the Picos de Europa o general information and documentation about Asturias available o water from our own spring. Fontebona (Good Spring) is named after the spring on our land We are We are Astrid and Thomas Dutchmen living in Asturias Spain since 2007. We left the Netherlands in search of a more simple lifestyle. First we bought an old house somewhat more to the west to use as a stepping stone. After a further two-year search we bought this sloping piece of land with an old barn on it. Fontebona. With many ups and downs but surely with a lot of fun we built a very pleasant life here. The way we are living is lowtech playful creative and off-the-grid. We live in and with nature as much as possible. Which we enjoy thoroughly. Our life is simple and stress avoiding. Visit Would you like to visit us ? Please contact us prior via e-mail or mobile phone (+34671507451 or +34722217451) about your plans. We speak English fluently. Fontebona is a strongly hilly terrain with many trees and beautiful panoramic views. The grounds are inaccessible to vehicles. You can park your vehicle on the adjacent parking field. centre to promote life in the open air. Fontebona is a small-holding meant for courses camp-site natural site for lovers of nature and nature lovers with tents and is half an hour drive away of the Costa Verde. Fontebona is an association for promoting life in the open air. Non-profit association o non-profit institution. We offer courses workshops mini courses one day courses and weekly courses. Fontebona is situated near the Picos de Europa. Picos de Europe. Pique d'Europe Asturies Asturien. Camp-site camp site only for tents. Camping with a tent. Camp-site for families. Small-scale camp-site. Impressive rich flora and faura. The grouds are very suitable as a starting point for a hike for lovers of hiking hikers. To make big hikes mountain hikes big trails grandes randonnées grande randonnée make a little walk biking mountain bike fishing fly fishing fishing salmon salmonriver o salmon river La Marea fishing trout troutriver or trout river La Marea. Fontebona is situated near the GR 105 Peregrinaciones GR 109 Asturias del Interior PR-AS 102 Sellón Sellon European Coastpath in Spain. Santiago de Compostela Saint James Way Santiago de Compostella. El Primitivo ruta francés ruta del norte. Camp site for natur lovers bird-watcher bird-watchers big game dears does red dear badger fox wolves brown bear Cordillera Cantábrica. Green camp-site quiet sites tranquil peaceful small-scale camp site. Camping only for tents. Hike with donkeys. Hiking with donkeys. We offer a donkey hike of five 5 days. Hike with donkeys starts at Fontebona and goes to the Donkey Paradise El Paraíso del Burro El Rical in Arobes near Arriondas. The atmosphere or ambiance is very quit or peaceful and calm. Suitable for scouting and suitable for scouts. Camp-site suitable for social childcare. Suitable for big groups. Northwestern Spain. Northwestern Spain. Camping in the wild. Into the wild. Camp site suitable for bikers. Farmyard campsite. We are an ecological campsite. Roulotte. Respecting nature. Campsite in the woods. Campsite in nature. We grow our own onsprayed vegetables and fruit. Fontebona is a site for permaculture. You can camp in your hammock between the trees. We have two public campfires. There are loads of mushrooms a big variety species of mushrooms lickens moss mosslike mossy lichens. Campsite with a lot of shade and big trees. Agroturism. We make our own apple cider so we make our own cider of apples. Asturias is celtic with bagpipes and wooden shoes and scrumpy cider.