Fodor's Expert Review Teleférico Fuente Dé

As you approach the parador of Fuente Dé, at the head of the valley northwest of the hamlet of Espinama, you'll see a wall of gray rock jutting 6,560 feet into the air. At the top is a tiny hut: El Mirador del Cable (the cable-car lookout point). Get there via a 2,625-foot funicular (€17 round-trip). After you exit the funicular, you can hike along the Ávila Mountain pasturelands, rich in wildlife, between the central and eastern massifs of the Picos. There's an official entrance to Picos de Europa National Park here.