Potes live webcams

What you can see on the Potes webcams

From high in the town, one view runs up the valley over red-tiled roofs and a big stone church to a jagged line of peaks. Another looks across the old quarter's timber-framed houses and wooden galleries to a green hill and a bridge over the river; a third looks down on a square by the river, where café tables fill the terraces. A little further out, a camera above the valley watches the cliffs of the Picos themselves, with cloud drifting across their faces.

The Picos de Europa above Potes, looking up the valley

From high on the edge of Potes, this camera of the Camino Lebaniego foundation looks west up the valley. In the foreground are the red-tiled roofs of the town and, on the right, the stone bulk and clock of the big parish church; a tree-lined road and a car park lead out of the frame. Beyond wooded slopes and green meadows dotted with farmhouses, the grey limestone peaks of the Picos de Europa fill the skyline.

It is the camera to check before heading for Fuente Dé or a mountain walk: if the summits are sharp, the high ground is clear; if they are hidden, the cloud is down. The peaks face the morning sun and look their best early in the day.

A riverside square in the old town of Potes

Looking down from above the river, this live camera takes in one of the busiest corners of Potes: a square lined with stone houses with arcades and balconies, a road bridge on the right and, below the parapet, café terraces built out over the riverside. Behind the rooftops rise the green slopes that close the valley, with a glimpse of distant peaks on the right.

It shows how full the terraces are, whether people are out in the streets and, in winter, whether the town is wet or white. The camera faces roughly east, so on clear mornings the low sun shines into the lens and washes out the left of the picture; the view is sharper from late morning on.

Timber-framed houses and the Puente Nuevo over the Quiviesa

This camera looks south-west over the oldest part of Potes. In the foreground is a jumble of clay-tiled roofs; on the left, the Puente Nuevo carries the road over the river Quiviesa, and beyond it stand tall houses with whitewashed walls, dark timber frames and wooden galleries, the traditional building style of Liébana.

Behind the town a steep hill of oak woods, meadows and small fields climbs to a rocky crest, and on the far right a limestone peak of the Picos de Europa appears. It is the most picturesque of the Potes views: watch the autumn colour on the hillside, or, in winter, how low the snow has come.

The Picos de Europa from Cillorigo de Liébana

A camera shared on Windy from a house in Cillorigo de Liébana, the municipality just north of Potes. It looks south over a wooded hillside, with a few roofs at the bottom of the frame and the eaves of the building across the top, to the great limestone wall of the Picos de Europa.

It is the most direct view of the mountains on this page: you can see cloud catching on the ridges, the bare grey rock in bright sun and, in winter, how far down the snow reaches. Its picture is played here as a time-lapse of the day rather than as live video.