Pros:
I calculated that you gain/drop about 10'000' elevation here during your round and that's not counting rollaways. Add 3000' to 4000' for expected rollaways. Old Purificacion Tomas would make a mountain goat barf. Don't even ask what it did to this old man!
This mountainous monster sits between the city of Oviedo on one side and even higher mountains on the other. There is a small parking lot just off the road with room for maybe 20 cars. A short one block walk leads you to # 1. Here you'll find the same course and sign as you see at the other two nearby courses, Parque di Invierno and La Morgal. The tee pads, signs and baskets are also identical at all three courses. One small difference is this course has small hole numbers on their Latitude 64's baskets. Thank you for that. Also these signs don't indicate the plus/minus elevation. The course designer must have wisely deduced that seeing the loss/gain would make grown men cry!
# 1 lulls you into a relaxed state of mind. It plays just 62' level m to a basket set among some large Pine trees. Okay! After that # 2 plays up, then # 3 plays straight down an extremely steep hillside. You will be treated with some spectacular views of the city from 3 & 4. #'s 4 & 5 are both pretty holes, # 4 for it's cool basket placement set in the middle of three bushy trees and # 5 for it's strikingly beautiful fairway across a sloping hillside.
There are quite a few really great holes here. # 7 is an 83 m downhill throw with a Mando which forces you to throw around a tree some distance down the fairway. And speaking of Mandos, there are 10 Mandos on the course including three doubles. And each makes a hole a little more difficult or a little more enjoyable.
# 8 is beastly. It's 130 m slightly downhill through a gauntlet of mature Pines spaced about 25' apart. And there's a double Mando near the end. # 12 is an interesting 76m, slightly uphill throw through a great many trees, also with a Mando right. I didn't see any good way to play this hole other than an uphill roller. The Mando makes this hole a par 4.
# 13 is kind of a mini-gauntlet hole. It's just 52 m, slightly downhill, but with narrow fairway and a late Mando, it's superbly challenging and so very interesting.
And finally # 15 might be Spain's version of the top of the world shot. It's just over 300' with the basket visible before you and an incredible view of the countryside beyond that.
Cons:
Some kind of a next tee marker on or under the baskets would be much appreciated.
The course ends way back in the middle of the park which means a very long and arduous walk back to the beginning, especially when you are probably completely exhausted. Or heat exhausted! Or near death! Or all three! Bring lots of water, too!
A couple of the tee signs have partially come off making them difficult to read.
Location slightly out of town and physicality needed to play this course might eliminate some players.
Other Thoughts:
I must compliment everyone on the litter free, graffiti free conditions of all three courses here. Your view from any train in Europe shows mile after mile of graffiti covered walls, bridges and everything else but these three disc golf courses are totally unblemished by any graffiti or vandalism of any kind. Bravo!
I played all three of these courses over the last three days in perfect weather and did not see another player. Hello Spaniard disc golfers! Where are all you hiding?
Putting a rating on this course? I'd like to give it a 3.75 but can't so I'll tack on the Queen Isabella secret Queen's royal bonus points and call it a 4.0. Nice course that will test your mettle both disc golfing wise and physically.