What to do
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Oviedo and the Naranco
Santa María del Naranco
Ninth-century pre-Romanesque, with all of Oviedo below it.
10 min by car3 hr
San Miguel de Lillo
The other half of the Naranco pre-Romanesque, a short walk away.
10 min by car
Oviedo old town
Squares, arcades and cider houses, ten minutes away by train.
10 min by car3 hr
San Salvador Cathedral
A Gothic tower with a ninth-century chapel underneath.
10 min by car1 hr 30 min
Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias
El Greco, Goya and Sorolla across three linked palaces.
10 min by car2 hr
Gijón
East
Cider Press and Museum (Nava)
How cider is made, from apple to culín.
35 min by car2 hr
Playa de Gulpiyuri
A sea beach in the middle of a meadow, with no sea in sight.
1 hr 15 min by car3 hr
Playa de Torimbia
A shell of sand between two headlands, not one building.
1 hr 20 min by car4 hr
West
Cudillero
The fishing village clinging to the mountain.
50 min by car3 hr
Playa del Silencio
An amphitheatre of cliffs and sea stacks, nothing built.
55 min by car5 hr
The Bear Trail
A flat greenway through a gorge, on foot or by bike.
35 min by car4 hr
Surfing at Salinas
The beach with the most surf schools in Asturias, and plenty of sand.
35 min by car4 hr