What to do
- Santa María del Naranco
- San Miguel de Lillo
- Covadonga and the Lakes
- Cimadevilla, Gijón
- Campo Valdés Roman Baths
- Cider Press and Museum (Nava)
- Cudillero
- The Bufones de Pría
- Oviedo old town
- San Salvador Cathedral
- Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias
- Gascona Street
- Playa del Silencio
- Playa de Gulpiyuri
- Playa de Torimbia
- The Bear Trail
- Canoeing down the Sella
- Surfing at Salinas
- Playa de San Lorenzo
- Playa de Santa Marina
- Playa de Barro
- Playa de Aguilar
- Playa de La Griega
- Playa de San Antolín
- La Olla de San Vicente
- Ruta de las Xanas
- Xurbeo waterfall
- Vía Verde del Tranqueru
- Ruta del Alba
- Fuso to Trubia greenway
- La Camocha greenway
The map places things; to navigate, use the Google Maps link on each page.
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
Gascona Street
The cider boulevard: one cider house after another, in the old town.
10 min by car2 hr
Fuso to Trubia greenway
By bike from Oviedo along an old railway, and back by train.
10 min by car4 hr
Gijón and the central coast
Cimadevilla, Gijón
Gijón's old quarter, between the harbour and the headland.
30 min by car
Campo Valdés Roman Baths
A first-century bathhouse under glass, right by San Lorenzo beach.
30 min by car45 min
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
Surfing at Salinas
The beach with the most surf schools in Asturias, and plenty of sand.
35 min by car4 hr
Playa de San Lorenzo
The city beach: a mile of sand right below Gijón.
30 min by car3 hr
Playa de Aguilar
Sand, rocks and every facility, forty-five minutes to the west.
45 min by car3 hr
Vía Verde del Tranqueru
Cliffs, coves and railway tunnels between Perlora and Xivares.
35 min by car5 hr
La Camocha greenway
A bike loop from Gijón to the old mine and back along the river to the beach.
30 min by car4 hr
East
Covadonga and the Lakes
The shrine in the cliff and, twelve kilometres further up, the lakes.
1 hr 15 min by car8 hr
Cider Press and Museum (Nava)
How cider is made, from apple to culín.
35 min by car2 hr
The Bufones de Pría
The sea comes in through a crack and leaps out of the cliff.
1 hr 10 min by car1 hr 30 min
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
Canoeing down the Sella
Fifteen kilometres of calm river, from Arriondas to Ribadesella.
50 min by car5 hr
Playa de Santa Marina
Ribadesella's beach, at the mouth of the Sella, with a train from Oviedo.
55 min by car3 hr
Playa de Barro
A horseshoe of white sand and calm water, between two islets.
1 hr 10 min by car3 hr
Playa de La Griega
The dinosaur beach, with rock pools at low tide for the children.
50 min by car3 hr
Playa de San Antolín
A huge, wild stretch of sand to look at, not to swim in.
1 hr 5 min by car2 hr
La Olla de San Vicente
A flat walk along the river to a turquoise pool.
1 hr 5 min by car3 hr
South
The Bear Trail
A flat greenway through a gorge, on foot or by bike.
35 min by car4 hr
Ruta de las Xanas
A path carved into a gorge wall, with real vertigo.
35 min by car5 hr
Xurbeo waterfall
A short woodland walk to a waterfall in Aller.
1 hr 10 min by car3 hr
Ruta del Alba
A gorge of pools and stone bridges in the Redes Natural Park.
45 min by car6 hr