What to do

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Gijón and the central coast

An amphitheatre of cliffs and sea stacks, nothing built.

55 min by car5 hr

The beach with the most surf schools in Asturias, and plenty of sand.

35 min by car4 hr

The city beach: a mile of sand right below Gijón.

30 min by car3 hr

Sand, rocks and every facility, forty-five minutes to the west.

45 min by car3 hr

A sea beach in the middle of a meadow, with no sea in sight.

1 hr 15 min by car3 hr

A shell of sand between two headlands, not one building.

1 hr 20 min by car4 hr

Ribadesella's beach, at the mouth of the Sella, with a train from Oviedo.

55 min by car3 hr

A horseshoe of white sand and calm water, between two islets.

1 hr 10 min by car3 hr

The dinosaur beach, with rock pools at low tide for the children.

50 min by car3 hr

A huge, wild stretch of sand to look at, not to swim in.

1 hr 5 min by car2 hr