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The Principality of Asturias in Spain is constituted of a single province. It is limited by high mountain ranges.

Capital City of Asturias : Oviedo.


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Car Rental Asturias

  Holiday Autos  -    
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Camping & Caravanning Asturias

  Eurocampings  -  ACSI Camping Guide
  Camping & Caravaning en Espana

Holiday Homes / Self catering

  Interhome    -   Holiday homes in Asturias  -  quality apartments or houses
All properties are checked on a regular basis. All homes can be booked on-line. Properties are shown by destination.

  Spanish-Web.com  -  Self Catering Holiday Rentals
Find your Villa, Apartment or Country House to Rent

Hotels in Asturias

  Booking  -  Hotels in Asturias
Hotels in Oviedo, Gijón, Llanes, Soto de Cangas, Arenas de Cabrales, Cangas de Onís, Viella, Avilés, Covadonga, Villaviciosa, Santiago del Monte, Cofiño.

  Booking  -  Hotels in Oviedo
Plaza de la Constitución, Oviedo's University, Principe Felipe Auditorium, Bullring, Oviedo Cathedral, Santa María del Naranco Church, Museo Arqueológico de Asturias, Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Campo de San Francisco, New Carlos Tartiere Stadium, Campoamor Theatre, Train Station Renfe and FEVE train station.

  Tryp Oviedo ****, c/ Pepe Cosme, 1, 33001 Oviedo
It is located in the city´s business and commercial centre, next to the railway and bus stations and 5 minutes from the dual carriageway to Leon. It is just 10 minutes from Principe de Asturias Auditorium, 15 minutes walking to the Oviedo Cathedral and 40 Km from the region´s Ranon Airport of Asturias. 

 

Nature / National Parks

  Parque Natural de Las Ubiñas-La Mesa
  Reserva Natural Parcial de la Ría de Villaviciosa [ Ria de Villaviciosa estuary ]
Ria de Villaviciosa has a high botanical importance, because it is home to countless animal organisms that either permanently or at certain times of the year instead use the estuary as feeding, breeding or simply rest.

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

  easyJet holidays   -   Asturias Holidays

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Travel Guides Asturias / Related books

  The Oviedo Cloth   -   Mark Guscin
The Oviedo Cloth has been in its current home in the cathedral town of Oviedo, in northern Spain, since the 11th century. This in an original analysis of the Oviedo Cloth as an object of interest in its own right. Mark Guscin examines the claims for the authenticity of the Cloth, both scientific and historical.;The closing chapter examines current historiography in religious studies, and offers a critique of the methodologies applied by those who attempt to separate the Jesus of faith from the Jesus of history. Guscin bases his argument on historical evidence, concluding that tests performed on both the Cloth and the Shroud demonstrate that science does not contradict faith, but rather, confirms it.
Amazon.com - Travel Guides Northern Spain 
The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees - 5th Edition  -  by Marc Dubin
The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees is the only guidebook available to the entire region, covering both the French and Spanish sides of this spectacular region, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. A full-colour section introduces the author's pick of the attractions, from relaxing in the picturesque spa towns to watching the Tour de France wind up the mountains. There are detailed listings of the best places to eat, drink and stay, from boutique hotels in Biarritz to the most remote mountain refuges. For the outdoor enthusiast there are exhaustive accounts of the walking and climbing routes available and information on the host of other activities available, including skiing, paragliding, rafting, cycling and horse riding. There is also expansive coverage of all the cultural highlights including the prehistoric cave art at Ariege and an accesible history of the region from prehistory to the current day.
Paperback 656 pages (July 29, 2004); Publisher: Rough Guides

Transport / How do I travel to Asturias

  Asturias Airport   -   Aeropuerto de Asturias

  Santander Airport [ Cantabrië ]

See Aena for information about these Spanish airports.

  

 
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  FEVE   -   Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha   -   High Speed Train


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  Info Asturias   -   Tourist Office 

  Oviedo   -   Capital of Asturias
Oviedo, cultural tourism centre, crossroads, the Camino de Santiago (Route to Santiago) and the Ruta de la Plata; great monumental heritage, significant offer in museums that totally display the historic-artistic heritage of Asturias. Today, Oviedo is an open and modern city with a great international projection thanks to the Prince of Asturias Awards and its brotherhood with cities from all over the world, without forgetting the international Opera festival.
Oviedo is the capital of the Principality of Asturias. Among its tourist attractions we can mention its Old Quarters, with the Cathedral and its Holy Chamber, the Campoamor Theatre, venue of many cultural events: opera, music festivals, film cycles, exhibitions, apart from the above-mentioned Prince of Asturias Awards, and the recently opened Prince Philip Auditorium, among others. Of the outstanding monumental heritage, we can mention Santa María del Naranco, San Miguel de Lillo and San Julián de los Prados declared monuments of World Heritage.

  Arriondas
  Aviles   -   Municipality of Aviles 
Avilés is the third largest city in the Principality of Asturias. An old sea-faring and country town, Avilés is now a modern city due to the dramatic demographic growth and great industrial development that has made it a first level steel production centre. Its old quarters have been declared a Historic-Artistic-Monumental complex that houses important examples of civil and religious architecture.
  Aviles   -   Port of Aviles 
Back in the 12th century our port was known for its monopoly on the unloading of salt as a result of having been granted a contract by the Castilian crown for alfolíes, or salt warehouses, given that salt was an essential product of the time, the production of which was local at first, but which later needed to be brought in from France, Portugal and Cadiz to meet the increasing demand. Likewise, the port was also renowned for its important traffic in Castilian wool destined for the European market.
Port traffic fell considerably between the 15th and 18th centuries, among other reasons, because of the worsening physical conditions at the port due to the build-up of sand.
  Gijon   -   Largest city in Asturias and one of the largest ports in North Spain
Gijón is a modern, hospitable and open city. It is surrounded by many green areas, sports installations and boasts a restored and protected historic-artistic heritage. Gijón is the home of fairs, conventions, congresses, great concerts as well as cultural and sporting events.
Washed by the Cantabrian Sea, it is located to the east of Torres Cape and to the west of Cervigón Point, along the resulting coastal inlet, which divided by the Santa Catalina outcrop, forms the Bay of Gijón or San Lorenzo Bay.
  Gijon   -   Port of Gijon
  Mieres / Miers del Camino   -   the heart of the coal mining industry in Spain
Mieres is the industrial backbone of Asturias with the greatest population centers located in the valley along the banks of the Caudal River valley in the center of Asturias.
  Nava   -   Municipality of Nava
The mountain ranges of the Sierra de la Peña Mayor with the Trigueiro Pico (1,291 m) border the town in the west. The middle ranges of the Sierra de Ques, with the Bierce (769 m) and the nearby Varallonga (865 m) form the last somewhat higher hills in the direction of the coast. The Cider Museum, dedicated to the Asturian national drink, is located in the municipality.
  Pola de Lena
Pola de Lena is the capital of the council of Lena. The town was founded in 1266 by Alfonso X the Wise, as a transit point between Oviedo and Leon. See Municipality of Lena
  Pola de Sierro   -   Municipality of Siero
Pola de Siero is located in the centre of Asturias, approximately 16 km east of the regional Capital Oviedo and 16 km south of Gijón.
  Ribadesella   -   Municipality of Ribadesella  -  on the Cantabrian Sea / outlet of the River Sella
Ribadesella forms part of the Picos de Europa (Peaks of Europe). The first weekend of August, the famous Descenso Internacional del Sella (International Descent of the Sella) takes place. Sella is the most famous river of Asturias. The town is also known for its prehistoric caves, known as the caves of Tito Bustillo.
  Santillana del Mar   -   historic town
There is an old saying that Santillana del Mar is The Town of Three Lies, since it is neither a Saint [ Santo ], nor flat [ llana ] and has no sea [ Mar ] as implied by the town's name. In the neighbourhood the Altamira Caves.
  Villaviciosa   -   Municipality of Villaviciosa
Ria de Villaviciosa is considered the most biologically rich estuary of Asturias. Consists of 8 km of river valley that leads Giieto Bridge starting west of the beach Rodiles.

  Altamira Caves   -   Cuevas de Altamira
Located near the town of Santillana del Mar, not far from the city of Santander. The cave with its drawings and polychrome rock paintings of wild mammals and human hands has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. See Museo de Altamira [ Museum of Altamira ]
  Picos de Europa
Spectacular mountain range at the border of Asturias and Cantabria.

  Pelgrim route to Santiago de Compostella
Part of the pilgrim route to Santiago [ Bilbao - Ovido - Ribadeo / Logonde ]

  News from Asturias   -   Buscolu.com
  University of Asturias   -   Universidad de Oviedo
The University of Oviedo is a public university. It has teaching campuses and research centres in Oviedo, Gijón and Mieres.

Cuisine   -   Asturian recipes

Asturias is especially known for its seafood, such as fresh squid, crab, shrimp and sea bass.

  Asturian Cuisine

  Recetas-de-Asturias

  Asturian chees
Asturias has always been a region rich in cheese. And it is not surprising that the best cattle, with the best grass, obtained the best cheeses, and most of them small-scale family production, traditional recipes are passed from father to son over the years.
  Asturian cider [Sidra asturiana ]   -   apple drink, low alcohol and acid taste
Today most of the cider that is produced is of industrial origin but usually follow the same procedures that used only on a larger scale. Still, many families continue to produce their own cider at home.

  Museo de la Sidra
The Cider Museum is located in the town Nava, 30 Km. from Oviedo.

History Asturias

  History of Asturias 

  Historia de Asturias

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Festivals

Probably due to the influence of Celtic culture, and their magnificent forests and climate, Asturias is a land rich in mythological characters, most of which have their habitat in the Asturian forests. Often, history, tradition and legend come together in imaginary creatures. See Mythology in Asturias [ Spanish language ].

  Music of Asturias
The traditional music of Spain's nortywest-atlantic coast is characterized by an extensive use of bagpipes [ gaita ].

  Cmae - Centro Municipal de Arte Y Exposiciones [ Aviles ]
  International Bagpipe Museum   -   Museo Internacional de la Gaita
The museum in Gijon focuses on the Asturian musical heritage and bagpipes. Has a bagpipe collection from around the world. See Asturies.com.
  LABoralCentro de Arte y Creación Industrial
Exhibition centre for contemporary art, science, technology and advanced visual industries)

  Cider Festival of Nava
The Cider Festival of Nava is one of the most important festivals in Asturias and attracts thousands of people every year. At the festival, which lasts several days and is held in the summer. There are concerts, you can taste cider and many cultural activities related to Asturias go along with it.
  St. John's Bonfire in Mieres    -   La Foguera de San Juan   -   Every June 24's eve
The popular festival is high-lighted by a huge bonfire, cultural events, dancing, outdoor concerts, fireworks, al fresco dining and drinking.
  Folixa na Primavera in Mieres   -   in April
With dance and music performances from the nine Celtic nations, food, drink and especially cider.

  Fiestas-de-Asturias 

Web Portals / Asturias Directories

  La Comarca de la Sidra   -   The cider shire!
Drive your footsteps in the paths full of ancient history and natural beauty, enjoy unforgettable moments walking down the Cider Shire.
  La Curuxa - Productos asturianos 
  Asturias Digital
  Guiastur.com
  Guia Turistica del principado de Asturias 
  Pola-siero.com
Turismo. El Portal de Siero, tu portal, pensado en tí.


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