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Frequently Asked Questions
On the Avilés estuary, among the cranes and basins of a port that fully owns its steelmaking past. The old town lies a few minutes' walk from the quays, past the first bridges.
One of the best-preserved historic ensembles in Asturias: Plaza de España with its arcaded town hall, Galiana and Rivero streets lined with stone arcades, the Valdecarzana and Camposagrado palaces, and the 13th-century church of Sabugo.
So you can walk out of the Asturian rain. Galiana and Rivero streets run their stone arcades past shops and cafés: it is architecture answering the climate of northern Spain.
The Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre, the Brazilian architect's only work in Spain, built on reclaimed port land across the estuary. A dome, a viewing tower and an open plaza host exhibitions, concerts and screenings.
Yes, a pedestrian bridge links the two banks. Even when closed, the complex is worth seeing from outside, and its waterside walk draws photographers and morning runners.
The old fishermen's quarter of tightly packed houses, where cider is poured by the local ritual: bottle raised overhead, glass tilted low, and a single stream poured to aerate the drink. The gesture is called escanciado.
A hearty fabada on cool days, on the terraces of Plaza de España, or tapas with cheese from the nearby valleys. Those with a sweet tooth look for marañuelas, butter biscuits born in sailors' households.
The Caños de San Francisco fountain, whose stone mascarons have spouted water since the 17th century, the glazed gallery façades typical of the north, and the covered market where cheesemakers and growers supply local kitchens.
Yes, about 25 and 35 kilometres away. That is the option for longer calls; on a short one, the old town of Avilés is more than enough and is entirely walkable.
Changeable, in the northern Spanish way: the sky turns quickly and rain arrives without notice. The arcades keep strolling pleasant even in a shower, but a light raincoat is a sound reflex.
