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More than a thousand years ago, in the middle of high limestone peaks, green mountains, lush forests, plentiful rivers, lakes, fountains, waterfalls, fruit trees, brañas, immense meadows...there arose a kingdom that had thirteen kings, the first Pelayo, of which the Royal Site of Covadonga, in Cangas de Onís, has a special memory. The last Alfonso III, nicknamed El Magno, and in between, and for almost two hundred years, much history - including battles - which would be decisive in the social and geographical evolution of the Iberian Peninsula and in what is now Spain. Asturias was the first Christian kingdom of this European Peninsula, and of that ancient Kingdom there remain many vestiges - among the most outstanding the Asturian Art or Pre-Romanesque Art, declared World Heritage by UNESCO -, and also many memories of the nobility and the lineage that runs through the bowels of this land, which since the fourteenth century is also the Principality most closely linked to the Spanish Monarchy, from those remote times to the present day.
From the fourteenth to the twentieth century many stories lived: a rural Asturias, beautiful and strong, which endures today, almost a score of fishing villages and many historic towns and villages, more than 200 beaches and a very preserved coast, abundant industrial heritage, the fruit of technological and industrial prosperity, 6 Biosphere Reserves, 5 Caves World Heritage, a rich cuisine ..., and much more. A true Natural Paradise!
The Asturian coast is one of the best preserved in Spain. So much so that this purity makes the cliffs, the green coastline and the beaches the perfect refuge for those who like nature intact. In addition, its fishing villages -almost twenty in the three hundred and forty-five kilometres of coast-, have grown up adopting impossible forms on slopes that serve as shelter for the ports, and still remember the times when they were whaling docks, landing points for kings or shelter from storms.
- Luarca
According to a very popular and deep-rooted saying, Luarca is the white village on the green coast, and the first thing that will catch your attention is the predominant white colour when you take a general look at this illustrious village. It is undoubtedly the whitest of the entire Asturian coast.
Its Indian houses offer you a tour of the residences of those Asturians who emigrated to the Indies and returned fortunately. As you walk along the watchtower you will see where the natives gathered to light the fires and guide the ships before building the lighthouse at the tip of Focicón in 1862.
You can also admire its cemetery, on a hill, which is considered one of the most beautiful in Spain for its spectacular views of the sea and where the remains of the Nobel Prize for Medicine Severo Ochoa, father of modern genomics, rest. Nearby is the Mesa de Mareantes, in which the ancient sailors debated the convenience of going out to sea in the face of inclement weather.
Famous for its bridges and also for the legend of some of them, such as the Puente del Beso - which has two lovers as its protagonists.
That's the White Village. Surcada by the Negro river, with beautiful beaches, and with an important fishing and sports port, it is above all, a fishing village with a solera where there are them and one of the most animated of all the Asturian coast.
Cudillero
Cudillero is so different from any other seaside village that your imagination ronde, which even has its own personal language: the pixueto.
Also unique is the physical configuration of Cudillero, hidden from the sea and from the land, and unhung in humble houses of a thousand colors, which give shape to his well-known and photographed amphitheater.
Cudillero oozes sea and fishing on all four sides, and still preserves traditions as singular as that of the curadillo, a unique delicacy, invented by the sailors pixuetos in times past, when they let small sharks dehydrate for months at the door of their houses. It was the refrigerating formula of that time and it was an advance for survival, as well as a sign of identity of the fishermen's houses.
It has spectacular views from the lighthouse or the watchtower. It also impresses with its entrance through El Pito, with the succession of Indian houses in the area, as well as the Selgas Palace, a splendid 19th century complex known as the "Asturian Versailles".
Fishermen's quarters, wind and sea, good views, seafood cuisine, year-round atmosphere and literary and artistic inspiration.
Don't miss the opportunity to visit the port that dazzled Hollywood with the Oscar-winning film 'Volver a empezar', and also take the opportunity to visit the lighthouse and the chapel of the Humilladero, its charming Gothic jewel. You will be able to appreciate the contrasts between the upper part of the village, more dedicated to agriculture, and the lower part, centred on fishing and tourism.
From the fourteenth to the twentieth century many stories lived: a rural Asturias, beautiful and strong, which endures today, almost a score of fishing villages and many historic towns and villages, more than 200 beaches and a very preserved coast, abundant industrial heritage, the fruit of technological and industrial prosperity, 6 Biosphere Reserves, 5 Caves World Heritage, a rich cuisine ..., and much more. A true Natural Paradise!
The Asturian coast is one of the best preserved in Spain. So much so that this purity makes the cliffs, the green coastline and the beaches the perfect refuge for those who like nature intact. In addition, its fishing villages -almost twenty in the three hundred and forty-five kilometres of coast-, have grown up adopting impossible forms on slopes that serve as shelter for the ports, and still remember the times when they were whaling docks, landing points for kings or shelter from storms.
- Luarca
According to a very popular and deep-rooted saying, Luarca is the white village on the green coast, and the first thing that will catch your attention is the predominant white colour when you take a general look at this illustrious village. It is undoubtedly the whitest of the entire Asturian coast.
Its Indian houses offer you a tour of the residences of those Asturians who emigrated to the Indies and returned fortunately. As you walk along the watchtower you will see where the natives gathered to light the fires and guide the ships before building the lighthouse at the tip of Focicón in 1862.
You can also admire its cemetery, on a hill, which is considered one of the most beautiful in Spain for its spectacular views of the sea and where the remains of the Nobel Prize for Medicine Severo Ochoa, father of modern genomics, rest. Nearby is the Mesa de Mareantes, in which the ancient sailors debated the convenience of going out to sea in the face of inclement weather.
Famous for its bridges and also for the legend of some of them, such as the Puente del Beso - which has two lovers as its protagonists.
That's the White Village. Surcada by the Negro river, with beautiful beaches, and with an important fishing and sports port, it is above all, a fishing village with a solera where there are them and one of the most animated of all the Asturian coast.
Cudillero
Cudillero is so different from any other seaside village that your imagination ronde, which even has its own personal language: the pixueto.
Also unique is the physical configuration of Cudillero, hidden from the sea and from the land, and unhung in humble houses of a thousand colors, which give shape to his well-known and photographed amphitheater.
Cudillero oozes sea and fishing on all four sides, and still preserves traditions as singular as that of the curadillo, a unique delicacy, invented by the sailors pixuetos in times past, when they let small sharks dehydrate for months at the door of their houses. It was the refrigerating formula of that time and it was an advance for survival, as well as a sign of identity of the fishermen's houses.
It has spectacular views from the lighthouse or the watchtower. It also impresses with its entrance through El Pito, with the succession of Indian houses in the area, as well as the Selgas Palace, a splendid 19th century complex known as the "Asturian Versailles".
Fishermen's quarters, wind and sea, good views, seafood cuisine, year-round atmosphere and literary and artistic inspiration.
Don't miss the opportunity to visit the port that dazzled Hollywood with the Oscar-winning film 'Volver a empezar', and also take the opportunity to visit the lighthouse and the chapel of the Humilladero, its charming Gothic jewel. You will be able to appreciate the contrasts between the upper part of the village, more dedicated to agriculture, and the lower part, centred on fishing and tourism.
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