Things to do in Asturias, Spain (Podcast)

Hear about journey to Asturias, Spain, as the Amateur Traveler talks to Leanne and Lyle from BeachTravelWine.com about this much less-visited area of Northern Spain.

They say, “We uncovered we’ve been from a person stop of Spain to the other, and we just uncovered Asturias is the most fascinating put that doesn’t even come to feel like you are in Spain. There’s historical past, mountains, rivers, church buildings, and foodstuff. It’s just so a lot of distinctive items that occur in Asturias that you never locate any where else in Spain. Unbelievable worth for funds.”

Leanne and Lyle centered by themselves in Oviedo and received around via tours and public transportation. As Australians, they did like the notion of driving on the correct-hand side of the highway. In Oviedo, they recommend a visit to the cathedral as nicely as the Monastery of San Vicente de Oviedo, where you can get biscuits (cookies) from the cloistered monks. On Calle Gascona, you can discover a series of ciderias, exactly where even pouring the cider is performed as a sort of efficiency artwork. La Foncalada is a fountain from the 9th century. It is part of a UNESCO site of Asturian Pre-Romanesque sites.

Future, they headed out on a tour to the Picos de Europa (Peaks of Europe) national park. This is a spectacular vary of mountains that served defend this location from the Moorish invasions of Spain. On the way, they stopped at an previous Roman Bridge at Cangas de Onis. They then frequented the mountain Lakes of Covadonga as nicely as the Basílica de Santa María la Genuine de Covadonga. The basilica is a church from the late 1800s which is situated in close proximity to the Holy Cave, the place the Virgin of Covadonga was commemorated.

The upcoming working day, Leanne and Lyle recommend a visit to Monte Naranco and the churches of Santa María del Naranco and San Miguel de Lillo. These 9th-century churches are also part of the Asturian Pre-Romanesque UNESCO web page. When checking out the region, they stumbled upon a Tuna band, a team of university pupils putting on conventional outfits and enjoying common new music.

There are also many seaside towns, villages, and seashores on the coast. They visited the metropolis of Gijón, which is the premier city in Asturias and is on the coast. This location is portion of the Costa Verde (Green Coast) of Spain.

They did not get a chance to take a look at the “cheese caves” in the area for the reason that they did not listen to of them until eventually right after their visit.

Asturias has several out of doors pursuits like kayaking and climbing. It is rich in history, and its Celtic roots give it a various flavor from considerably of the rest of Spain.

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Present Notes

BeachTravelWine.com
Asturias
Oviedo
Oviedo Cathedral
Monastery of San Vicente de Oviedo
Calle Gascona
Campo de San Francisco in Oviedo. Cost-free admission. Information and facts | spain.info in english
La Foncalada
Picos de Europa
Roman Bridge of Cangas de Onis
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias – UNESCO Globe Heritage Centre
Cangas de Onís
Covadonga
Lakes of Covadonga
Basílica de Santa María la True de Covadonga
Santa María del Naranco
Monte Naranco
San Miguel de Lillo
Tuna (new music)
Gijón
Santa Catalina Headland
El Gato Negro
Tierra Astur Cideria
Asturian Cheese Caves, an underground food paradise | Fascinating Spain
Llanes
Ribadesella
Rialto Confectionery
Oviedo – is this definitely Spain?
Beach front Travel Wine Podcast 15. Oviedo – is this really Spain?

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Chris

Apart from your wrap-up thoughts, the most prevalent points I’ve read on your podcast (about almost almost everywhere in the earth) are:

1. The people are fantastic
2. The food items is good
3. There is so substantially to do

Could you compile a checklist of the areas that are exceptions to this pattern?  Tell us exactly where the persons are jerks, the food items is negative and there isn’t substantially to do.

Thank you
Mario

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