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Western coast

Fishing ports, rías and cliffs.

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The essentials

  • The coast of Muros de Nalón, Soto del Barco, Pravia, Cudillero, Valdés, Navia, Coaña, El Franco, Tapia de Casariego and Castropol.
  • It is the coast of fishing ports and cliffs, quieter than the eastern one.
  • Cudillero and Luarca are the must-stops; Tapia and Castropol are for surfing and estuary views.
  • Combine the coast with the Coaña hillfort, a few kilometres from the sea.
Cudillero, with its houses in an amphitheatre above the harbour.
Cudillero, with its houses in an amphitheatre above the harbour. Photo: José Luis Filpo Cabana · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

What to see

  • CudilleroA fishing port with colourful houses crowded on the hillside and several beaches nearby, such as El Silencio.
  • Luarca (Valdés)The White Town, with its harbour, estuary, lighthouse, seaside cemetery and many indiano houses.
  • Navia and CoañaThe Navia estuary and the Castro de Coaña.
  • Tapia de CasariegoA seaside town with long beaches and a name among surfers.
  • CastropolA town on the Eo estuary, on the border with Galicia, with views of Ribadeo.
  • Cabo VidioCliffs and a lighthouse in Cudillero, with trails beside the sea.
El Silencio beach, near Cudillero.
El Silencio beach, near Cudillero. Photo: Rafa from Luanco, España · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Castropol, on the Eo estuary.
Castropol, on the Eo estuary. Photo: Vixato · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The Castro de Coaña.
The Castro de Coaña. Photo: Markus Braun · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
  1. MorningCudillero and El Silencio beach.
  2. MiddayFish at the harbour.
  3. AfternoonLuarca and its cemetery facing the sea.

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Sources

  1. Turismo Asturias