Location

Madrid Barcelona

Bllbao

ESPAÑA

PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS

a Lugo

a León

a SantanderOviedo

Avilés

Gijón

Connections – How to get to Asturias?

DIRECT FLIGHT CONNECTIONS

STN LONDON with Easyjet, 4/ weekly CDG PARIS with Vueling, 2 /weekly LIS LISBOA with Tap Portugal, 6/weekly

MAD MADRID, 6/daily flights with Iberia BCN BARCELONA, 3/daily flights with VuelingBCN BARCELONA, 3/daily flights with Vueling

Other flights (only in high season):Geneva Málaga, Valencia, Sevilla, Alicante, P. Mallorca, Tenerife Sur, Tenerife Norte, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Ibiza, Menorca, Fuerteventura

OTHER CONNECTIONS:By train: 4/daily Madrid; 2/daily Barcelona

Saint James’ Way “El Camino” The pilgrims’ road to Santiago

Asturias: Land of Pilgrinage

Pilgrims

Credentials

St. James Way: Asturias Itineraries

Tourist Brands with other regionsRuta Vía de la Plata / The Via de la Plata Route | Map

From Gijón

To Seville

Tourist Brands with other regionsEspaña Verde / Green Spain | Map

Galicia

CantabriaPaís Vasco

Asturias

Asturias a unique destination…sea and mountains at a glance

Asturias a unique destination…Small surface (10.600 sq km) area with 6 World Biosphere declared by UNESCO at just one hour driving from the main cities. (3.500 square km protected area)

Valle de Peña Furada, Parque Natural de Somiedo

Asturias a unique destination …Shelter of the last brown bears

Bear, Brown Bear Foundation

Asturias a unique destination …Tradition & Ethnography

From the Mountains to the sea Playa de Buelna, Llanes

Tourism at the sea frontMore than 200 beaches345 km Coast Line

Playa de Torimbia, Llanes

Tourism at the seafrontFishing Villages

Lastres

Cultural Tourism

Roman Bridge, Cangas de Onís

Cultural TourismHeritage | Cave Painting Art– World Heritage by UNESCO

14.000 BP

“El Pindal” Cave, Ribadedeva

“El Pindal” Cave, Ribadedeva

“Tito Bustillo” Cave, Ribadesella“La Peña” Cave, Candamo

“El Pindal” Cave, Ribadedeva

Cultural TourismMuseums | Manor Houses | Heritage

Granary at EspinaredoManor House

Cultural TourismHeritage | Ethnography and Tradition

Cider Festival, Gijón

Regional Costumes “La Regalina” Local Festival, Cadavedo

Cultural TourismPrerromanesque Art. World Heritage by UNESCO

San Miguel de Lillo, OviedoSanta Cristina de Lena, Lena

Santa María del Naranco, Oviedo

San Miguel de Lillo, OviedoSanta Cristina de Lena, Lena

Urban tourism / Cities of AsturiasAvilés

Festival de la Sidra

Town Hall

“Galiana” StreetCorner of Sol and Ferrería Street

Urban tourism / Cities of Asturias

Gijón

San lorenzo BeachPelayo Statue, at Marqués Square

Laboral-Cultural Complex

Urban tourism / Cities of Asturias

Oviedo

“San Salvador” Cathedral and “ La Regenta” Statue“Escandalera” Square and “ Campoamor” Theatre

Principaly of Asturias Houses of Parliament

Urban tourism / Cities of AsturiasMEETINGS&INCENTIVES

“Gijón” Congress Hall

Centro Cultural Internacional Oscar Niemeyer, Avilés

Oviedo Auditorium

Total Conference hall capacity: 27.000 people in various halls, auditorium, 2 Convention Halls and meeting rooms in

high standard hotels

Total number of Conference Halls: 251 rooms

3 Main Conference Halls:

* “City of Oviedo” Congress Hall with more than 3.600 delegates capacity

* “Niemeyer” Center

Congress Center in the Fair area of Gijón,

2 Exhibition Centers

“Óscar Niemeyer” Cultural Center, Avilés

Urban Tourism / Cities of AsturiasAvilés. “Niemeyer” Center

Urban TourismOviedo: “Ciudad de Oviedo” Congress Hall by Santiago Calatrava

Gastronomy

Asturias: land of more than 70 types of cheeses and cider

PROTECTED DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN:

necessary to protect and guarantee authenticity of origen.

Protected Designation of Origin since 1981 (D.O.P.)

Cabrales, Gamonéu, Casín y Afuega´l Pitu and recognize

geografical protection (I. G. P.) Los BeyosVidiago de cabra

Afuega ´l Pitu blanco

Gastronomy

Asturias: land of more then 40 types of cheeses and cider

Vidiago de cabraAfuega ´l Pitu blanco

Faro de Luces

Gamonedo

Taramundi con nueces

Peñamellera

Ahumado de

Pría

Afuega´l Pitu rojo

Casín

Porrúa

Los Beyos

Taramundi con nueces

Peñamellera

Ahumado de

Pría

Afuega´l Pitu rojo

Casín

Porrúa

Los Beyos

Gastronomy NATURAL CIDER a tradition for one and all

Gastronomy

Serving cider

GastronomyCider bars | Atmosphere around cider

Tourism and gastronomyRestaurants | Quality8 Restaurants with 9 Michelin Stars and 41 restaurants in the Quality Club “Mesas de Asturias”

Asturias offerAccomodation and touristic resources

84.333 Accomodation places:29.813 Hotel beds26.065 Camping places18.177 beds in Rural Tourism5.420 beds in Apartments4.858 beds in others

7 Hotels 5* 954 beds63 Hotels 4* 7.323 beds

158 Hotels 3* 8.539 beds

3 Paradores17 Golf Courses23 SPA Hotels2 Thermal health Spa (balneario, thalasso)

Source: SITA 2014

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“… If i ever had to run away someplace and hide from the world and spend the rest of my life in a lovely place. Asturias is the perfect choice….” Woody Allen

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