# Cudillero

Colourful houses hanging above a small harbour. You can see it in an afternoon and enjoy it at dusk.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/cudillero · Revisado: 2026-11-13

## Where do I park?

Down below, at the harbour. You get there via exit 431 of the A-8 and the CU-3 road, which drops straight down to the car park beside the quay; from there you walk into the old town along the harbour promenade. Inside the village you can only park in the blue zone: it is free in low season and paid from 15 June to 15 October, at the harbour ticket machines or with the Telpark app. The red and green zones are for residents.

In summer, from the junction of Calle General García de la Concha with Juan Antonio Bravo, only authorised vehicles get through. Motorhomes and caravans must also enter via exit 431 and park in the reserved area at Puerto Nuevo: driving down the upper road, from El Pito, with them is forbidden.

## What can I see on foot?

Cudillero is an amphitheatre: the coloured houses climb the slopes around the harbour and hide from both sea and land, so you don't see it until you are inside. The old town is a historic-artistic site and the whole lower part is pedestrianised.

Start at the harbour and the square that opens onto it, with its fish terraces. Then climb through the streets and steps towards the viewpoints: the town council suggests a route of eight, El Pico, Cimadevilla, La Garita-Atalaya, El Faro, La Estrecha, El Baluarte, El Contorno and El Palación. From La Garita you can see the lighthouse, the harbour and the village at once. There are slopes and steps: wear comfortable shoes. On the way are the Gothic chapel of El Humilladero and the church of San Pedro, the patron saint.

Look at the doors too: the tradition is to leave curadillo, a small dogfish, to dry for months at the entrance to the houses. It is a traditional snack of the village's fishermen.

The village can be explored in two or three hours at an easy pace. With lunch at the harbour and the viewpoint route at sunset, it makes a full afternoon.

## What is around?

El Pito, high up, with indianos' houses and the Selgas Palace, a 19th-century complex they call the Asturian Versailles. The foundation that runs it decides each season whether it opens in summer: check before you go.

Silencio beach, in Castañeras: a 500-metre cove of pale pebbles beneath the cliffs of Punta Nocedal. You go down many steps and there are no facilities.

La Concha de Artedo, with a blue flag, and San Pedro de la Ribera, the most convenient for going with children.

Salencia cove, which allows dogs all year round.

Cape Vidío, with cliffs and wild beaches such as Peñadoria or Cueva, good for photography and fishing.

## And on the sea, besides the boat?

Besides the short trip to Cape Vidío, Cudillero Aventura runs a four-hour crossing to Luarca and Puerto de Vega, with a stop on foot, for €90. To get in the water, the nearest school is at Aguilar beach, 13 minutes away: surf lessons with Carving Surf School from €35. And at San Esteban, the Nalón estuary is flat water for trying paddle surfing for the first time.

## How do I get there?

By car, about 45 minutes from Oviedo, 40 from Gijón and a little under half an hour from Avilés. Asturias airport is about half an hour away: from there, a taxi or hire car. Luarca, the other big fishing village on the western coast, is another half hour to the west.

By bus, ALSA runs from Avilés, Gijón and Oviedo; there is no station, the stop is on Calle Juan Antonio Bravo. By train, the Cercanías Asturias station is about 2 km from the centre: uphill, so take a taxi.

## Dónde está
- Zonas: Unusual places to stay in Spain, Cantabrian Coast, Picos de Europa, Camino del Norte
- Cerca: Oviedo (a 32.7 km), Somiedo (a 53.0 km), Villaviciosa and Tazones (a 58.0 km), Leitariegos and the Laciana Valley (a 66.5 km)

## Qué hacer
- **Boat Trip from Cudillero to Cape Vidío** (1 h 20 · All ages, if you do not get seasick · Adults €35, children €25): You leave the port by motorboat and follow the coast to the west: the Concha de Artedo, the cliffs and channels of El Rebeón, San Pedro de la Ribera, the old port of Oviñana and, beneath Cape Vidío, the cave of La Iglesiona, 67 metres high. If you want to see Silencio beach from the water, choose the long route, of almost two hours.
The routes and what you see
Cudillero Aventura offers two short outings along the Cudillero coast. The Cape Vidío cliffs route lasts about 1 hour 20 minutes and passes the Concha de Artedo, the Rebeón cliffs, Oleiros beach, Salamir and Lamuño, Punta de Malperro, the Traspeña channel, San Pedro de la Ribera beach, the port of La Portiella at Oviñana, the 87-metre cliff of Cape Vidío, the entrance to La Iglesiona and the Furnas del Vidío.
The cliffs and Silencio beach route lasts about 1 hour 50 minutes. It adds Las Menores, the hidden face of Silencio, Silencio beach itself and Gueirúa. For a long day, the company also has a route of about four hours to Luarca and Puerto de Vega, with a stop of about 45 minutes at Puerto de Vega, booked by phone.
Prices and times

Cape Vidío route: €35 per adult and €25 per child.
Silencio beach route: €49 per adult and €35 per child.
Route to Luarca and Puerto de Vega: €90.

In 2026 the season ran from July to September, every day, with six daily departures at 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30, 18:30 and 20:30. Book on the Cudillero Aventura website or on 627 89 49 14. The website does not publish the 2027 season: check before planning your trip.
Before boarding
Boarding is at Cudillero's West Port, where you must present yourself at the departure point. The company insists that it is strictly punctual. The departure depends on weather conditions and the state of the sea: with a swell it may be cancelled. The website does not detail the type of boat, minimum ages or cancellation policy; if you are travelling with babies, with a dog or with any mobility concern, ask when you book.
If you get seasick easily, the short route is the prudent option. Bring a jacket and sun protection.
What to combine
The port is next to the tourist office. After the boat, go up by land to Cape Vidío and its lighthouse to see the cliff from above, or take a swim at the Concha de Artedo.
- **Silencio Beach** (2 h 30 · For good legs: the return is uphill · Free): A 500-metre bay of pale rounded pebbles under the cliffs of Punta Nocedal, in Castañeras, about 20 minutes west of Cudillero. You park above and walk down about 500 metres by steps. There are no facilities: bring water and footwear for stones. From 1 June to 30 September dogs are not allowed on the beach.
What it is like
Turismo Asturias presents it as probably one of the most beautiful beaches in all of western Asturias. It is a bay protected by cliffs and islets of various sizes, which calm the sea within the inlet. There is almost no sand: it is a bolos beach, of pale rounded pebbles, and its charm survives precisely because it has no facilities. Cudillero's tourist office highlights the dizzying cliffs of Punta Nocedal that enclose it. It is also known as Gavieiro beach.
Although it is little developed, it receives many visitors, especially in summer. If you are looking for real silence, go first thing or outside July and August.
How to get down and what to bring
You leave the car in the car park above, in Castañeras, and walk down a path of about 500 metres with numerous steps. The return is all uphill: save your energy. It is not wheelchair-accessible nor comfortable with a pushchair: with a baby, a baby carrier is better.
There are no lifeguards, bars, showers or toilets. Bring water, food, sun protection and some shade, and take your rubbish back up. The pebbles make water shoes almost essential for getting into the water. With a swell, it is best not to swim: nobody watches over the beach.
Dogs and season
From 1 June to 30 September animals are not allowed on the beach; on the promenades and urban areas by the accesses they may be on a fixed lead of one metre at most. If you are going with a dog in summer, Salencia cove, in nearby Novellana, admits them all year.
Swimming is from July to September; the rest of the year it is a walk with views. Allow about two and a half hours to go down, spend a while and climb back up.
Seeing it from the sea
From the water its bay shape and the islets are easier to understand. Cudillero Aventura has a boat route of almost two hours that reaches Silencio beach and Gueirúa, within the boat trip to Cape Vidío. On the way, along the coast, you can stop at Cape Vidío and its lighthouse, in Oviñana.
- **Concha de Artedo** (3 h · Families · Free): The nearest beach with facilities to Cudillero, just east of the town, in Artedo: 760 metres of rounded pebbles that reveal golden sand at low tide. It has a Blue Flag, rescue cover in season, showers, parking and bars, and it lies within the Protected Landscape of the Western Coast.
What the beach is like
Turismo Asturias describes it as a broad, very sheltered bay with clear water, one of the cleanest in the region. The upper part is bolos, those large round stones so typical of the western coast; when the tide goes out a strip of golden sand appears at the water's edge. That is why the experience changes a lot with the time of day: at high tide you lie on pebbles, and at low tide you have sand to walk on and get into the water more comfortably. Check the tide table before you go and bring water shoes.
It is a very busy beach in summer, with plenty of bathers, and Cudillero's tourist office recommends it for all year round: out of season it makes a good winter walk beside the sea. They say that during the Second World War submarines anchored in its waters, although Turismo Asturias makes clear that no written documents confirm it.
Facilities, lifeguards and dogs
According to the official listing, it has catering, showers, parking and rescue cover. The lifeguards are on duty every day from 26 June to 8 September. The Blue Flag makes it the most convenient option in the council area if you want a beach with facilities near the town.
From 1 June to 30 September dogs are not allowed on the sand. On the promenades and urban areas by the accesses they may be on a fixed lead of one metre at most, and muzzled if their characteristics require it. If you are travelling with a dog in summer, the alternative is Salencia cove, which admits them all year.
How to get there and how long
You reach it by car from Cudillero in a few minutes, heading east; the final access to the sand is on foot from the car park. In August, by mid-morning, the car park fills up: arrive early or late in the afternoon. Allow a whole morning or afternoon if you are going to swim; for a stroll, an hour is enough.
What to combine
The Concha de Artedo is the first stop of the boat trip to Cape Vidío, so you can see it from the sea too. If you prefer a sand-and-river beach, with adapted access, continue west to San Pedro de la Ribera. For something wilder and without facilities, Silencio beach. At the Cudillero tourist office, in the port, they give you the map of beaches and viewpoints.
- **San Pedro de la Ribera Beach** (3 h · Families with small children · Free): Also called San Pedro de Bocamar, in Soto de Luiña, where the River Esqueiro reaches the sea: about 350 metres of toasted-coloured sand and rounded pebbles. You can drive to the car park, and it has rescue cover, showers, toilets, bars and adapted access with an amphibious chair. Cudillero's tourist office suggests it as the ideal beach for the whole family.
What the beach is like
Turismo Asturias counts it among the most important sand beaches of the council area and among the busiest and most popular. The River Esqueiro flows into it and feeds it with clear water, so on the same beach you have both river and sea. The sand is toasted in colour, mixed with rounded pebbles. It held a Blue Flag for several years and received the Q for Tourist Quality in 2012.
Facilities and accessibility
The official listing lists catering, showers, toilets, parking and rescue service, which operates every day from 26 June to 8 September. It is one of the best-equipped beaches for people with reduced mobility: it has adapted showers, changing rooms and toilets, a walkway, a ramp and an amphibious chair for bathing. For that reason, and because the car is parked close to the sand, it is the most convenient if you have a pushchair or grandparents.
From 1 June to 30 September dogs are not allowed on the beach. On the promenades and urban areas by the accesses they may be on a fixed lead of one metre at most. If you are travelling with a dog, the beach that admits them all year is Salencia cove.
How to get there and when to go
It is west of Cudillero, in the parish of Soto de Luiña, and you drive to the beach car park. In July and August, with the crowds it draws, it is best to arrive before midday. For a beach day with children, allow the whole morning or afternoon, and bring water shoes for the pebbles.
What to see nearby
In Soto de Luiña, Turismo Asturias recommends visiting the church linked to the vaqueiros de alzada, the transhumant herders of western Asturias. The beach can also be seen from the sea on the boat trip to Cape Vidío, which passes in front of it. If you then want a viewpoint, Cape Vidío and its lighthouse is very close, in Oviñana. And if you prefer another beach with facilities closer to the town, the Concha de Artedo.
- **Cape Vidío and Its Lighthouse** (45 min · All ages; keep children away from the edge · Free): The wildest cape in the council area, in Oviñana, about 15 minutes by car west of Cudillero. You park next to the lighthouse and look out over cliffs of almost 100 metres; from here you can see the beaches of Peñadoria and Cueva and, on clear days, the coast for a very long way. Beneath the cape opens the cave of La Iglesiona.
What you will see
Cudillero's tourist office calls Vidío one of the most important capes in Asturias and the greatest example of the council area's cliffed coast, with walls of quartzite and slate of almost 100 metres. Cudillero Aventura, which tours it by boat, gives the cliff of the cape 87 metres. On clear days you can see the Estaca de Bares, in Galicia, and Cape Peñas, according to the town council.
The lighthouse is inside a walled enclosure, on the edge of the cliff, and forms part of Turismo Asturias's lighthouse route. At the foot of the cape is La Iglesiona, a sea cave about 60 metres high shaped like a temple dome; Cudillero Aventura gives it 67. Turismo Asturias warns that it can only be visited at low tide and watching the time of high tide very carefully. The safest and most comfortable way to see it is from the water, on the boat trip to Cape Vidío, which goes close to its entrance.
Birds and protected landscape
Almost the whole Cudillero coast lies within the Protected Landscape of the Western Coast, a strip of about 35 kilometres. On the Vidío cliffs seabirds breed, above all the European shag and gulls, and the peregrine falcon lives in the area. A pair of binoculars in your rucksack makes all the difference.
How to get there and safety
You reach the lighthouse by car via Oviñana. If you feel like walking, the town council links a coastal path joining Oviñana, Valdredo, Albuerne and Novellana along the cliffs and the Vidío lighthouse. It is linear: sort out your return before you set out.
There are no fences on the cliff edge. With children, keep them by the hand away from the edge, and with a dog, on a lead. In strong wind or fog, do not go near the drops. The visit to the viewpoint takes between 30 and 45 minutes; in summer, sunset is a good time to go.
What to combine
From Oviñana you are a step from San Pedro de la Ribera beach, with facilities, and from Silencio beach, further west. If you are travelling with a dog, Salencia cove, in Novellana, admits them all year.
- **Selgas Palace and Gardens, in El Pito** (1 h 15 · Adults and teenagers · General €14 (€16 with audio guide); reduced €8; under-10s free (2026 rates)): In El Pito, above Cudillero, the brothers Ezequiel and Fortunato Selgas built at the end of the 19th century a palace with French-style gardens, a park and a church. Today it is run by the Fundación Selgas-Fagalde, which opens to the public in summer only: in 2026, from 6 June to 13 September, Tuesday to Sunday.
What you visit
The La Quinta estate was the family's temporary residence until 1992, when it became the property of the foundation. The brothers began buying land in 1871 and, between 1880 and 1895, lived in the Chalet while the palace was being built. The general ticket includes the gardens, the Main House, the Tapestry Pavilion and the School Museum.
In the Main House you walk through French-style salons and alcoves, such as the Grand Louis XVI Salon, the Louis XV Room, the library or the Pompeian Alcove, with the art collection the family gathered. The gardens combine a French garden with neoclassical statues, an Italian one, an English one and a greenhouse. Outside the private part are the Selgas Schools and the temple of Jesús Nazareno, the family pantheon.
2026 hours and prices
According to the foundation's website:

6 June to 15 August: Tuesday to Sunday, 10:30 to 21:00.
16 August to 13 September: Tuesday to Sunday, 10:30 to 20:00.
Monday, closed. On Wednesday afternoons access is limited to guided tours with a booking.

General entry costs €14 (€16 with an audio guide). The reduced rate, €8, is for under-16s, people with disabilities and registered residents of Cudillero, with a document proving it. Under-10s go in free. The guided tour, only on Wednesday afternoons and with the foundation's staff, costs €37 per group, plus each person's entry, and has to be confirmed at least 48 hours ahead.
Tickets are bought only at the ticket office, at the start of the visit: there is no online sale and no booking, except for the guided tour. You pay in cash or by card, and they do not accept €100, €200 or €500 notes. There are free lockers for bags and rucksacks, which cannot be taken inside. The foundation states that the visit is not adapted for people with disabilities.
Out of season and how to get there
From mid-September to June there are no regular visits; for dates outside the calendar you can ask at reservas@selgas-fagalde.com or on 985 590 120 and 985 590 002, from 9:00 to 20:00. If it is closed, the gardens can be seen from the gate.
El Pito is in the upper part, above Cudillero, a few minutes by car from the port. Combine it with lunch in the town and with the Concha de Artedo in the afternoon.
- **Cala Salencia** (1 h 30 · With a dog · Free): The dogs' cove: Cudillero town council and Turismo Asturias point to it as the first beach in the council area that admits dogs all year round. It is small, about 150 metres, pebbly and without facilities, next to Lairín beach, in Novellana, west of the town. If you are travelling with a dog in summer, it is the alternative to the big beaches, which ban them from 1 June to 30 September.
What it is like
Turismo Asturias describes it as unspoilt territory: a cove almost entirely of rounded stones, with no sand in sight, with usually moderate surf. There are no lifeguards or sea rescue, no bars, showers or toilets. It is a beach for spending a quiet while with the dog, giving it a swim and heading back, not for a whole day with a towel. Bring water for you and for the dog, some shade and footwear that protects against the stones, and take extreme care when you swim. In an emergency, the number is 112.
How to get there and where to park
There is no parking next to the cove. The official listing recommends leaving the car in Novellana, the village above. The path down leaves from the easternmost part of the village, is wide and paved, and takes about 15 minutes on foot. Bear in mind that the way back is uphill, something to weigh up if your dog is old or if you have small children.
Rules for going with a dog
The admission of dogs has conditions, published by Turismo Asturias:

They must be vaccinated, wormed and microchipped, and the owner must carry their documentation.
They may be off the lead, always under the owner's supervision, who is responsible for any damage they cause.
They must be accompanied by an adult and must not bother other users.
Dogs considered potentially dangerous must always be on a lead and muzzled.
Bring bags to pick up droppings and put them in the bins.

When to go and what to combine
It is open to dogs all year round, so it works as well in winter as in August. In summer, go first thing or late in the afternoon: it is small and the calm is welcome. From Novellana you are close to Silencio beach, though remember that dogs are not allowed there from June to September. The Cape Vidío and its lighthouse, in Oviñana, is on the way back to Cudillero and makes a good walk with the dog on a lead.
- **Boat trip from Cudillero to Luarca and Puerto de Vega** (4 h · Adults and teenagers who do not get seasick · Desde 90 € per person): The short trip to Cabo Vidío takes an hour and twenty minutes; this is the long one. Cudillero Aventura proposes a whole morning by launch heading west, along the western coast of Asturias, with a stop on foot at Puerto de Vega, which by road is about 40 minutes away.
The route
It leaves Cudillero harbour for the cliffs and caves of the Rebeón and Cabo Vidío, at Oviñana. It continues to El Silencio beach and Gueirúa, and carries on west to Cadavedo beach, where the launch positions itself beneath the cliff of the Regalina chapel. After rounding Cabo Busto, it enters Luarca harbour and goes on to Barayo beach, in the Barayo Nature Reserve. Before returning it docks at Puerto de Vega, winner of the Pueblo Ejemplar de Asturias award in 1995, and you disembark for about 45 minutes to explore it. In all it takes about four hours.
Price and booking
It costs €90 per person. This trip cannot be bought online: you book by calling 627 89 49 14. Boarding is at the company's door in Cudillero's Puerto del Oeste. Everything depends on the sea, and the company is strict about departure time: arrive in good time.
Who it is for
For those who want to see the western coast without driving and can stand four hours in a launch. If you get seasick or go with small children, the short Cabo Vidío trip, from €35 and €25 for children, is a better idea.
- **Surf lessons at Aguilar beach, near Cudillero** (2 h · All levels and ages · Desde 35 € per person, 2-hour lesson): The surf school closest to Cudillero is on Aguilar beach, in Muros de Nalón, about 8 km and 13 minutes by car to the east. Carving Surf School has its base there, in Campofrío, at the edge of the sand, and a hostel in San Esteban, at the mouth of the Nalón.
A school at the edge of the sand at Aguilar
The school is on the beach itself: you arrive by car, change there and walk down with the board, and when you finish you have a shower without going back to your accommodation. From the L'Amuravela campsite, in El Pito, the beach is about 2.5 km away.
Two hours in the water, with the kit on
Each course day is two hours of class. The same level group takes in everyone from those who have never picked up a board to those who already stand up and want to correct their technique; for the latter there is also an individual technical-improvement session. The instructors hold the Spanish Surfing Federation qualification.
The lesson includes the board, wetsuit and the rest of the equipment, insurance and use of the school's showers and toilets. If you want more, you can hire equipment for the rest of the day and keep practising on your own. The website does not publish the minimum age or whether you need to be able to swim: ask when you book, especially if you come with children.
What each format costs

Trial lesson, a two-hour day: €35.
Weekend, four hours over two days: €60.
Multi-day passes, two hours a day: three days, €75; four, €100; five, €120; seven, €165.
Individual one-hour lesson: €80. The two-hour technical-improvement session, also individual, costs the same.

Lessons are bought in the shop on their website or by phone: office, 984 190 257; also 649 841 208 and 658 941 351. The website gives no season calendar or fixed times: agree the day and time when you book.
Before or after the wave
The same school gives paddle surf courses, and if you prefer water without waves there is paddle surfing on the Nalón estuary, at San Esteban. For lunch afterwards, go back to Cudillero harbour: El Remo is on the square. If you want to combine the sea with a walk along the cliffs, the plan Sunday in Cudillero passes along the neighbouring coast.
- **Paddle surfing on the Nalón estuary to San Esteban** (From scratch; courses for children aged 6 to 16 · Desde 35 € per person, beginner experience): East of Cudillero, the Nalón reaches the sea at San Esteban, a village declared a historic industrial complex. The last stretch of the river is flat water, without waves, and that is why it is the place in the area to stand up on a paddle board for the first time. From Cudillero it is about 14 minutes by car.
The estuary as a practice ground
Mar Oceana SUP & Nature, based in Muros de Nalón, works on the lower Nalón, from the mouth to San Esteban, and on beaches in the council such as Aguilar. Beginner sessions start on still water: first you learn to get on, keep your balance and paddle, with boards chosen according to your level and weight, and then you carry on downriver with the guide, at your own pace. When choosing the beginner experience you can ask for it to be on the estuary or at sea.
There are more formats than the single outing:

Family routes, adults and children together.
A big board for up to eight people, used for group baptisms.
Summer courses for children and young people aged 6 to 16.
SUP yoga at sunrise or sunset: you paddle to the chosen spot, do the class on the board and end with a floating meditation.
Routes by level and technical courses for those who already paddle.

Maroceana prices and when they apply
The prices it publishes are season vouchers, with redemption dates:

Beginner experience for adults, on the estuary or the sea: €35 for one person, €70 for two and €120 for four, to be used before 15 July.
SUP yoga: €35 a session, from 15 July to 31 August.
Children's course: five classes, €120; ten, €220, from 10 July to 31 August.

For other dates or for groups, such as birthdays or hen and stag parties, you need to ask for a price. Book by WhatsApp on 617 984 283 or through its form. The website does not say how long each session lasts or whether a wetsuit or life jacket is lent: ask when you book.
Carving: two or three days in a row
Carving Surf School, the school at Aguilar beach, gives beginner, rough-water and touring paddle surf courses: two days, two hours each day, for €70, or three days for €80, with equipment and insurance included. Its instructors hold the qualification of the Spanish Surfing Federation and the International Organization Stand Up Paddle. You can hire a board for the rest of the day.
Which one suits you
For a single day, or going with small children, the estuary with Maroceana. If you are staying several days and want to end up going out to sea, the Carving course. If it is waves you want, the surf lesson at Aguilar is from the same school. For somewhere to sleep nearby and on the flat, the L'Amuravela campsite is in El Pito, on the way.

## Dónde comer
- **Sidrería El Remo** (Cider house, Cudillero, €€). Qué pedir: the curadillo, which few places serve, and for two the fish and seafood grill
- **Restaurante El Pescador** (Restaurant, Cudillero, €€€). Qué pedir: the fish of the day from its boat, La Felisina, or the caldereta; seafood is charged by weight
- **Paloma** (Restaurant, Cudillero, €€). Qué pedir: raciones to share; for two, the fish grill or the rice with lobster

## By car: By car, parking below
You need the car for the beaches and Cape Vidío, not for the town. Always enter via exit 431 of the A-8 and the CU-3 to the port, and from there everything is on foot. If you are staying in El Pito, you walk down in a quarter of an hour and save the blue zone.
Presupuesto orientativo: 80–130 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir if you're driving
- **La Casona de Pío** (Small hotel, desde 60 € / night): La Casona de Pío is the way to sleep inside Cudillero's old town rather than outside, on the plateau: a two-star hotel, according to Turismo Asturias, in a restored former salting factory on calle Riofrío, about a hundred metres from the old port. It is open all year.
The Riofrío salting factory
Riofrío is one of the little streets that climb from the port through the amphitheatre of coloured houses. The building was a fish-salting factory before becoming a hotel; the breakfast room keeps its stone walls. From the door you go down to the square and the quay in a couple of minutes; for dinner you have El Remo, on the square, or Paloma, on La Ribera, with its whole menu gluten-free, close at hand. Of the plan Sunday in Cudillero, only Silencio beach and Cape Vidío need a car.
Eleven doubles and the attic
There are eleven double rooms, with 21 places in total, decorated with furniture and pictures of an antique feel. All have heating, a telephone, background music, a flat-screen TV, a hydromassage bath, a hairdryer and welcome toiletries. One of them has a sitting room: the attic on the top floor, with a bedroom and a lounge, the one the hotel itself suggests for families or small groups. If you need a cot, ask when you book.
Homemade breakfast in the stone dining room
The house makes it with chosen, homemade produce: fresh orange juice, village eggs with bacon, artisan pastries, sponge cakes, butter biscuits, muslitos de monja, toast and homemade seasonal fruit jams. It is paid separately or included in the rate, depending on which you choose.
€60 to €113 depending on the rate
Turismo Asturias gives indicative rates of €60 to €98 a night for accommodation only and €75 to €113 with breakfast. High season is Easter, July, August and September. Book on 985 591 512 or at lacasonadepio@lacasonadepio.com.
Arriving by car at a pedestrian old town
From Oviedo, take the A-66 towards Avilés and the A-8, the N-632 and the CU-2 turn-off to Cudillero; Asturias airport is about 15 km away. The hotel has no parking: the car stays in the port car park, a paid blue zone from 15 June to 15 October and free the rest of the year, and you walk up with your luggage along sloping streets. In summer you cannot drive into the old town without a permit or authorisation: if you arrive with a lot of luggage, ask the hotel how to do it.
- **La Casona de la Paca** (Small hotel, desde 80 € / night): An indiano mansion among meadows
La Casona de la Paca is a 19th-century indiano mansion, built by José Martínez, an emigrant who returned from America, and turned into a hotel in 1998. It is in El Pito, high above Cudillero, surrounded by meadows. Turismo Asturias classifies it as a three-star hotel. It is surrounded by a century-old garden in the indiano style, with magnolias, camellias, monkey puzzle trees and an oak about 400 years old, and a side terrace with benches.
Rooms and apartments
The hotel has nineteen rooms: singles, doubles, five doubles with a sitting room that look onto the garden and two suites, one with a terrace on the first floor and La Torre, right at the top, with a 360-degree terrace between the mountains and the sea. The attic rooms are on the third floor. Separately, in a building renovated in 2015, there are studios for a couple with a child and one-bedroom apartments with a kitchen for four people; they share the common areas and can have breakfast in the dining room.
The common areas are two lounges, one with a fireplace and bar and another with picture windows for the sunset, and a gallery. Breakfast is homemade: torrijas, casadielles, frixuelos, sponge cakes, cured meats and Asturian cheeses, eggs and fresh juice. Turismo Asturias gives indicative rates of €80 to €107 and breakfast extra, at €9.50.
How to get there and what is nearby
You arrive by car: the hotel is about a 15-minute walk from Cudillero port and 15 minutes by car from Asturias airport. Avilés is 20 minutes away, Gijón 40 and Oviedo 45, according to the hotel itself. The hotel runs on geothermal and solar energy.
- **Camping L'Amuravela** (Campsite, desde 4.95 € / night): L'Amuravela occupies the walled grounds of a former indiano mansion on the coastal platform of El Pito, above Cudillero. Turismo Asturias registers it as a second-category campsite, with 185 pitches and 674 places. The port is about a 15-minute walk away and Aguilar beach about 2.5 km.
Inside the mansion wall
You enter through the gate in the stone wall around the estate, and inside there is lawn, trees and the facilities spread around: pool, courts, a playground and a café with a terrace. From here you walk down to Cudillero's old town without moving the car or paying for the port's blue zone, and by car you are a few minutes from the Selgas palace, also in El Pito, or from Silencio beach.
Pitches of lawn, shade or clearing
The pitches are lawn, some in the shade and others in open clearings. It accepts tents, caravans and motorhomes. Not all have a water tap: if you need one, ask when you book. For electricity, the website advises bringing an extension lead and a CETAC adapter. Motorhomes have a service area with a hose for filling the tank and a hatch for emptying the chemical toilet.
Turismo Asturias's indicative rates run from €4.95 to €5.95 per adult, €4.75 to €5.50 per child, €4.95 to €5.80 for a small tent, €6.25 to €6.90 for a family tent, €4.95 to €5.95 for a car, €6.50 to €7.25 for a caravan and €8.75 to €9.80 for a motorhome. High season runs from 25 July to 24 August; mid season, from 13 June to 10 July and from 25 August to 10 September.
Family Bungalow and Premium Mobile Home

Family Bungalow: 33 m², up to five people, with one bedroom with a 1.35 m bed and another with a bunk and a low 0.80 m bed; a living-dining room with TV and sofa, a fitted kitchen, a bathroom with a shower and a porch with table and chairs. Heating from November to April.
Premium Mobile Home: 32 m² and a terrace, for four people, with a full kitchen, one bathroom and a separate toilet. Heating from October to April.

Both include bed and bath linen and a parking space by the door. Turismo Asturias gives indicative rates for the bungalows of €49 to €125.
Pool, courts and laundry
The outdoor pool measures 20 by 10 m, with a depth of 0.80 to 1.60 m, a lawn area and sun loungers; it opens in July and August and a swimming cap is compulsory. There is a glazed, floodlit padel court, from 10:00 to 22:30, booked at reception; a multi-sport court, petanque and a playground with swings and a slide. The café serves breakfasts, sandwiches, burgers and pizzas, and has a reading and games room. There is a washing machine and a dryer, and free wifi in one area, not across the whole campsite.
Dogs and visitors
On pitches, dogs must be on a lead and supervised, cannot be left alone and must do their business outside the campsite. Those of potentially dangerous breeds wear a muzzle inside, and you may be asked for the insurance and the vaccination card. In the Family Bungalow dogs under 8 kg are accepted, on request, with a €10 daily supplement. In August visitors are not allowed.
Turismo Asturias does not publish the closing dates: ask when you book on its website, on 985 590 995 or at info@lamuravela.com.
- **Faro de Cudillero** (Apartment, desde 190 € / night): Sleeping inside the harbour lighthouse
The Cudillero lighthouse is more than 165 years old and is still lit. It stands 23 metres above the sea, on the rock where the village ends, and between 2023 and 2024 it was renovated to house two couples. It is run by Floatel, a small Berlin company that also opens other lighthouses and a harbour crane in Hamburg, and is registered in Asturias' tourism register as a tourist apartment.
There are two independent lofts. Farero is 50 m² and Pixueta 40 m², and together they share a terrace and garden over the sea. Each has a bed with a view of the Cantabrian Sea, a full kitchen, a fireplace, a shower and hydromassage bath, wifi, television and a small lighthouse library. If there are four of you, you can book the whole lighthouse and have the terraces and garden to yourselves.
What the night is like and what's included
It is a place for two and for staying in. In winter the fireplace and heating count, and with a heavy sea you hear the waves breaking against the rock from bed. In the morning a breakfast basket is left at your door, included in the price. On request they leave a plate of tapas in the fridge or a minibar with local products, and for the whole lighthouse you can ask for daily cleaning or a cook.
There is a small supermarket, a fishmonger and restaurants a few metres away. The car stays in the harbour's public car park: the lighthouse is reached by a short walk from the quayside restaurants, so bring little luggage. Asturias airport is about 15 km away, a quarter of an hour by taxi.
The seasons published by Turismo Asturias are: high in August, medium from April to July and from September to October, and low the rest of the year.
Two lofts, a long calendar
On its website, Pixueta runs from €190 to €390 a night and Farero from €290 to €450, always for two people and with breakfast. The whole lighthouse, up to four people, costs from €480 to €830. You book on its website's calendar, which opens dates almost two years ahead; with just two lofts, weekends and August fill quickly. For anything else, write or call the number Turismo Asturias publishes.
From the lighthouse, the village is walked on foot. To leave the harbour, there is the boat trip to Cape Vidío and, by car, Silencio beach.

## By plane: The town closest to Asturias airport
Cudillero is the coastal destination closest to Asturias airport, about 15 km away: there are direct flights from Madrid, Barcelona and other Spanish cities, and in under half an hour you are at the port. There is no direct bus from the airport to the town, so pick up a hire car or take a taxi.
### Dónde dormir if you're flying
- **La Casona de Pío** (Small hotel, desde 60 € / night): La Casona de Pío is the way to sleep inside Cudillero's old town rather than outside, on the plateau: a two-star hotel, according to Turismo Asturias, in a restored former salting factory on calle Riofrío, about a hundred metres from the old port. It is open all year.
The Riofrío salting factory
Riofrío is one of the little streets that climb from the port through the amphitheatre of coloured houses. The building was a fish-salting factory before becoming a hotel; the breakfast room keeps its stone walls. From the door you go down to the square and the quay in a couple of minutes; for dinner you have El Remo, on the square, or Paloma, on La Ribera, with its whole menu gluten-free, close at hand. Of the plan Sunday in Cudillero, only Silencio beach and Cape Vidío need a car.
Eleven doubles and the attic
There are eleven double rooms, with 21 places in total, decorated with furniture and pictures of an antique feel. All have heating, a telephone, background music, a flat-screen TV, a hydromassage bath, a hairdryer and welcome toiletries. One of them has a sitting room: the attic on the top floor, with a bedroom and a lounge, the one the hotel itself suggests for families or small groups. If you need a cot, ask when you book.
Homemade breakfast in the stone dining room
The house makes it with chosen, homemade produce: fresh orange juice, village eggs with bacon, artisan pastries, sponge cakes, butter biscuits, muslitos de monja, toast and homemade seasonal fruit jams. It is paid separately or included in the rate, depending on which you choose.
€60 to €113 depending on the rate
Turismo Asturias gives indicative rates of €60 to €98 a night for accommodation only and €75 to €113 with breakfast. High season is Easter, July, August and September. Book on 985 591 512 or at lacasonadepio@lacasonadepio.com.
Arriving by car at a pedestrian old town
From Oviedo, take the A-66 towards Avilés and the A-8, the N-632 and the CU-2 turn-off to Cudillero; Asturias airport is about 15 km away. The hotel has no parking: the car stays in the port car park, a paid blue zone from 15 June to 15 October and free the rest of the year, and you walk up with your luggage along sloping streets. In summer you cannot drive into the old town without a permit or authorisation: if you arrive with a lot of luggage, ask the hotel how to do it.
- **La Casona de la Paca** (Small hotel, desde 80 € / night): An indiano mansion among meadows
La Casona de la Paca is a 19th-century indiano mansion, built by José Martínez, an emigrant who returned from America, and turned into a hotel in 1998. It is in El Pito, high above Cudillero, surrounded by meadows. Turismo Asturias classifies it as a three-star hotel. It is surrounded by a century-old garden in the indiano style, with magnolias, camellias, monkey puzzle trees and an oak about 400 years old, and a side terrace with benches.
Rooms and apartments
The hotel has nineteen rooms: singles, doubles, five doubles with a sitting room that look onto the garden and two suites, one with a terrace on the first floor and La Torre, right at the top, with a 360-degree terrace between the mountains and the sea. The attic rooms are on the third floor. Separately, in a building renovated in 2015, there are studios for a couple with a child and one-bedroom apartments with a kitchen for four people; they share the common areas and can have breakfast in the dining room.
The common areas are two lounges, one with a fireplace and bar and another with picture windows for the sunset, and a gallery. Breakfast is homemade: torrijas, casadielles, frixuelos, sponge cakes, cured meats and Asturian cheeses, eggs and fresh juice. Turismo Asturias gives indicative rates of €80 to €107 and breakfast extra, at €9.50.
How to get there and what is nearby
You arrive by car: the hotel is about a 15-minute walk from Cudillero port and 15 minutes by car from Asturias airport. Avilés is 20 minutes away, Gijón 40 and Oviedo 45, according to the hotel itself. The hotel runs on geothermal and solar energy.
- **Faro de Cudillero** (Apartment, desde 190 € / night): Sleeping inside the harbour lighthouse
The Cudillero lighthouse is more than 165 years old and is still lit. It stands 23 metres above the sea, on the rock where the village ends, and between 2023 and 2024 it was renovated to house two couples. It is run by Floatel, a small Berlin company that also opens other lighthouses and a harbour crane in Hamburg, and is registered in Asturias' tourism register as a tourist apartment.
There are two independent lofts. Farero is 50 m² and Pixueta 40 m², and together they share a terrace and garden over the sea. Each has a bed with a view of the Cantabrian Sea, a full kitchen, a fireplace, a shower and hydromassage bath, wifi, television and a small lighthouse library. If there are four of you, you can book the whole lighthouse and have the terraces and garden to yourselves.
What the night is like and what's included
It is a place for two and for staying in. In winter the fireplace and heating count, and with a heavy sea you hear the waves breaking against the rock from bed. In the morning a breakfast basket is left at your door, included in the price. On request they leave a plate of tapas in the fridge or a minibar with local products, and for the whole lighthouse you can ask for daily cleaning or a cook.
There is a small supermarket, a fishmonger and restaurants a few metres away. The car stays in the harbour's public car park: the lighthouse is reached by a short walk from the quayside restaurants, so bring little luggage. Asturias airport is about 15 km away, a quarter of an hour by taxi.
The seasons published by Turismo Asturias are: high in August, medium from April to July and from September to October, and low the rest of the year.
Two lofts, a long calendar
On its website, Pixueta runs from €190 to €390 a night and Farero from €290 to €450, always for two people and with breakfast. The whole lighthouse, up to four people, costs from €480 to €830. You book on its website's calendar, which opens dates almost two years ahead; with just two lofts, weekends and August fill quickly. For anything else, write or call the number Turismo Asturias publishes.
From the lighthouse, the village is walked on foot. To leave the harbour, there is the boat trip to Cape Vidío and, by car, Silencio beach.
### Servicios
- **Asturias Airport (OVD)**: About 15 km from Cudillero · Alsa bus to Avilés, Gijón and Oviedo · Hire cars at the airport

## As a family: Boat, easy beaches and a hillside town

With children, Cudillero works in two parts: the port and a beach with facilities by day, and the town, pedestrian below and all steps above, at sunset. The boat to Cape Vidío is what they remember most.

### What works best
The boat trip to Cape Vidío, 1 h 20, €25 for children, July to September

San Pedro de la Ribera, with lifeguards, toilets and adapted access

The Concha de Artedo, with a Blue Flag, 5 minutes from the town

The Cape Vidío lighthouse, away from the edge

### Where to sleep
Camping L'Amuravela, with a pool and playground

La Casona de la Paca, with apartments for four

### Where to eat
Sidrería El Remo, with a terrace on the port square

Paloma, if there is a coeliac in the family

### Worth knowing
The viewpoints are not for pushchairs: there are slopes and steps

Silencio beach is reached by many steps and has no facilities

In August, get to the port car park early

### Qué hacer as a family
- Boat Trip from Cudillero to Cape Vidío
- Concha de Artedo
- San Pedro de la Ribera Beach
- Cape Vidío and Its Lighthouse
- Surf lessons at Aguilar beach, near Cudillero
- Paddle surfing on the Nalón estuary to San Esteban

## Consejos

### Come down by the harbour, not from above
The good access is exit 431 and the CU-3 to the quay. The El Pito road goes down through the village and in summer is closed to unauthorised vehicles.

### Save the viewpoints for sunset
That is when the amphitheatre lights up and the harbour empties of day-trippers.

### Carry coins or the payment app
From mid-June to mid-October the blue zone at the harbour is paid.

### Combine with a beach
La Concha de Artedo and San Pedro de la Ribera are close and combine well with the village on a summer day.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How long do I need to see Cudillero?
Two or three hours for the harbour, the old town and a few viewpoints. With lunch and the full viewpoint route, an afternoon.

### How much does parking cost?
Out of season, nothing. From 15 June to 15 October, the blue zone is paid: you pay at the harbour ticket machines or with Telpark.

### Can I go without a car?
Yes. ALSA runs from Oviedo, Gijón and Avilés. The train station is about 2 km away, uphill.

### What is L'Amuravela?
The festival of San Pedro, every 29 June, declared a regional tourist attraction: a procession, a decorated boat brought out from the quay and, at the end, a humorous verse chronicle of what has happened in the village during the year.

### Is it accessible with a pushchair?
The lower part and the harbour, yes, because they are pedestrianised and flat. The viewpoints no: there are slopes and steps.

### Is there a beach in the village?
No. The nearest are San Pedro de la Ribera and La Concha de Artedo. Silencio, more spectacular, is a few kilometres to the west and you go down steps.

### Can motorhomes get in?
Only via exit 431, as far as the reserved area at Puerto Nuevo. Driving down with them from El Pito is forbidden.