La Casona de Pío

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 [email protected].

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.