Llanes Train and Bus Station

You can reach Llanes without a car by train and by bus. The train station on the coastal line, the former FEVE, is in the centre of the town, and the bus station is right next to it. Both are useful for arriving from Oviedo, Gijón or Santander and, above all, for getting back from coastal walks without having to retrace your steps.

The coastal train

Llanes is on the metre-gauge line that links Oviedo with Santander along the coast, the one that used to be FEVE and is now run by Renfe within its Cercanías and metre-gauge services. It is a coastal train, stopping in many villages, so check the timetable on renfe.com before planning your day, and look carefully at the last train back. The town council's tourism website also refers to Renfe for timetables and tickets.

The advantage of the train is that it also stops in other villages on the council's coast, such as Celorio. That lets you walk stretches of the coastal path and come back by train: it is the classic way to do, for example, the coastal path from Llanes to Celorio, a very easy 7.6 km walk with five beaches along the way, or to come back from Póo.

By bus

The bus station is in the centre, next to the train station. Regular services are run by Alsa, with services to Oviedo, Gijón and Santander. The council's website links to alsa.es for timetables, which are worth checking in advance in low season and on Sundays.

By road and by air

If you come by car, Llanes is beside the Cantabrian motorway, the A-8. For road conditions, the council refers to the DGT, and for flights, to Aena.

On arrival

From the station, the old town is a few minutes on foot. Stop at the Llanes Tourist Office, in the old fish market beside the harbour, to pick up the town map and ask about the urban route. With the map, continue to the basilica of Santa María and the wall, the San Pedro walk above the cliff and the Memory Cubes on the harbour breakwater.

For a meal in the old quarter, El Antoju is on calle Mayor, and if you stay overnight without a car, La Posada del Rey is right in the old town and the Hotel Sablón is above El Sablón beach. If you are going to the Pría blowholes, remember that they only work with a heavy swell and high tide: ask at the office about the state of the sea before catching the train.