# Cerca de Oviedo

From Oviedo you head out along three axes: the A-8 to the east, with Ribadesella, Covadonga, Llanes and the Cantabrian coast, and to Cudillero in the west; the southern mountains, with Somiedo and the Fuentes snow, and the Huerna towards León.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/oviedo/getaways

## Planes de un día
- [Villaviciosa: cider, pre-Romanesque and Tazones](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/villaviciosa-and-tazones/itineraries/cider-presses-tazones-and-valdedios.md) (37 min en coche): The El Gaitero cellars in the morning, the Conventín de Valdediós before lunch, a cider house at a cider press in Amandi and the afternoon at Tazones. 37 minutes from Oviedo.
- [Cudillero: cliffs and a cider house in the harbour](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/cudillero/itineraries/cudillero-cliffs-and-cider-house-from-oviedo.md) (46 min en coche): You go down to Silencio beach, look out from Cabo Vidío and eat curadillo in Cudillero's harbour square. In the afternoon, the viewpoints over the amphitheatre. 45 minutes from Oviedo.
- [Ribadesella: rock art and dinosaurs](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/ribadesella/itineraries/tito-bustillo-and-la-guia-chapel.md) (58 min en coche): The Tito Bustillo rock art centre, the Grúa promenade up to the Guía chapel, grilled fish on Vega beach and the dinosaur footprints at Tereñes. One hour from Oviedo.
- [Covadonga and the Cangas market](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/cangas-de-onis/itineraries/covadonga-market-and-starred-fabada.md) (1 h 4 en coche): The Holy Cave and basilica at Covadonga first thing, the Sunday market and the bridge at Cangas de Onís, and lunch in Arriondas on the way home. One hour from Oviedo.
- [Fuentes de Invierno: cheap slopes on the San Isidro pass](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/pajares-and-fuentes-de-invierno/itineraries/skiing-from-oviedo-or-leon.md) (1 h 5 en coche): A cheap ski day in the Asturian Montaña Central: 15 runs and 8.7 km, a €27 lift pass in high season, free parking and lunch at the foot of the slopes. With San Isidro on the other side of the pass.
- [Llanes: Cubos, Paseo de San Pedro and bistro](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/llanes/itineraries/llanes-cubes-of-memory-and-blowholes-from-santander.md) (1 h 17 en coche): The breakwater painted by Ibarrola, the walled old town and the grass path above the cliff; lunch at the bistro of a Michelin-starred chef and, with a heavy swell, the Pría blowholes. An hour from Santander.
- [San Vicente: old town, seafood and surfing](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/san-vicente-de-la-barquera/itineraries/old-town-lobster-and-surf.md) (1 h 25 en coche): The Puebla Vieja and the Castillo del Rey in the morning, a seafood lunch opposite the market, the Maza bridge and a surf lesson at Merón. An hour from Santander.
- [León: stained glass, kings and Gaudí](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/leon/itineraries/cathedral-san-isidoro-and-casa-botines.md) (1 h 35 en coche): The cathedral at 9:30, before the Masses, the Royal Pantheon, an aperitif in the Húmedo, León cooking at Casa Mando and Gaudí's Casa Botines in the afternoon.
- [Cabrales: Bulnes funicular and cheese in Sotres](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/cabrales/itineraries/funicular-cheese-dairy-and-sotres.md) (1 h 37 en coche): You go up to Bulnes on the funicular from Poncebos, have fabada or kid in Sotres and go down to a cave where Cabrales cheese matures. 1 h 40 from Oviedo.
- [Comillas: Gaudí, palace and Oyambre](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/comillas/itineraries/capricho-sobrellano-and-oyambre-beach.md) (1 h 40 en coche): A guided visit to Gaudí's El Capricho, the neo-Gothic palace of Sobrellano, lunch above the cliffs at Ruiloba and the afternoon on the Oyambre sands. 45 minutes from Santander.
- [Boat, low tide and lobster rice](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ribadeo-and-as-catedrais/itineraries/low-tide-boat-and-seafood-rice.md) (1 h 40 en coche): A boat to As Catedrais from Ribadeo harbour, a stroll through the old town and the Torre dos Moreno, soupy rice in Rinlo, the beach on foot at low tide and sunset at Illa Pancha.
- [Liencres and Santillana: coves, dunes and cave](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/liencres-and-costa-quebrada/itineraries/coves-dunes-and-altamira-neocave.md) (1 h 45 en coche): La Arnía cove and the pinewood of the Liencres dunes in the morning, lunch in the village of Santillana and the Altamira Neocave, free on Sundays. A quarter of an hour from Santander.
- [Leitariegos: skiing and lunch in Laciana](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/leitariegos-and-laciana-valley/itineraries/ski-sunday-at-leitariegos.md) (1 h 50 en coche): A full day's skiing at the small, cheap Laciana resort, with rental at the foot of the slopes, and a late home-cooked lunch at La Campanona before heading back to León or Oviedo.
- [Saliencia and bears at dusk](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/somiedo/itineraries/lakes-and-bears-from-leon.md) (1 h 51 en coche): The Saliencia lakes route in the morning, Asturian lunch in Pola de Somiedo and, at dusk, an outing with a guide and a telescope to try to see the brown bear.
- [La Hermida: guided ferrata and 38 °C pools](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/liebana-and-potes/itineraries/ferrata-and-hot-springs-at-la-hermida.md) (1 h 55 en coche): In the morning, a via ferrata with a guide from Potes; you eat cocido and in the afternoon you get into the 38 °C pools of the spa's thermal cave. An hour and a half from Santander.
- [Santillana: free Neocave, collegiate church and Capricho](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/santillana-del-mar/itineraries/neocave-free-collegiate-church-and-comillas.md) (1 h 55 en coche): The Altamira Neocave, free on Sundays, the stone village and its collegiate church, a market-cooking lunch and, in the afternoon, Gaudí's El Capricho in Comillas. Half an hour from Santander.
- [Fuente Dé, Potes and Santo Toribio](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/liebana-and-potes/itineraries/fuente-de-cable-car-and-santo-toribio.md) (2 h 5 en coche): You take the Fuente Dé cable car up to 1,823 metres and walk towards Áliva, eat Liébana cocido in Potes and finish at Santo Toribio. An hour and three quarters from Santander.

## The whole Asturian coast, along the Cantabrian motorway

Oviedo is in the centre of Asturias, and the Cantabrian motorway, the A-8, shares out almost the whole coast. To the west, exit 431 and the CU-3 drop to the harbour of [Cudillero](/en/spain/asturias/cudillero). To the east, the same A-8 leads to [Ribadesella](/en/spain/asturias/ribadesella) in an hour, to [Llanes](/en/spain/asturias/llanes) in a little more and, already in Cantabria, to [San Vicente de la Barquera](/en/spain/cantabria/san-vicente-de-la-barquera) and [Comillas](/en/spain/cantabria/comillas); at Unquera the N-621 branches off towards Panes, the La Hermida gorge and [Liébana](/en/spain/cantabria/liebana-and-potes). [Cangas de Onís and Covadonga](/en/spain/asturias/cangas-de-onis) are half an hour from Ribadesella.

To the south there are two gateways. The AP-66 crosses the Huerna pass to [León](/en/spain/castile-and-leon/leon), and the motorway with the N-630 climbs to the snow at [Pajares and Fuentes de Invierno](/en/spain/asturias/pajares-and-fuentes-de-invierno). The south-west motorway as far as Grado gives way to the Belmonte road and the Pigüeña valley, on the way to [Somiedo](/en/spain/asturias/somiedo).

Without a car, the Norte station has Cercanías to Gijón and Avilés. The ALSA bus and the train reach Llanes; the bus goes to Cudillero, although for Silencio beach and Cape Vidío you need a car. In ski season, a bus of the Consorcio de Transportes de Asturias runs to Fuentes de Invierno at weekends and holidays.

## Covadonga and the Cangas market, 64 minutes away

**Under an hour** fit Cudillero, at 46 minutes, and Ribadesella, at 58, with the Tito Bustillo cave art and Santa Marina beach.

**Between one and one and a half hours** is the bulk of the Sundays: Covadonga and the Cangas de Onís market, at 64 minutes; skiing at Fuentes de Invierno, at 65; Llanes and its blowholes, at 77, and San Vicente de la Barquera, at 85. At that distance you can also sleep over: [Somiedo in two nights to see bears](/en/spain/asturias/somiedo/itineraries/somiedo-bear-watching-two-nights-from-oviedo), 76 minutes to Pola, or [San Vicente and Comillas](/en/spain/cantabria/san-vicente-de-la-barquera/itineraries/weekend-san-vicente-de-la-barquera-and-comillas-from-oviedo).

**With an hour and a half or two hours** the day stretches towards Cantabria and the plateau: León, at 95 minutes; Comillas, at 100; the Liencres coves, at 105; Leitariegos, at 110; the Saliencia lakes and the bear at dusk, at 111, and Santillana del Mar, at 115, with its [weekend between Altamira and Comillas](/en/spain/cantabria/santillana-del-mar/itineraries/santillana-del-mar-comillas-altamira-weekend).

**Past two hours**, Liébana, at 125 minutes, calls for a night: [Fuente Dé, Potes and the La Hermida thermal baths](/en/spain/cantabria/liebana-and-potes/itineraries/liebana-fuente-de-weekend-la-hermida-hot-springs). Further away are [Santoña and Laredo](/en/spain/cantabria/santona-and-laredo/itineraries/anchovy-weekend-santona-laredo-from-bilbao), at 145, [Aguilar de Campoo and its Romanesque](/en/spain/castile-and-leon/aguilar-de-campoo/itineraries/aguilar-de-campoo-romanesque-and-bison-weekend), at 171, and [Las Médulas](/en/spain/castile-and-leon/las-medulas), at 166.

## Pools at 38 °C for the cold days

In winter, from December to March and depending on the snow, there is a [Sunday of skiing at Fuentes de Invierno](/en/spain/asturias/pajares-and-fuentes-de-invierno/itineraries/skiing-from-oviedo-or-leon), with a bus at weekends, or at [Leitariegos](/en/spain/castile-and-leon/leitariegos-and-laciana-valley/itineraries/ski-sunday-at-leitariegos), small and cheap, on the other side of the range; in both cases, check the report the day before. In the cold, the 38 °C pools of the [via ferrata and La Hermida thermal baths](/en/spain/cantabria/liebana-and-potes/itineraries/ferrata-and-hot-springs-at-la-hermida) are also appealing, and [León](/en/spain/castile-and-leon/leon/itineraries/cathedral-san-isidoro-and-casa-botines) can be seen almost entirely under cover.

From autumn to spring, with ground swell and high tide, the blowholes roar on the [Sunday in Llanes](/en/spain/asturias/llanes/itineraries/llanes-cubes-of-memory-and-blowholes-from-santander), and the town is quiet. In January the Ribadesella cave art centre closes.

From May to September the mountains open. May, June and September are the best months for bears on the [lakes and bears day in Somiedo](/en/spain/asturias/somiedo/itineraries/lakes-and-bears-from-leon), with La Farrapona already free of snow. The Fuente Dé cable car has long hours from May to October. In summer, you have to reach Covadonga before ten, and in July and August the coast fills up: June and September are better for [Cudillero](/en/spain/asturias/cudillero/itineraries/cudillero-cliffs-and-cider-house-from-oviedo).

## Silencio beach and Cape Vidío

- **Close and uncomplicated:** [Cudillero, Silencio beach and Cape Vidío](/en/spain/asturias/cudillero/itineraries/cudillero-cliffs-and-cider-house-from-oviedo). 46 minutes away, Silencio beach in the morning, lunch on the harbour square and the amphitheatre viewpoints in the afternoon.
- **With an early morning:** [Covadonga and Cangas de Onís](/en/spain/asturias/cangas-de-onis/itineraries/covadonga-market-and-starred-fabada). The Santa Cueva first thing, the Sunday market and the Cangas bridge, with lunch in Arriondas on the way back.
- **With two nights:** [Ribadesella and Covadonga](/en/spain/asturias/ribadesella/itineraries/two-nights-ribadesella-and-covadonga-from-oviedo). An hour along the A-8 to see Tito Bustillo, climb to the Guía chapel, sleep beside Santa Marina and spend Sunday at Covadonga.