Fuentes de Invierno café-restaurant

Eating at the resort

The café-restaurant at Fuentes de Invierno is at the base of the resort, next to the car park. It is the only place to eat at the resort itself: breakfasts before going up, hot drinks mid-morning and lunch at midday without having to go down to the valley. The resort does not publish a menu or prices on its website, so we have not been able to confirm which dishes it serves or how much they cost.

Opening hours

In the ski season it opens:

• Monday to Friday: from 8:30 to 17:30.
• Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays: from 8:00 to 18:00.

Out of season there are no published hours.

What there is around the base

At the base there is everything needed to spend the day. Parking is free, with 800 spaces for cars and four for coaches. The hire shop has 300 full carving ski sets and 80 snowboard sets, and dries and disinfects boots in a special dryer. The Fuentes de Invierno Spanish Ski and Snowboard School, with 75 instructors, has its office at the resort, from 9:00 to 16:30, and gives private lessons, weekend and holiday courses, adaptive skiing and a snow park. The resort also has a nursing service.

If you need equipment or a lesson, it is best to book before going up: the school and the hire shop answer at [email protected] and on 679 663 358, also by WhatsApp. Hired boots go through a dryer that takes about four hours to dry and disinfect them, so if you are going to ski two days in a row, return them at the end of the day. Between lessons, the café is the natural meeting point at the base.

Getting there

Fuentes de Invierno is in the upper Aller, on the Asturian face of the San Isidro pass, about 65 km from Oviedo via the A-66, the AS-112 and the AS-253. Without a car, the Asturias Transport Consortium runs a bus from Oviedo and Gijón at weekends and public holidays in season; on other days, the nearest stop is Felechosa, 15 km away.

If you prefer to eat out

The nearest large village is Felechosa, about 15 km away. There you will find the Casa El Rápido restaurant, with a lunch or dinner menu, which fits on the way down. For sleeping near the slopes, there is the Casa El Rápido hotel and the El Fundil rural hotel.

Everything you need to know about the runs, lift passes and lifts is in the Fuentes de Invierno listing. If you come with children who do not ski, see the snowshoes and sledges.