Tito Bustillo Rock Art Centre

While the cave is closed, the centre is the way to see the art of Tito Bustillo, a World Heritage Site since 2008: a permanent exhibition in six areas, with reproductions and audiovisuals, that goes from the discovery, by lowering down a shaft, to the Ardines massif, the hunters and artists who painted it, the Main Panel, a canvas more than 20,000 years old, the treasures hidden in the rest of the cave and its path to World Heritage status.

On your own or with a guide

On your own, they recommend an hour; there is a handheld guide and audio guides in several languages, linked to a mobile app. The guided visit lasts about 45 minutes and is for all ages. From February to June and from September to December there is one at weekends and open public holidays, at 13:00; in July and August, Wednesday to Sunday, at 11:30, 12:30, 16:30 and 17:30. To take it, when buying online choose a session marked with a guided visit. In November, December and February, guided visits or the "Pintamos con arte" ("We paint with art") workshop are also offered in English or French.

Workshops and other spaces

It has workshops for families, such as painting with pigments and brushes as in Prehistory. In the instrument workshop there are six display cases with replicas and seven panels explaining how stone was knapped and bone and antler worked. There is a temporary exhibition room, a shop with specialist books, educational games and crafts, and a café-restaurant, El cielo de Ribadesella, with seasonal hours: in October and on 1 November it opens at weekends and public holidays.

Opening times and price

From 1 November to 31 December it opens Wednesday to Friday from 10:00 to 14:30, and Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 10:30 to 18:00; it closes on Monday, Tuesday, 24, 25 and 31 December and all January. In February, the same winter hours; from March to June and in September and October, from 9:45 to 17:30 on weekdays and until 18:30 at weekends; in July and August, Wednesday to Sunday from 9:45 to 19:00. General admission costs €5.45 and the reduced rate €3.29; on Wednesdays it is free.

Accessibility and groups

Groups book in advance, on 985 185 860. There are adapted visits for people with intellectual disabilities, with audio description, with a sign-language interpreter and for older people with special needs. Tickets are bought on the Turismo Asturias sales website.

Getting there

It is on Avenida de Tito Bustillo, west of the bridge over the Sella, next to the Ardines massif and about 300 metres beyond the cave. By the A-8, exit 326 if you come from the west or 319 if you come from Cantabria. In season, reception for the Tito Bustillo cave is here: you must show up half an hour before your session. To stretch your legs afterwards, cross the bridge towards the Grúa walk.