Cudillero Harbour Car Park

In Cudillero you leave the car down at the harbour. The village descends in an amphitheatre to the quay, and the municipality's tourism website recommends leaving the A-8 motorway at exit 431 and continuing along the CU-3 road to the harbour area, where the car park is. From there you walk into the old village along the harbour promenade.

Blue zone: when you pay

In Cudillero you can only park in the blue zone; the red and green zones are for authorised residents. The blue zone is free in low season and paid from 15 June to 15 October. You pay at the pay-and-display machines in the harbour area or with the Telpark app. The conditions are set out in Cudillero's regulated parking ordinance, which the tourism website links to.

Restricted access in summer

From 19 June and throughout the summer, to enter the village from above, from the junction of Calle General García de la Concha and Calle Juan Antonio Bravo, you need the red, green or blue badge or an authorisation. Vehicles without authorisation also cannot enter the old village from the roundabout at the entrance to Puerto Viejo. So, in summer, visitors park at the harbour and walk up.

Motorhomes

Motorhomes and caravans must also enter by exit 431: it is forbidden to go down through the upper part of the village, by the road from El Pito, because it is too narrow. They have reserved parking at Puerto Nuevo, free in low season and paid from 15 June to 15 October. Turismo Asturias also lists the breakwater car park, on the CU-3 road: public, paid, with overnight stays possible and a maximum stay of 48 hours. To get there, from exit 431 take the second exit at the roundabout towards the CU-3 and, at the last bend, the first turning on the left. The coordinates given are 43.56872, -6.15349.

Without a car

Cudillero has no bus station: the Alsa stop is on Calle Juan Antonio Bravo, and information is at alsa.es or on 900 81 41 14. The Cercanías train station is about 2 km from the centre, with trains from Avilés, Gijón and Oviedo (Renfe Cercanías Asturias, 900 90 89 31). For the last stretch there is a taxi service on 661 032 567. The Asturias airport is about 15 km away.

What to see once you have parked

As soon as you leave the car you have the Cudillero Tourist Office, in Puerto del Oeste, where they give out the map of the village and the viewpoint route. From the harbour you climb up the amphitheatre of coloured houses, and at dusk it is worth seeing Cudillero at sunset from the viewpoints. From Puerto del Oeste the boat trip to Cape Vidío departs, and for eating you have Sidrería El Remo, in the harbour square, or Paloma, in the old quarter.