La Estación Hostel

A hostel in the station

La Estación hostel is a private hostel in the Llanes train station building, within the town and right on the Camino del Norte. It is classed as a first-category tourist hostel and does not ask for a pilgrim credential or a hostelling card: both people walking the Camino and backpackers, surfers or groups who come to get around the coast and the Picos de Europa sleep here.

Turismo Asturias gives it 34 places. According to its own website, there are eight rooms of four to eight beds in bunks; two have their own bathroom and the rest use bathrooms outside the room. Sheets and blankets are included in the price: you only have to bring a towel.

What it has

There is a dining lounge with a television and a shared kitchen with a ceramic hob, oven, microwave, toaster and fridge, so you can make your own dinner. The hostel serves breakfast, for €3.50; lunch and dinner are not provided there, but at a nearby restaurant. You have a washing machine and dryer, free wifi and a computer with internet, hot water 24 hours a day and heating. You can pay by card.

Reception is open 24 hours from April to October. They also give information about excursions and organise adventure and nature activities in the area.

2026 prices

The website publishes these rates per person per night:

• Low season: €20; pilgrims with credential, €18.
• High season: €28; pilgrims with credential, €21.
• Breakfast: €3.50.

It does not give the dates of each season: ask when you book. Bookings are made online, from the link on its website, or by email; the website shows two different telephone numbers, 985 974 910 and 985 401 458, so if you call and nobody answers try the other.

When it opens

Here the sources do not entirely agree. The hostel's website says it is open from March to the end of October, and Turismo Asturias's listing gives the closing period as 15 October to 15 March. If you are coming in the first half of March or the second half of October, confirm it beforehand.

Who it is for and what is nearby

It is the budget option for sleeping in the centre of Llanes, and you can get there without a car: from the train and bus station leave the coastal train between Oviedo and Santander and the buses to Oviedo, Gijón and Santander. For pilgrims it is the end of the stage coming from Colombres and the start of the one that continues to Ribadesella.

From the hostel you can walk to the harbour and the Paseo de San Pedro, above the cliffs, and to the Cubos de la Memoria. If you stay several days, the Llanes coastal path and the Pría blowholes are the classic outings. The Picos de Europa are about 40 km away.