Heritage towns in Asturias

An Asturian port city whose medieval old town, royal charter, Romanesque churches, baroque palaces and all, earned protected status in 1955, and whose waterfront now anchors a striking cultural centre designed by Oscar Niemeyer.

A coastal Asturian town with medieval walls, a ruined ducal palace, and a harbour history that once sent its ships to the ports of Andalusia, Portugal, Flanders, and England.

A market town in the green hills of Asturias, sitting below a medieval castle on a Camino route that winds through the valleys west of Oviedo.

A compact fishing port on the Asturian coast whose amphitheatre of stacked houses rises steeply above a working harbour, backed by medieval churches, a Gothic port fortress, and one of Spain's most surprising private art collections.

A market town on the Camino de Santiago in Asturias, shaped by Alfonso X and walled against the chaos of medieval lords, with Romanesque churches scattered across its parishes and a street plan that still follows the pilgrim road.

A small Asturian town on the Cantabrian coast where indiano architecture, a prehistoric cave, and a royal prize mark it as one of the most recognised villages in the Principality of Asturias.

A small Asturian parish where a donated monastery from 1104 left behind a church that survived centuries before the Spanish Civil War reduced it to rubble.

A small Asturian parish on the Camino de Santiago, where a pilgrim hospital and the church of Santa María mark centuries of travellers passing through on their way to Santiago de Compostela.

A cider-country town on the Asturian coast where a UNESCO-listed pre-Romanesque church, medieval walls, and a handful of ancient village churches make it one of the most monument-rich councils on the northern Camino.

A small Asturian parish in the council of Cabranes, known for a pre-Romanesque church and a museum dedicated to rural school life.

A historic fishing and seafaring quarter in Gijón, Asturias, built on a tidal headland where Roman walls, a medieval fortress, and a landmark Chillida sculpture mark two thousand years of continuous life by the sea.

A small Asturian town on the Eo estuary with one of the highest concentrations of Iron Age hillforts in Asturias, a history stretching from prehistoric axes to medieval bishops, and a streetscape of baroque churches and Art Nouveau mansions facing the water.

A Camino waypoint on the edge of Oviedo, where a medieval toll bridge, a Romanesque apse, and a baroque pilgrim fountain mark centuries of passage through the Asturian coalfields.

A small Asturian fishing village whose rocky coastline holds real dinosaur tracks, a lighthouse standing since 1864, and two historic quarters recognised as a protected artistic ensemble.