File 22-cant-loc-spa9.dwg Book Spain 9 Initial Mapping Peter Date 9/8/12 Road Scale All key roads labelled? Hierarchy Date Title Hydro Chapter 22-Cantabria-Asturias Editor Cxns Spot colours removed? Hierarchy Nthpt Masking in Illustrator done? Symbols Author John Noble MC Cxns Date Book Inset/enlargement correct? Off map Notes dest'ns Border Country Locator A1 Key None Author Cxns Date Basefile 16-cant-loc-spa8.dwg Final Ed Cxns Date KEY FORMAT SETTINGS New References Number of Rows (Lines) Editor Check Date MC Check Date Column Widths and Margins MC/CC Signoff Date ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Cantabria & Asturias Why Go Santander .....................465 You can traverse either of these two regions from north to Oviedo .......................... 478 south in little more than an hour. But don’t. The coastline is Gijón .............................484 a sequence of sheer cliffs, beautiful beaches and small fish- Picos de Europa ...........495 ing ports. Behind it, gorgeously green river valleys dotted with stone-built villages rise to the 2000m-plus mountain wall of the Cordillera Cantábrica, which reaches majestic heights in the Picos de Europa. The beauty is endless and Best Places to Eat ever-changing. The damp climate makes sure you’ll eat and » El Molín de la Pedrera drink well too: quality meat, local cheeses, and cider from (p501) Asturias’ apple orchards are on offer, as well as the fruits of the sea. And travellers with a feel for history will be in their » Restaurante Cares (p503) element: early humans painted some of the world’s most » La Conveniente (p469) wonderful prehistoric art at Altamira and elsewhere, and it » días desur (p469) was at Covadonga in Asturias that the seed of the Spanish » Real Balneario de Salinas nation first sprouted 1300 years ago. (p491) Best Places to Stay When to Go » Hotel del Oso (p506) Oviedo » La Posada de Babel °C/°F Temp Rainfall Inches/mm 40/104 8/200 (p490) » Posada de Cucayo (p505) 30/86 6/150 » Posada del Valle (p499) 20/68 4/100 » La Casona de Amandi (p488) 10/50 2/50 0/32 0 J F JMAM J DNOSA May, Jun & Sep Aug Descenso Late Aug Join Temperatures up, Internacional del thousands of rainfall and prices Sella – canoe tipplers at Gijón’s down, crowds mania from Fiesta de la Sidra away – best time Arriondas to Natural (Natural for most reasons. Ribadesella. Cider Festival). 464 s s s s TURIA TURIA TURIA As As As & & & ANTABRIA ANTABRIA ANTABRIA C C C Cantabria & Asturias Highlights 1 Marvel at the prehistoric 2 Walk the dramatic 4 Ride the scary Teleférico 5 Delight in the grace of 7 Bathe at spectacular, artistic genius of Altamira Garganta del Cares (p503) de Fuente Dé (p506) to the Oviedo’s pre-Romanesque secluded Playa del Silencio (p475), Puente Viesgo’s gorge superb heights of the Picos buildings (p480) (p491) or Playa de Torimbia Cuevas de El Castillo (p470) 3 Let medieval Santillana de Europa 6 Sidle up for cider in (p489) and Ribadesella’s Cueva de del Mar (p473) bewitch you Asturias’ convivial sidrerías 8 Cycle the Senda del Oso Tito Bustillo (p488) with its charms (cider bars; p482) (p493) and meet its bears BayofBiscay 0 40km (Mar Cantábrico) e# Ta piade 0 20miles Casariego Playadel \# Navia Silencio Soto del Salinas #\ #\ #\ #\ Coaña #\ #\ #7 Barco #] Gijón Cudillero \# ^# Castropol a Luarca Lastres i Avilés #\ SanVicente #\ #\ Playade v Pravia #\ de la Vegadeo a #\ Ribadesella Torimbia Noja N Santander Galizano Colunga #\ Barquera Santillana #\ \# o Salas :: Villaviciosa í \# #1 #7 ^# Santoña R ASTURIAS delMar #\ Somo \# #\ ::Oviedo #\ #\ Llanes Posada ‚ arcea Nava Arriondas #\ Comillas \# Oriñón N Grado \# \# #\ Pola de o #^#5 #\ Unquera #\ \# #3 #\Solares í #\ Arenas de #1 Torrelavega Laredo #\ Allande R Cangas Altamira #] #\ Castro El Entrego #\ Obregón #\ Tu ñón #\ de Onís Cabrales Panes Sendadel #\ \# #\ #1 Puente Urdiales \# #8 #\ CabezóndelaSal Arredondo Proaza Garganta delCares \# #\ Ramales Oso Mieres \# Viesgo \# Cangas del #2 #\ Sotres Puentenansa de la #\ La Riera \# \# c Pola de Parque Nacional Villacarriedo SanRoque Narcea Parque #\ #\ Entrago #÷ RPeña Vieja #÷ Victoria \# de losPicos CANTABRIA de Riomiera Naturalde #÷ Lena (2613m) Parque Puerto de c Puerto de SanLorenzo Parque de Europa#÷ \# \# \# c Somiedo #\ 4 NaturalSaja- la Bragía NaturaldeRedes # \# Potes Tu danca #\ Vega Pola de Somiedo Besaya Puerto de Fuente Dé Cosgaya Bárcena de Pas la Sía c R ôSAP66 de PiedeConcha Puerto de c Puerto de Peña R Alto \# Leitariegos Ubiña #\ Reinosa Somiedo Braña Campóo Espinilla \# Caballo R #\ Valdecebollas Arroyo #\ Arroyal SanMartín de los de Elines Carabeos #\ #\ Polientes :.