Follow the road through Lloriana. It will merge with the larger AS-232 in La Bolguina.
Two bars, one at the start of town and another (El Tendejón) closer to the albergue. The latter bar keeps the keys to the albergue. They are closed on Wednesdays and the key is then available at the shop on the road closer to the albergue. The albergue here is located in the old school...
Exit town via the road (turn left from the albergue). Before Valsera, the camino will leave the road for 400m.
Accommodation in Escamplero
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Albergue del Escamplero Municipal
El Escamplero
33 5€ |
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Pensión El Tendejón de Fernando Pension
Lugar de Navió s/n
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Capilla de Fatima.
The camino rejoins the road in the small hamlet of Valsera, be on the lookout for a marker on your left where you will once again leave the road and follow a track through the countryside. You will once again meet a road shortly before arriving in ...
There is a small picnic area on the way into town. Bar Feliciano is the only place for a drink in town and is on the left past the Capilla de Santa Ana de Premoño.
At the end of town, the camino turns to the right near a large horreo (the square plan structure on stilts) and onto a country track. Cyclists should leave town by staying on the road, down the hill, and to the right at the first junction (PALADIN 1km...
Paládin offers a bench and shaded rest area, as well as a fountain, the ‘fuente lavadero la sierra’, which is 20m away behind a house. To get to the fountain turn right at the first road, and then right again at the entrance to the first house, then head straight back.
Between Paladin and Peñaflor you will be walking with the río Nalón and the train tracks on your left-hand side. You will pass through the roadside villages of Puerma and Laracha. Peñaflor is on the opposite side of the river when you get to...
Accommodation in Paládin
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Villa Palatina Hostel Municipal
Paladín, 4
30 15€ Booking.com |
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If you are accustomed to using road signs to know where you are, then Peñaflor might confuse you. It is signed twice, once before the bridge and again afterward. For the sake of distance measurements, this guide uses the latter as it is closer the actual town. However! If you are...
The camino leaves the main roads and crosses underneath the railway in Peñaflor, and will cross back over them at the outskirts of Grado.
With close to 10,000 inhabitants the city of Grado is the first opportunity to stock up on supplies since leaving the capital. There is a tourist information office in the park at the start of town and several grocery stores throughout the town. If you would like to stop and look around...
Los Indianos. In the late 19th century, during a period of great poverty, a great many Gallegos, Asturianos, Cantabrians, and Basques emigrated to Central and South America; their proximity to the sea enabled them to travel more readily. A great many left but only a few struck...
Beware guidebooks which erroneously place the Villapañada albergue in Grado, when it is in fact 3.5 km outside of town.
There is a traditional market held every Wednesday and Sunday.
Leave Grado along the main road (N-634). You will pass the 18th century Fuente de Arriba, from which the people of Grado drew their water before the installation of running water, on your right. Shortly beyond a cruceiro (stone cross) on your left the camino turns left...
Accommodation in Grado
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Albergue de Peregrinos de Grado Municipal
Maestra Benicia, 1
16 Donativo€ |
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Albergue La Quintana Private
Eulogio Díaz de Miranda, 30
24 12€ |
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Hotel Areces ⭑⭑⭑ Hotel
Alonso de Grado, 20
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Hotel El Lacayo de Sestiello ⭑⭑⭑ Hotel
Sestiello, 1
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Hotel Auto Bar Hotel
Flórez Estrada, 29
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Cornellana sits at the confluence of the río Narcea and the río Nonaya, which made for a suitably strategic place to build a monastery. Dedicated to San Salvador it remains the centerpiece of the town and is where the municipal albergue is housed.
A monastery has stood here for nearly 1,000 years. Operated in the earlier centuries as a Cluniac order. At that time it was one of the most important monasteries in Asturias and a key stopping point for pilgrims along the Camino Primitivo. It remains an active monastery, though of a much...
San Juan is celebrated on the 24th of June, and Nuestra Señora on the 15th of August.
The camino leaves town from the road behind the monastery. Arrows are weakly painted here. Simply follow the road to the left of the monastery, and turn right at the first junction to follow the property line behind the monastery and uphill.
Accommodation in Cornellana
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Albergue de Cornellana Municipal
Monasterio de San Salvador de Cornellana
24 5€ |
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Casa Rural Casa el Médico Casa Rural
Fernández Pello, 97
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Hotel Cornellana Hotel
Fernández Pello
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Picnic area and “Fuente de Santiago”.
Beyond the town you will pass under a roadway. Shortly beyond that you will leave the road and continue by trail, passing over the Puente de Casazorrina.
Just past the fuente the camino leaves the road for a riverside trail on your left.
Gas station on main road.
Between Casazorrina and Mallecín the camino follows a trail, which crosses under the autopista (highway).
Accommodation in Casazorrina
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Alojamiento La Figal de Xugabolos Private
Casazorrina
20 20-25*€ Booking.com |
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Almost everything there is to see or do in Salas is centered around the Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor, a 16th century church whose patrons also built the nearby Palacio de Valdés Salas. The tower of the Palacio is now a museum for pre-Romanesque pieces.
Salas is the setting for the dramatic capture in the year 1586 of Bartholomeus Cassanu, an Italian pilgrim and habitual thief. Having successfully stolen from a Church in Zarautz (on the Camino del Norte) he tried to repeat the effort in Salas. Unfortunately for him he was caught with the loot...
The Romería del Viso is held on the 15th of August.
To exit town, carry on under the archway and up the road. There is a fair amount of climbing ahead of you. The climb meets the road at El Llanón, which is easy to miss as its infrastructure counts for little more than an abandoned factory along the road....
Accommodation in Salas
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Albergue Valle del Nonaya Private
Albergue Valle del Nonaya
20 10*€ Booking.com |
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Albergue de Salas Private
Plaza La Veiga, 8,
16 5€ |
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Albergue El Rey Casto Private
Ayuntamiento, 18
16 Donativo€ |
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Albergue La Campa Private
Plaza de la Campa, 7
40 10€ Booking.com |
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Albergue Casa Sueño Private
Plaza La Veiga, 8,
13 13€ Booking.com |
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Hotel Castillo de Valdés-Salas ⭑⭑ Hotel
Plaza La Campa
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Hotel Soto Hotel
Arzobispo Valdés Salas, 9
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The upward climb out of Salas meets the road at El Llanón, which is easy to miss as its infrastructure counts for little more than an abandoned rest stop along the road.
Not long ago this junction posed problems, but the way is now clear. Turn right here and follow the...
Bodenaya does not account for much more than the albergue. It is, however, a nice albergue and you are welcome to stop there for a break.
Accommodation in Bodenaya
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Albergue de peregrinos de Bodenaya Private
Bodeyana
21 Donativo€ |
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You will pass through La Espina by a secondary street which runs parallel to the main road. If you need any of the services in town, head to the main road which is to your left.
This is the last place to buy anything until Tineo.
At the far end of La Espina keep on straight, do not follow the curve of the N-634.
Accommodation in La Espina
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Albergue El Cruce Private 12 Donativo€ |
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Albergue El Texu Private
Plaza de la Iglesia, 6
16 10€ |
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Albergue Casa Aladino Private
Constitución, 52
18 10€ |
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Pensión Dakar Pension
N634, 41
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Sadly, El Pedregal no longer offers any services to passing pilgrims. The church in town, that of Justo y Pastor, dates from the 16th century. When the camino turns right to leave the road it passes two important camino landmarks. The first is El Humilladero, a stone cross that...
Approximately 3.5km beyond Pedregal, the camino nears but does not enter the village of Santa Eulalia de Tineo. Turn sharply right when the camino meets the road at this point.
To reach the municipal albergue in Tineo: from the Capilla de San...
Tineo was built on the side of a steep valley and everywhere you go feels like a climb, but don’t let that deter you from getting out of the albergue (particularly the municipal) for a bit of exploring. The church is dedicated to San Pedro and adjacent to it is the Museo de Arte Sacro (...
Tineo can trace its growth back to the early 13th century when King Alfonso IX mandated that all pilgrims pass through this place. It was at this time the largest pilgrim hospital on this route was built, the Mater Christi. The hospital is no longer, but remnants of its chapel and...
Buy supplies. Between Tineo and Campiello there are no services apart from a fountain at the edge of Tineo.
San Pedro, patron of the city, is celebrated on the 29th of June. A longer fiesta is held from the 12th to the 18th of August in celebration of San Roque.
The camino descends to the center of Tineo as far as the church. From there it turns right and begins the uphill climb out of town on the Calle la Fuente; the fuente is the fountain at the edge of town near a small picnic area.
Accommodation in Tineo
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Albergue Mater Christi de Tineo Municipal
Cabezas de San Juan
38 5€ |
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Albergue Palacio de Merás Private
Pío Cuervo, 3
54 12€ |
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Pensión Bar Tineo Pension
González Mayo, 28
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Pensión La Posada Pension
González Mayo, 25
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Hotel Don Miguel ⭑ Hotel
Oviedo, 6
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Hotel Palacio de Meras ⭑⭑⭑⭑ Hotel
Pío Cuervo, 3
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