Asturias

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Things to do in Asturias:

View the Gallery Square with a fountain

Asturias Restaurants

Affordable (74)

La Iglesiona

Bustling centrally located restaurant with rustic decor serving excellent-value lunchtime specials, often including sirloin steak. There's usually a fish dish for those who prefer seafood. read more
Fine dining (57)

La Taberna del Zurdo

Highly rated and trendy, this central, modern restaurant serves award-winning fusion food, specialising in tapas. Try the langoustines with parmesan, the cod tortilla or one of their rice dishes... read more

Asturias Nightlife

Chilled (70)

Opera Prima

If you'd like to drink in a cosy caf�/pub with splendid sea views and good service, Opera Prima is the place. A caf� during the day, things hot up at night with music at weekends. read more
Clubbing (51)

Nirvana Club Caf�

This new club, a few blocks back from the beach, has really taken off. The two-floor venue blasts out electro-house on the lower floor and rock-pop on the upper.� read more

This Month in Asturias:

By Karen Thomas

Shopping: If you're looking for a special gift, this small, exclusive jewellery boutique is just the place. The famous Catalan couple, Tous, offer stylish, modern jewellery with their cute teddy bear logo (Tous, 4 Marques de Terverga, Oviedo, tel: 985 243 963).

Sightseeing: If you're visiting Asturias in May, catch the Ascension Day celebrations (17th) in Oviedo and/or the much-loved local festival, Martes de Campo (29th), when locals eat "pregnant buns" - bread rolls containing spicy chorizo sausages - in the town's parks.

Asturias News & Gossip

Network in Numbers

�44M - Asturias
Cost of the Centro Niemeyer arts centre in the northern Spanish city of Avil�s (20 minutes from Asturias Airport), which has temporarily shut its doors after just six months. Local politicians say the closure is due to accounting irregularities.

35 - Belfast
The number of years the Black Santa has been appearing in the city. A Belfast tradition, he's dressed in a black cloak and sits on the steps of St Anne's Cathedral in the city centre all Christmas week, collecting for charity in sun or snow.

4,200 - Dresden

The weight in kilograms of the world's largest Stollen. Unveiled at the Dresden Christmas market at the beginning of December, and made by a team of more than a hundred chefs, the festive German fruit cake measures 4.75m in length.

�64,000 - Nice
Amount allegedly scammed out of a Cote d'Azur casino by a French croupier and three Italians. The ploy involved invisible ink and infra-red contact lenses, and was only sprung when the group, who initially won �44,000, returned to bag another 20k.

Asturias Trivia

May: Although Oviedo was unlucky with its bid to become European Capital of Culture 2016, the town continues to stress its commitment to music, the arts and its wonderful history and heritage. Oviedo has a population of only around 225,000 yet boasts a state-of-the-art auditorium, a top-class theatre-cum-opera house, a fine-art gallery and a museum.
April: More cider is drunk in Asturias than in any other region in the world, with an average of 50 litres per head being consumed per year. At national level, however, Spain comes second: it's the UK that staggers away with the world record.
March: Not only does Asturias provide the perfect habitat for the brown bear, a unique species of fallow deer, golden eagles and more, it's also home to a special breed of mountain pony, the Asturcon, first recorded during Roman times. On the endangered list for a number of years, the pony is now bred by members of the Asturcon breeding association.