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Arbidel beach in Ribadesella, Asturias
A beach that is not a beach but a cove and a name that’s not exactly its name, how interesting is that? It’s hard to say the name of this place, it is Arbidel, Aberdil or Arvidel? That’s because in Spanish both V and B are pronounced B and so the name can be written […]
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Campofrío beach in Cudillero, Asturias
Campofrío is a prolongation of the Aguilar beach located in Muros de Nalón – without knowing anything about the area, going there you won’t actually see 2 different beaches but only one occupying the entire cove. Why are there two beaches in the first place? Well, as usual, a river flows into the sea at […]
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La Canal beach in Llanes, Asturias
The name La Canal beach can be translated as The Channel and just by seeing the images below or above you might understand why. La Canal beach is a really long and narrow beach (I could not say if it’s more than 10 – 15 meters wide) that with really low tide becomes a bit […]
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Aguilar beach in Muros de Nalón, Asturias
Aguilar is a beach that comes with a legend and that is not something very common in Asturias. It’s also a beach that comes with a lot of amenities but let’s start with the legend first. The legend says that long time ago there was an enchanted fairy living in a cave inside the Castiello […]
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Arnela beach in Castropol, Asturias
If I tell you that Arnela is a beach hidden in the Eo estuary then you might know exactly where is that, since the Eo river is the natural limit between Asturias and Galicia. It might also sound familiar if you are a friend of this blog – we recently wrote about another beach inside […]
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Viodo beach in Gozón, Asturias
This beach has two names: Viodo because it’s located near the village of Viodo in Gozón and also is called Arnielles or Los Bolos (The Boulders) for the obvious reason of having boulders and sand. Viodo beach is rather mysterious to me because I saw it twice and it changed a bit. First of all […]