El cuerno beach in Salinas, Asturias, Spain

While everyone’s attention is focused on the popular beach of Salinas, very few actually remember there is a small beach right “around the corner” called El Cuerno, waiting for you – in this case “around the corner” means West of a peninsula called La Peñona. Finding El Cuerno is easy since you can get here […]

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  •  in Valdés, Asturias

    Panoramic view of the Tourán beach in Asturias, Spain

    Tourán beach, also known locally as Taurán, is a secluded beach really close to the popular fishing village of Luarca. It happens that this area around Luarca is hiding a lot of impressive beaches, most of them little known and not so popular compared to the urban ones (like 1st and 2nd of Luarca or […]

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  •  in Cudillero, Asturias

    Sienra beach in Cudillero, Asturias, Spain - panoramic view

    It happens that Cudillero has a lot of spectacular beaches, most of them secluded and hard to “conquer”, and Sienra beach is no exception. I do not complain, at least we managed to see a trail going down and that is a major discovery considering that Sienra is surrounded by coves and beaches that are […]

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  •  in Gozón, Asturias

    Panoramic view of the Gargantera beach in Asturias, Spain

    Gargantera is one of the beaches a lot of people do not like: it has no amenities, no lifeguard, a small parking and hey, on top of all this, no descent! Or at least not one that I would recommend, I did not see one but I know locals do climb down to it somehow […]

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  •  in Coaña, Asturias

    El Barco beach in the Torbas Cove, in Asturias, Spain

    El Barco is a beach that most maps do not show, mostly because it is part of the Torbas cove and thus considered to be the Western side of the Torbas beach. Here at Asturplaya we like to complicate things a little and empower small beaches to break free from the tyranny of the bigger […]

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  •  in Castrillón, Asturias

    Panoramic view of the Arnao beach in Castrillón, Asturias, Spain

    There are 2 beaches in Asturias with this name but they are quite easy to distinguish since they are in different municipalities and have completely different shapes. This Arnao is in the municipality of Castrillón, very close to the beach of Salinas. The other Arnao beach is in the municipality of Castropol, very close to […]

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  •  in Llanes, Asturias

    Panoramic view of the Guadamía beach and river, with the Pría cliffs behinds

    This place is famous for more than one reason, so let’s take them one by one: first of all because Guadamía is a beautiful and rather unusual beach, second of all because it belongs to 2 municipalities (LLanes and Ribadesella) and the third reason is that the cliffs surrounding this beach are truly spectacular, hiding […]

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